I hope you try it again someday! It really is a once in a lifetime experience, so if you aren’t enjoying it it’s a good idea to put it down and come back with a fresh start later. I would hate for someone’s only experience with this game to be one of frustration and forcing yourself to play something because everyone says it’s good.

Outer Wilds. Greatest game of all time. It’s a bit more puzzle and story focused than most of these, but you have portal and GRIS and I would recommend Outer Wilds to pretty much anyone.

Thanks for the suggestion! I didn’t even know the framework 12 came out yet, it seems great but I’m not sure if the repairability is worth it for its price/performance and the fact that it would be hard to get one used. The yoga 9i does have thunderbolt and there are some pretty good deals for it on Ebay, I might get a framework later if I can find one used but I doubt I can this close to when it released.