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Favorite Games

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
The Cat Lady
The Cat Lady
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza 3 Remastered

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Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Assassin's Creed III Remastered

Apr 18

Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 FES

Apr 17

The Journey Down: Chapter Two
The Journey Down: Chapter Two

Apr 17

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

Apr 17

Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories

Apr 16

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lovecraftian atmosphere and aesthetic in addition to some solid puzzles go a long way to set this apart when starting earlier on. unfortunately once you get past those you're left which the rest which is decidedly less nice.

messing around with some settings made it a painless boring instead of a frustrating one but i can see why this had a bit of excitement before release and then nobody talks about it since.

the point and click adventure gameplay is standard fare (if not a bit worse with brain wormy puzzle solutions given that you start the game off by adding steps to a ladder with stale/hard breadsticks...) but where this really sets itself apart is in aesthetic, music, and voice acting.

Kito is so sweet, i love him.

it has been addressed many times over but what a complete surprise. the existence of the game alone was a shock but even then in the reveal trailer it looked to be a solid effort vs how special this turned out to be.

i wasn't completely into the combat but with some tinkering in the settings it allowed me to get back to what i was enjoying much faster, which was the platforming and exploration. once you start unlocking some of your abilities this game has some of my favorite movement in a 2D game with platforming possibly ever. completing some of the trap gauntlets while firing on all cylinders with your assortment of moves was absolutely sublime.

i did love Sargon too. my only complaint is the Warrior Within skin was locked behind preorder and is now lost unless it decides to show up again/who fucking knows but it's Ubisoft so...

The Rogue Prince of Persia looks to be much less of my kind of thing but after this i'm not going to write it off.