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1. Absolutely perfect survival horror blended with an excellent story presentation. I have no complaints about the game, it brings me back to theAbsolutely perfect survival horror blended with an excellent story presentation. I have no complaints about the game, it brings me back to the best moments playing classic survival horror while leaving me floored for days after the credits roll.… Expand

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2. Compelling characters, an intricate and heartbreaking story that takes some thought to piece together, deep backstory and lore set in aCompelling characters, an intricate and heartbreaking story that takes some thought to piece together, deep backstory and lore set in a well-crafted dystopian cyberpunk world with a dash of eldritch/cosmic horror, engaging puzzles, and superb cinematography all came together in a masterfully crafted package.

   Plenty of nods to iconic horror games and cyberpunk/sci-fi anime, but the references don’t feel forced and contribute to the story and atmosphere in their own right.

   The gameplay is reminiscent of classic Resident Evil and Silent Hill; some of the mechanics are a bit clunky, but not unexpected from a 2-person dev team, and the atmosphere and story more than make up for it.

   The best horror game in a long time, maybe the best indie horror game ever, Signalis was truly a labour of love from the devs.… Expand

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4. Signalis is an absolutely outstanding survival horror game. A very oldschool style of survival horror, too, and all the better for it. YourSignalis is an absolutely outstanding survival horror game. A very oldschool style of survival horror, too, and all the better for it. Your inventory is incredibly limited, so your choices for what you carry with you are very important. The story has enough that’s easy enough to understand that you can still follow the plot, but it has far more mystery and lore for you to piece together and figure out what’s happening that makes it so much more engaging to interact with. People are going to be theorizing about the story for years to come, and I for one can’t wait for it. I think that any fan of survival horror games, horror in general, or even just retro aesthetics should play this game. It is easily my 2022 game of the year.… Expand

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5. I haven’t played such a good survival-horror game in a long time. Art design is good. Music is very good. You can find tastes from most gamesI haven’t played such a good survival-horror game in a long time. Art design is good. Music is very good. You can find tastes from most games in the game. For example, Silent hill (enemy desing, save sound, the place we passed through the hole at the beginning of the game reminded me of «sh 4 room»). Some levels have a «dead space» atmosphere. Sometimes we play from a first person perspective. This reminded me of «inscryption». Combat is fun. Weapon variety is good. Puzzles are not very difficult but enjoyable, I especially liked the use of the radio. Interesting story and different experience. I definitely recommend it.… Expand

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6. An incredible entry into the survival-horror genre, especially when considering this was a game made by only two people. Immerses the playerAn incredible entry into the survival-horror genre, especially when considering this was a game made by only two people. Immerses the player in a mind-bending and horrific world in which you play as a robot setting out to keep her promise. I’ll say no more than that, I’d recommend this game to anyone, even those not fans of the genre.… Expand

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7. The concept of game is great, the visual style of PSX era is awesome, the plot the atmosphere is stunning it will take you untill the end ofThe concept of game is great, the visual style of PSX era is awesome, the plot the atmosphere is stunning it will take you untill the end of the game. I have little bit problems with isometric style of the game and only 6 item baggage. Isometric style not so comfortable to play, you can’t even see what’s near to you that’s why you will maybe misfortune the right item (as key) thinking it’s pack of ammo, and because of small baggage you will often leave many things on the ground.… Expand

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8. Can’t change keyboard binds. this is unacceptable in this time and age. There is no excuse for the lack of complete key rebinding otpion.

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An irresponsibly deep detective RPG that lets you be any kind of detective you want. Even a bad one.

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What is it? A stylish, dialogue-heavy detective RPG.
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Developer: ZA/UM
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Reviewed on: GTX 1080, Intel i5-6600K, 16GB RAM
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You are not well. You’ve woken up on the floor of a grimy hotel room with a hangover so devastating you might as well be dead. You don’t remember who you are, which city you’re in, or what happened the night before. Apparently you’re a detective, in town to solve a murder, but you don’t feel like a cop. You feel like shit.

Disco Elysium is a detective RPG of improbable depth. It’s part Planescape: Torment, part police procedural, part psychodrama. Your fatally hungover detective peels himself off the carpet, naked except for a pair of soiled underpants, and begins the laborious process of piecing his broken mind back together, while simultaneously attempting to solve a gruesome murder on the wrong side of the tracks.

The game has stats, skill checks, companions, quests, and an interface inspired by classic Infinity Engine CRPGs and tabletop roleplaying games. But it also has a lot in common with visual novels and point-and-click adventures, with dense, branching dialogue and the ability to intimidate, charm, or bullshit your way out of tricky situations via several novels’ worth of brilliantly strange, vibrant dialogue. There’s no clicky Baldur’s Gate-style combat here: everything happens via skill checks, dialogue, and text, including when things turn violent.

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A man has been found hanging from a tree in an empty lot and it’s your job to find out who killed him—if you can get near the corpse without puking. Disco Elysium’s sallow, flare-wearing protagonist is a total disaster. The taste you get in your mouth the morning after a heavy night of drinking made flesh. The sticky floor of a discotheque given life. But the beauty of the game is how you can remould this grotesque lump of sin into something else entirely.

