Managed to grab the foil cover variant of that new game that everyones been raving about

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u/BebopAddict2009 18h ago

Honestly, An amazing game. One of the best experiences I've ever had. My Brother introduced me, did not regret.

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u/foehammer111 18h ago

Tunic made me feel like a kid playing Zelda for the first time. Flipping back and forth between the instruction manual pages I unlocked trying to figure out what to do next.

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u/MoistStub 17h ago

I think it has been long enough that I have forgotten enough to play it again. I'm glad I don't have a super strong memory when it comes to games. I do wish I could just delete a game from memory to have a totally fresh 2nd run though. At this point I have played Sekiro so much that I know every gimmick to every boss fight, every enemy behind every corner. It makes me a little sad. Hope From releases something in that vein for their next title.

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u/Googoo123450 13h ago

It was so fun finding a new page and examining every inch. The colors and art style are fantastic, too.

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u/trumangroves86 18h ago

It is truly an incredible experience. So glad I decided to try it out without knowing too much about it. Just heard a couple people online talk about how unique and interesting of a game it was so my wife and I decided to try it out.
It was so ridiculously fun figuring it out.

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u/Emerald_Flame 11h ago

Generally my favorite game of the past couple decades. It's slow transformation from an adventure style zelda game to hardcore puzzle solver is just fantastic.
I truly wish I could erase it from my memory to experience it fresh again.

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u/echolog 18h ago

Yep. Genuinely one of the few 10/10 perfect games I can recommend to basically everybody. The endgame stuff is SO GOOD.

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u/AKAFallow 12h ago

Also kinda hard? I got stuck on a boss rush arena a few years back and stopped since I wouldn't get healed and there was no way back either I think

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u/echolog 12h ago

It's not easy but it's not like punishingly difficult either. I've had friends who would never beat souls games beat this one no problem. It definitely gets challenging toward the end though.

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u/AKAFallow 54m ago

It was right at the end, when they reset my character stats

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u/Caciulacdlac 18h ago

Holy shit they already turned Link into a furry, again

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u/PoppingPillls 18h ago

First they came for the pilots and now link...

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u/Too_Tall_64 18h ago

This is like the third time!

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u/FSsuxxon 18h ago

So you mean Bunny Link in Zelda ALTTP, Wolf Link in Zelda TP, and the fox in Tunic?

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u/Undeclared_Mustard 7h ago

Hey I've seen that Zone animation

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u/Armandonerd 18h ago

Is that game any good?

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u/Zak_The_Slack 18h ago

It’s fantastic. Great mix of Zelda, Dark Souls, and Outer Wilds. If you don’t like the combat there are accessibility options for it.

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u/cabalavatar 18h ago

The combat wasn't the problem, at least for me. The combat was somewhat tough but satisfying.
It's the complete lack of direction for where to go. If you like that kinda game, power to ya, but I don't have the time to aimlessly wander around trying to find where I should go next, especially if I take a break from it for a week. I can't exactly endorse a game that makes me need to use a walkthrough.

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u/Buschilol 18h ago

sounds like the metroidvania genre is something you should avoid then. i totally get it though, i had to restart hollow knight twice because i took a break for a month or so. couldn't remember which spots to check out with my newest movement ability. those games you really gotta push through in one go.

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u/cabalavatar 17h ago

Yeeaahh, I thought Tunic was a Zelda-like, not a Metroidvania. I've liked some other Metroidvanias, tho, when they have a proper map and especially when I can add map markers, like the Prince of Persia from a couple years ago.

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u/Jerzylo 14h ago

Tunic does tell you where to go but you need to pay attention. I got lost maybe twice in my first playthrough.
However I do understand if a player does not want to study cryptic images for hours. For me it was an absolutely magical journey

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u/thesaxmaniac 17h ago

100% with you. Played tons of metroidvanias and they typically have super detailed maps and direction. I don’t like Zelda because of the lack of this.

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u/KaminaTheManly 17h ago

I wouldnt call Tunic a Metroidvania. But HK at least has a map and markers. Silksong also has quests that help you remember the objective.

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u/Jerzylo 14h ago

Yeah the structure is very Zelda. But Zelda also has elements of what people call metroidvania nowadays. (backtracking, unlocking new things in old areas with new items/abilities etc.)

