Is Ravenlok exclusive to Epic on PC? I'm not finding it on Steam. (Edit: I'm a Steam Deck player, probably not going to install Epic just for this game)
I felt the ending was a bummer and maybe a little rushed?
My casual (mostly uninformed) impression has been that a lot of these indie games releasing right to Game Pass tend to front load a stylish and polished first few hours of gameplay, perhaps at the expense of a fulfilling payoff or lasting appeal. I'm sure there are a billion counterexamples but aside from Dordogne, I felt the same about Tinykin, Slime Rancher 2, The Gunk, and Sable. I wonder if it's an artifact of how Game Pass games get funded and scheduled... or maybe this is just how it's always been and Game Pass just helps these games get attention they wouldn't have in the past?
Remarkably beautiful game. It took me exactly 3.5 hours to wrap up the story. For others playing on Steam Deck, you might need to force Proton 7.0-6 for best compatibility.
So onto my thoughts…
On the positive side; the atmosphere of game felt reminiscent of Boku no Natsuyasumi or Unpacking. The game is dense with beautiful, memorable, and expressive style, at many times looking like a Studio Ghibli film (I keep thinking of Only Yesteday for whatever reason) or modern French animation.
In contrast, I found the gameplay rather shallow and at times frustrating; something akin to Heavy Rain… “Pick up key, move key, put key in door, turn key, push door”... but perhaps the experience Un Je Ne Sais Quoi aims to convey here is less about the game mechanics, and more to emphasize their story and a particular feeling.
Overall I found Dordogne to be a charming, beautiful, although largely short lived experience.
I had a dream the other night where Fandom threw a bunch of money around to get the current GB crew + Abby/Ben/JeffG/The Nextlanders/Drew together for a panel at some convention for a no-holds-barred retrospective on the history of Giant Bomb. It was rad.
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