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What we've been playing - changing perceptions, persevering, and making the familiar feel new
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over …
Watch on YouTube Let me get this straight: I've just finished saving the world having journeyed across the universe to prevent the monstrous effects of depression, while resolving centuries-long conflicts and dealing death and despair and a whole lot more - I am the goddamn Warrior of Light - and now I'm on holiday helping a cat lady on a Pokémon quest to become the best Dawnservant there ever was? Hinterberg's daily routine of battling monsters and then building up relationships is reminiscent of Persona, or the overlooked Marvel's Midnight Suns, with a smartly unfolding story that suggests there's more to the game's narrative than you might initially believe. Yet despite its influences, Dungeons of Hinterberg manages to feel like an original thing: an Austrian-made and Austrian-set indie adventure based around the appearance of monsters in the Alps, and the thriving tourism trade set up to take advantage of it.
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