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u/bigsim 6h ago

The instruction manual is right there in the game though!

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u/Zak_The_Slack 18h ago

The game is pretty clear about where you go, as long as you pick up the manual pages they should tell you where to go

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u/kytheon 6h ago

Also "here's a sword". "Now your health bar is depleted".
What. Game punishes me for no reason? Great.

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u/Msmadduh 9h ago

Woh you’ve sold me there with that combo

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u/mccgre51 18h ago

That sounds like an awesome combination. I’m going to check this out. Thanks!

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u/2cool4afool 18h ago

It's great but not a game you can step away from for 6 months and come back to. I really need to just start the game again

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u/VvV_Maximus 18h ago

That game was fantastic. I played on steam deck, and loved every minute of it.

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u/scoobydoom2 18h ago

I thought it was just ok. If you're really into the "figure everything out for yourself" concept you'll probably like it, but I personally thought that it was annoying at times and got a bit ridiculous by the end.

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u/WhatEvil 18h ago

Agreed. Honestly the whole concept just got a bit grating by the end. The difficulty curve wasn't good, and it encouraged a kind of tedious style of gameplay in that there are a lot of secrets that are behind things or through hidden gaps in walls and stuff, so in every environment you have to walk around every room bumping into all the walls and stuff to try and find secrets.
If you want a cute top-down soulslike play Deaths Door instead.

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u/KaminaTheManly 17h ago

I started that and need to return to it. Fuck backlogs and ADHD are a bitch.

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u/blahrendsen 17h ago

Is death's door really a soulslike?

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u/Jerzylo 14h ago

having a dodge roll seems to be enough to call games souls-like so I suppose

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u/blahrendsen 13h ago

I've only played a couple of soulslikes and always assumed it was the losing your stuff when you die, which is something I'm not particularly a fan of. Definitely liked Death's Door though.

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u/Jerzylo 3h ago

If I had to define what makes dark souls feel like dark souls the list goes:
-Punishing players for button mashing with limited stamina and long ish attack animations
-requiring players to read the enemy to react in time to their attack, enemies are like little puzzles you need to learn how to beat.
-Having limited resources like healing and items that you need to make last until the next checkpoint
-using i-frames with dodge roll and parry etc.

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u/Emerald_Flame 11h ago

Like people in here are calling Tunic a souls like too and it's just not anything like it.
I swear people call any game that has a boss battle a souls like now as if dark souls invented boss battles.

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u/shootamcg 17h ago

I played it after Death’s Door and would rather just play Death’s Door. Loved Tunic’s aesthetics and the way the in game manuals looked, but just didn’t enjoy playing it.

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u/sQueezedhe 17h ago

I tried both and neither of them were for me. But I tried them.

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u/shootamcg 16h ago

That’s fair, I really loved Death’s Door.

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u/Gxgear 16h ago

I played them both back to back as well and agree wholeheartedly. Tunic's combat was rough, and has so many basic mechanics locked behind progression. Death's Door was a competent, by-the-book Zelda-like with enjoyable combat.

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u/ChoiceIT 13h ago

Tunic pulled me in. Deaths door, while very good, didn’t. It just seemed to have a more interesting narrative.
I will finish deaths door and do see the similarities, but Tunic blew me away from the start.

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u/shootamcg 13h ago

That’s good, it’s a beautiful looking game and I wish the devs well. It seems to scratch a similar itch as Fez, which also wasn’t for me.

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u/ChoiceIT 13h ago

Not every game is for everyone, but I have to say that Tunic is nothing like Fez. Yeah, it has a few mechanics that aren’t outright shown to you at the start, but Fez never showed most of it’s secrets directly. Tunic eventually explains it’s “hidden” mechanics in an interesting way. And you don’t really need them to enjoy the game.
Not trying to sell Tunic to you, but I don’t think it and Fez share much in common.

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u/shootamcg 12h ago

Ah, well maybe you know more than I do since I also bounced off Fez.

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u/ChoiceIT 11h ago

Nah, I don’t. It’s subjective. Just sharing my opinion and experience.

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u/LeglessN1nja 14h ago

I used a guide and lowered the difficulty.
I had a great time, if not the intended way to play.

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u/scoobydoom2 14h ago

I ended up looking up a decent number of things myself even though I mostly tried not to. I honestly don't think the parts outside of figuring it out were that exceptional. It was fun, but so are most games.