Thanks to that skull-shattering hangover, and the amnesia conveniently brought on by it, your detective is truly a blank slate. You can reveal things about yourself by talking to the poor souls caught in the wake of your apocalyptic bender. But you’re also given the opportunity to suppress these discoveries, even down to denying your own name and choosing a new one. The degree of freedom you have to shape your character’s psyche is really quite astonishing.

A cavalier attitude can lead to interesting, unexpected things

Through conversations you control every facet of your personality. You’re given a variety of ways to respond to people, and this dictates your personality, how the population reacts to you, and the outcomes of quests. The things you say and decisions you make in Disco Elysium really, actually matter, affecting your role in the world and the inner workings of your mind in a meaningful way.

You also have to watch what you say, because doing the usual RPG thing of exhausting every conversation option regularly leads to you putting your foot in your mouth and getting someone (or yourself) in trouble. Characters will remember things, so it pays to think carefully before making any rash decisions or betraying someone. Then again, a cavalier attitude can lead to interesting, unexpected things: an example of how well Disco Elysium caters to different play styles.

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Skills are important too. There are 24 in total, ranging from logic, perception, and reaction speed to endurance, conceptualisation, and authority. A character with high authority might find it easier to pressure a timid witness into spilling their guts. A high logic character can divine truth from a clear-headed analysis of a crime scene. There are some more esoteric skills too such as inland empire, which lets you pluck inspiration from dreams and talk to inanimate objects.

Conversely, a character with low perception can miss case-breaking clues floating right in front of their face, while a low endurance cop will struggle in even the most trivial physical trials. All the defining traits of the best fictional cops are in there, but importantly, the worst are too. So if you want to have the superhuman insight of Sherlock, but also be a self-destructive mess like The Wire’s Jimmy McNulty, Disco Elysium lets you.

The more thoughts you develop, the more complex your character becomes

When you create a character, your starting skills are determined by the stats you roll. Your base stats are intellect, psyche, physique, and motorics, which make you better or worse at certain things. But as you play you earn experience points that let you upgrade any skills you like, allowing you to sculpt your character further. You might start out physically weak, but stick enough points into the appropriate skills and you can become a force of nature.

And I haven’t even mentioned thoughts yet. As you speak to people you’ll reveal thoughts that can then be slotted into your brain and developed over time, unlocking stat buffs and fascinating, insightful nuggets of story. Some of these have a major effect on your character’s mental state, while others are more frivolous and largely played for laughs. You’re limited to three thoughts to begin with, but skill points can also be used to unlock more. And the more thoughts you develop, the more complex your character becomes.

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The result of all this is one of the most preposterously malleable characters in RPG history. You can create a highly empathetic communist disco music enthusiast, a self-deprecating artist who punches first and asks questions later, a deluded rock-and-roll cop with a passion for democracy, or a drug-addicted feminist psychic. Every person who plays Disco Elysium will have a different experience as a result of the frankly audacious depth of its role playing.

The game is set in the fictional city of Revachol; specifically a dreary, forgotten district called Martinaise. Plagued by poverty, crime, corrupt unions, and scarred by a violent revolution, it’s exactly the kind of place you’d expect to wake up after a three-day drug binge. It’s gorgeous, with a stylish, painterly aesthetic, expressive characters, and detailed backgrounds. But it’s filthy too, which is relayed mainly by that gloriously rich, evocative writing. A vividly described autopsy made me feel genuinely queasy.

The writing is funny, subversive, and, admittedly, a little self-indulgent at times

Many of the people you meet say disgusting, offensive things, which is entirely justified by the grotty bleakness of the setting. Martinaise is a horrible place filled with horrible bastards. But there are flickers of warmth and humanity, too. People making the most of a bad hand, struggling against an uncaring world. It’s a lavishly realised setting with acres of history and culture to discover, although occasionally, in some optional conversations, I felt like a mountain of rather dull, long-winded lore had been suddenly dumped on my head.

Typically the writing is funny, subversive, and, admittedly, a little self-indulgent at times. But it’s also incredibly good, with an anarchic literary flair that makes even the most matter-of-fact conversation hugely entertaining. There’s partial voice acting too, although it varies wildly in quality. The sleazy, rasping delivery of your ancient reptilian brain, which regularly emerges to taunt you, sounds wonderfully evil. And I love the soft, calming voice of Lt. Kitsuragi, your partner, who is a kind of moral centre for the wild and unpredictable protagonist.

Freedom in Disco Elysium isn’t just limited to shaping your character. The structure is also extremely open-ended, letting you pursue the murder as doggedly, or not, as you like. A list of tasks is constantly building up in your notebook, and you can perform them in any order you like: including those linked to the main case. And they’re all interconnected, meaning doing one task before another can open up completely new avenues of investigation.

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Martinaise is a large, open space made up of several distinct areas and the sheer volume of stuff to interact with, people to talk to, and quests to pick up is quite overwhelming. You’ll investigate a dilapidated apartment block, a frozen coastline, a crumbling boardwalk, a dockyard, and other suitably grim locations, all of which are brought to life by that beautiful art—not to mention atmospheric music, lighting, and ambient sound design. It’s a place you can really get lost in.

