That was... a thing. In all seriousness, this is like an old style indie rpg game that makes little sense, uses unconventional artistic design choices, and really does whatever the hell it wants to do. And I love that fact. It's on the level that you could compare to something OFF, Gingiva, Space Funeral, and a few others of that era, while not playing like any of them.

This is really really not a game for everyone. It's basically weird for the sake of weird. Your quest is... something. You just go with it. Almost all the characters speak poetic gibberish. Despite this, it wasn't impossible to find my way around. Graphically the world is made of muted figurines covered with digitized clay and similar clay shaped representations of scenery. A lot of it is absolutely shapeless and in some ways, unappetizing to look at. But I'll give it this, it has its own sense of style.

I enjoyed this one for the weird factor, like a lot of old era indie titles. The frequent gibberish dialogue can sometimes make it feel a bit pretentious or empty, however. But the game does a good job of generally letting you figure out the correct way to go, which is impressive for the lack of in game explanation.

maybe the real hylics were the friends we made along the way

It's Undertale on LSD.