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vaguely-concerned · 3 days ago

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returnal and deathloop have such a beautifully 🤝 take on the timeloop theme of like... hell is empty and all the devils are here. working on their linked in profiles because as it turns out the human mind given eternity to work with will naturally birth fresh new levels of hell of its own making that a poor devil could never even dream of, and then, grotesquely, perversely, make a home out of that hell. except returnal is doing that extremely well but played very straight, and deathloop is doing it like (looney tunes connotations). and I love it so much for that.

#never has a game been more willing to let you pick up a lit stick of dynamite like 'huh. wonder what this is about' as deathloop is #I also found returnal very funny but I think that's down to a flaw in my personality more than an intended artistic choice lol #deathloop #returnal #these are two incredible and I think desperately underappreciated games btw. people should check both of them out #I think deathloop in particular is due a reexamination and renaissance it's Doing Some Shit!!!!#it took me a while to get into the gameplay loop of it but now that I have I'm starting to get the feel for what it's doing #and the ludonarrative resonance is off the fucking charts in this game in ways rarely seen #and a lot of that is helped by its slant towards dark comedy. the way you get inured to killing so quickly is SO on theme #where I think uncharted (beloved by me but with its flaws) is a poster child and originator for the ludonarrative dissonance debate #deathloop may be the extreme other end of that. like yeah you keep murdering people. it doesn't matter AND it's awful. and funny #it's unfortunately also very very funny a lot of the time #that and the slow way you build familiarity with the characters along with colt because uh. he forgor. he forgor them #(...except that he liked it here in frank's house. which. okay. I'll just cry about it a bit and come back to you)#and side comments that's just nonsense when you start out slowly become funnier or sadder or more touching not by having changed #but you returning to it with new context. IT'S GOOD WRITING BRENT!!! it's unorthodox narrative but it's incredibly interesting #if you're willing to engage with it!!!!#(I sadly think this may be another of those 'you have to let go of the game you thought it would be to love the game it *is*' situations #and what I am starting to learn is that people are not always willing to give that process a fair shot)#selene vassos and colt vahn would have a lot to talk about if they hung out but I don't think they'd get along hahaha #colt not even here for THAT good of a time but I'll give anything a shot vahn vs. selene queen of utter joylessness vassos (affectionate)#voice acting in both: fucking impeccable needless to say #ALSO last but not least: two of the most visually striking and beautiful games ever made. art direction off the charts both of them

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