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praised the game's lack of music, saying that he loved "the way there's no music to distract you from the soundtrack of the lonely biker, the burr of a distant woodpecker, the ticking of the bike chain". He also enjoyed the low-poly art style mentioning that "There is a soaring artistry at work in
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