How you complete tasks and solve crimes is dependent on your character. If you’re the physical, all-action type, you’ll deal with situations in a more direct, aggressive way. But if your character is psychological or empathetic, you might find a more subtle solution. Crucially, every kind of player is catered for. In my experience you’ll never hit a brick wall because of the way you’ve built your character. This makes Disco Elysium a supremely satisfying RPG, because if you want to play a certain way, it’s primed to accommodate it.

The thing about Disco Elysium is that my experience of it is completely unique to me, such is the dizzying variety of skills, stats, thoughts, and conversation options on offer. You could play through it five times and still not see everything, so there’s no one experience to assess. But I can say with certainty that it’s one of the finest RPGs on PC if you value depth, freedom, customisation, and storytelling.

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An irresponsibly deep detective RPG that lets you be any kind of detective you want. Even a bad one.

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The PC version of Sackboy: A Big Adventure had an extremely weak start on the Steam platform. This is according to statistics of the analytical resource SteamDB.

According to the figures of the mentioned resource, in the first two days after the release, the former PlayStation exclusive managed to attract only 1000 people. Only 59 players played Sackboy: A Big Adventure on peak day2 people.

For comparison: Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which was previously considered the weakest Sony release on PC, played 20 times more people on the best day — 10.8 thousand.

The record among former PlayStation exclusives is still listed for God of War — on peak days, more than 73 thousand people watched the adventures of the god of war Kratos and his son Atreus. In second place is Marvel’s Spider-Man with 66. 4 thousand. Horizon Zero Dawn closes the top three, which managed to attract more than 56 thousand gamers in its best days.

It is noteworthy that, despite the low popularity, Sackboy: A Big Adventure received quite high ratings from those who still played it: on Steam, the project has 93% of positive user reviews.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure was released on Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 27th.

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The most anticipated games of 2023 — what games will come out, all the announced games in development from big studios

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Looking for information on new games from your favorite studios? Or do you want to know when GTA 6 or Stalker 2 will be released?

Collected basic information about games in development from big studios and even a few small ones. The post will be updated regularly — add to your bookmarks.

11 Bit Studios

• The Alters is a curious adventure game about a man who, trying to survive, creates alternative versions of himself on a distant planet. The game will be released in 2023.
• Frostpunk 2 — the sequel to the urban survival simulator was announced in August 2021. Details and the first trailer.

2K Games

• An unnamed project in the BioShock series, the game is created by a new studio, Cloud Chamber, which has been working since December 2019. The head of the company is Kelly Gilmour, former executive producer of Firaxis Games. Hoagy de la Plante, Scott Sinclair and Jonathan Pelling have worked on games in the franchise in the past.
• WWE 2K23 is the tenth anniversary game under the WWE 2K brand.

AdHoc Studio

• The Wolf Among Us 2 — the sequel to the great adventure game will be released in 2023. Trailer and project details.

Arkane

• Redfall is an action-adventure game that will be released in the first half of 2023 on PC and Xbox Series consoles. Details of the project and a large gameplay video.

Avalanche Software

• Hogwarts Legacy , the big Harry Potter game, is in the final stages of development. Gameplay and project details. The release on PC and next-generation consoles is scheduled for February 10, 2023.

Bethesda Game Studios

• Starfield — A titanic project in terms of the gaming world, was recently postponed to the first half of 2023. We analyzed the gameplay video, found references to the studio’s past games and highlighted the serious problems of the giant project.
• The Elder Scrolls 6 — At E3 2018, Bethesda announced a new game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. Roleplay will be released on PC and Xbox consoles. The game is currently in pre-production. Here we wrote about our requirements for the new product.
• Fallout 5 is a project in the very early stages of production and will go into full development only after the completion of work on TES 6. Behind the scenes, the game was announced by Todd Howard in June 2022.

BioWare

• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf — The project was announced in December 2018, and was recently given the subtitle Dreadwolf.
• An unnamed project in the Mass Effect franchise — the announcement happened in December 2020, and here is our analysis of the first teaser.

Blizzard Entertainment

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• Diablo 4 — the new installment in the iconic hack and slash series looks amazing and will support crossplay between platforms. Gameplay trailer. The project will go on sale on June 6, 2023.

Capcom

• Resident Evil 4 — the remake of the iconic Capcom game will be released on March 24, 2023.
• Dragon’s Dogma 2 — A sequel to the 2012 role-playing game has just been announced, Hideaki Itsuno will return to the project on the RE Engine.
• Exoprimal — in an online action game, the player will fight against huge hordes of dinosaurs and mutated prehistoric creatures. Release is in 2023.
• Street Fighter 6 — a new iteration of the iconic fighting game series will be released in 2023. However, a 24-minute gameplay video is already available.
• Pragmata is a mysterious project announced in 2020 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series.

CD Projekt Red

• An unnamed project in The Witcher 9 universe0107 — The game without the number «4» in the title was announced in March 2022. In the sequel, we expect hardcore combat and fewer questions on the map.