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Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] 14 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I like CrossCode, but I am going to bat for Phoenotopia Awakening, one of the best game almost nobody has heard about. Slightly different perspective but similarly massive game full of secrets, puzzles, fun characters and a consistent world where even the tiniest bit of banter can lead you to discover something on the other side of the map.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Not having a quest log made that game hell for me. Massive world with tons of little quests that take you all over the map and no way to track progress or see what the last part of the quest is asking for.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I can kind of see that.

    It was not a huge problem for me, but I play lots of metroidvania, and I am used to memorizing stuff for later. And for stuff that I know will be hard to remember, occasionally, I might take notes or screenshots of hints.

    Though most of the time, there are more than one hint for a single quest. The game does a very good job at updating every related NPC dialogue when something has changed.

    But if you want to find everything, yeah you have to talk to absolutely everyone. TWICE. Almost everyone has two lines of dialogue at any moment.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Weird that it's unsupported on steam deck. Doesn't look that demanding technically.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    It runs fine on the Deck.

    Source: i have only played it on the Deck.

    Mind you, it has been docked and played on a TV, so the text is fine and the controls are from an Xbox controller, so YMMV.

    Edit: I am talking about CrossCode. I haven't played Phoentopia, yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Hey a fellow Phoenotopia Awakening fan!

    I love that game but I made the mistake of putting it down for a year. When I came back I was completely lost and had no idea what I had already done or what to do next. The game does not have quest logs and does not hold your hand this way. It's a game where people might benefit from documenting their progress as they go, especially in case they ever take a break from it.

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