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Dustborn is pretty good (hackertalks.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by jet@hackertalks.com to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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The game got a lot of hate online, but I've generally found when a game is hated on, there's usually something more. So I decided to actually play the game. I'm 5 hours in

Honestly I like it, for telltale like walking simulator, it sets up the story pretty well, it has some nice sci-fi beats. It's good for what it is. It isn't anything it promises not to be. I think it's a good game, I'd recommend waiting until it goes on sale for $10 maybe. At that price point it's about the cost of a movie and That's where I put it in terms of value pricing.

Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTUVJp25g44

Steamdb https://steamdb.info/app/721180/info/

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

first chapter thoughts

The game has really good sci-fi bones, weren't a dystopian future with warring factions, got to take a mcguffin from one faction to another faction. On this journey we explore what caused the current apocalypse and political situation. There's some parallel history with JFK surviving the shot.

In the spirit of Skyrim, selected people are imbued with a voice, that lets them control other people a little bit. And we're revealing how people acquired this voice, the event that happened, what the limits of these powers are. So it's it's like a bit of a superhero mystery box

Overall the world building is good in this context, it's definitely a game focused on the emotional journey and if that's not something that interests you then you're not going to enjoy it. But it is an emotional journey and a compelling sci-fi future.

And if you just stick to the main plot and move through it you don't get overburdened with emotional exploration

I did find it funny the old family compound was skating by not being noticed by anybody, until they became drug dealers. And then the heat came down on them. And everybody's blaming the government for cracking down on the drug dealers.... It seems like a odd perspective

The game is all about managing your relationships, that's probably the most interactive part of the game.

The visuals are pretty good, but the lip syncing to voice gets out of sync quite a bit.

I really do like the cyberpunk sneaker net, they call it a weaver net, like you see in Cuba right now

Robot zombies lol