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[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Started playing Rauniot - a post-apocalyptic isometric point&click adventure game set in Lapland. Only few hours in and the vibes are great, although the voice acting and dialogue feels ... I dunno, it's not "bad", but it feels a bit "off", like it's written by "semi-edgy artsyfartsy" type, and the dialogue is performed by aliens who only got the tldr version of how to act human.

Visually the game looks quite a bit like Fallout 1 and 2, just with higher colordepth and resolution. Sound (apart from dialogue) is pretty ambient. So all good in my books. And I gotta respect the absolutely slamming metal tune the main character is blasting in their car during the intro sequence. Hell. Yea. \,,/

Puzzles have been mostly "find a tool to do x", some items (eg. a rope in the first screen of the game) do blend into the background, so hovering over everything on the screen is a must. Interactables are highlighted in yellow outline, which on some cases can be really soft and it blends to the apocalyptic colorpalette of sepia/brown/gray surprisingly well, but at least all interactable things have a soundeffect when hovered with a mouse.

Gotta play more, I do want to see where it goes with the story and puzzles later on.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting. Haven't heard of that but it looks neat. Might be the type of game I'd rather watch a Let's Play of than play myself, though. Also...

the voice acting and dialogue feels ... I dunno, it's not "bad", but it feels a bit "off", like it's written by "semi-edgy artsyfartsy" type, and the dialogue is performed by aliens who only got the tldr version of how to act human.

are you sure they're not just... Finnish?

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

are you sure they’re not just… Finnish?

heh, kinda fair, tbh. But then again, so am I, and it still feels like watching aliens :D

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, fair enough haha!

Also I love Finland for the record, the joke was just right there you know...

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 4 points 16 hours ago

All good and fair when it comes to a bit of banter :)

Besides, the game sets unrealistic expectations as the characters actually talk.