I went to rate the game and realized that I had rated it for the original jam edition already! It's a 5/5 for me, not only because I am a sucker for gay cowboys, though I must admit that is a factor. I love the game that the team has made here and really enjoyed my stay in Clemency. It's hard to quantify exactly what makes me so enamored with the game, but I think it comes down to the level of earnestness in its construction. There is a spark of vulnerability at the core of Lookouts, that shines through and resonates. Perhaps it is a shared feeling of being queer in a harsh world, forced to become the person that can survive, but not the person you want to be. I was gripped by the writing and ended up playing the whole game in a single session because I wanted to see how it all played out so desperately. The story makes excellent use of the characters as animals in the plot and I never felt like they were just humans that just so happened to be furries. There are some amazing lines of dialogue that had me tearing up and I always appreciate when a story can do that for me. The character designs are of course, top notch, and the visual style immediately draws the player into the world. It's very distinct and conveys just enough detail. The heavy use of black allows the player to fill in the gaps with their own imagination and helps the characters *pop* in the foreground. The music is decidedly western, but in a weirdly nostalgic way for me. Like if I tried to remember hard enough it wouldn't be out of place in a spaghetti western from movie marathons on Sundays with my Dad. Those are fond memories and that the music can evoke that in me is a testament to how well it fits the game. The trans masc representation is wonderful and both Robin and Joseph are such fun characters to hear banter back and forth. The message that queer life is often messy and complicated, with no real idea of where we might be going next, but I want to experience it with you is so damn poignant. That you can fight like hell for that little slice of heaven and live your life, truthfully as you are. Free from your past and hoping for the future. And maybe, if you're lucky, you can grant a little clemency to those whom you meet on the trail.