My latest obsession: Returnal. Some people are mad Selene, the protagonist, is a middle-aged woman who doesn't fit their beauty standards, which makes me love her more. Her VO is Jane Perry, she sounds like smooth peanut butter. If you like roguelike games like Hades or The Binding of Isaac, then you'd probably enjoy this one.
There's also strong greek mythology connections in the game, which if you know me, I really like. Selene was the Titan goddess of the moon and her mother was Theia, just like in the game. Theia was the Titan goddess of sight and the light of the blue sky. Both are astronauts in the game, so it's pretty fitting. There's also talking of titanomachy in the history of the lost civilisation Selene encounters throughout the game, the fall of the titans. They all died from a civil war, just like in Greek Mythology when Zeus rallied the gods to condamn the Titans to Tartarus. Lastly on the subject, Selene's downfall is her own hybris, which is predominant in greek myths.
I'm a sucker for good lore, what can I say. Also the monsters look like Lovecraftian cosmic horrors, they're pretty awesome.
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There’s always that part of me that’s gonna wonder how different things could have been if the developers weren’t constantly banging their heads against a line they’re not meant to cross
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have been enjoying Return to Dreamland dx so far.
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dark fantasy retelling of fairytales that talk about childhood and trauma and being your true self and not following the rules in order to grow and (blows up)
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