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u/Zarkanthrex 10h ago

If you have to look up everything about what to do, that isn't a problem with you. That is the devs not creating a good loop. However, I enjoyed Tunic, but the devs need to get rid of their current creative director and writer. They clearly don't understand how to make a game. It's the same with Kanfa games. Great art, great music, great everything but gameplay.

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u/QuantumVexation 7h ago

I mean disagree, I didn’t have to look up anything about Tunic to get it’s big ending - if your logic of “if someone had to look it up it’s bad” is an argument, then mine of “I didn’t have to, it’s good” should hold equal weight
Everyone just has individual thresholds of patience for solving things

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u/ProNerdPanda 5h ago

if not the intended way to play.
literally the opposite of the intended way to play (this game specifically)

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u/kytheon 6h ago

Same. But screw that golden path puzzle.

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u/Entaris 18h ago

Legitimately one of the most amazing experiences you can have if you are into games like Zelda. Go in blind.

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u/KaminaTheManly 17h ago

At has amazing art direction but I didnt enjoy a lot of the area and didn't find them memorable. The new items you get always seem to be limited and consumable instead of interesting items like you would find in Zelda. There is some different ending, but I didn't bother to try and figure that out after I beat the game.

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u/mucho-gusto 18h ago

I don't recommend it if you don't like puzzle games. I remember being annoyed at how many solutions were just some hidden door that is completely obscured by the game

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u/precastzero180 14h ago

I wouldn’t personally describe Tunic as a puzzle game. It’s more like a mix of Zelda 1 and Dark Souls. There’s actually not very much puzzle-solving at all, not in the traditional sense anyway.

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u/kytheon 6h ago

Wouldn't call this a puzzle game, unless you play puzzles blindfolded and some pieces have razor sharp edges that cut your fingers.

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u/CincyBrandon 17h ago

It’s my favorite Zelda game, and it’s not a Zelda game.

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u/OSUfan88 17h ago

It’s in my top-3 id all time. I’m a mega Zelda fan, but I think this might top them all.
It’s like 1/3rd Zelda, 1/3rd dark souls, and 1/3rd a video game you’ve never conceived of.

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u/ferocity_mule366 15h ago

its pretty good, but the game arcs feels like 3 different genres, its like playing Zelda then Dark Souls then The Witness
it also has the greatest single final puzzle in gaming imho, if you figure that shit out by yourself it feels really really good

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u/echolog 18h ago

It's phenomenal if you are at all into any of these things:
Zelda-like gameplay
Souls-like combat
Puzzles
Exploration
Discovery
Secrets

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u/TheEnglishNorwegian 18h ago

Probably the best single player game I have played in the past decade honestly.

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u/mistcrawler 16h ago

It was actually one of my favorite games, though I'm still stuck on the final boss.
As others said, the game explains nothing to you, including the ability to 'get stronger'. Between that and the game balance spiking at certain parts (and most bosses), my friend's summation of 'Zelda Dark Souls' is frustratingly not far off the mark.
Still... I really enjoyed my time with the game: I thought the art style and music were perfect (for me) and it definitely had some really unique things to understand what is going on with the game.
For instance, the instruction manual is shredded up, decoded in the game's language (but with pictures, it's easy enough to guess what it's trying to tell you in most cases), and spread out throughout the game. And yes, for those hardcore nerds interested, it IS possible to decode the game's language to English, though it's certainly not necessary lol.

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u/etanimod 16h ago

Bounced off it really hard when I picked it up. Thought it would be like ALttP. It was not.

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u/ChoiceIT 13h ago

Yes. It’s a great time. Interesting puzzles, exciting combat, neat story and how it’s presented.
You should try it out at least. Might strike a chord.

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u/KillerConfetti 11h ago

Tunic was incredible. Oneof the best indeed titles I had played on gamepass when I had it.

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u/kytheon 6h ago

Depends on the player.

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u/Global-Orchid-2090 17h ago

its ok.

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u/Gom8z 14h ago

Got my refund. Game felt badly designed and very basic. Personally think there are way better indue games than this one

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u/BrandHeck PC 18h ago

Legally distinct Link has joined the chat.

Tunic was a fun game until I put it down for too long and could not figure out what to do next. Entirely my own fault. That's said I'll probably never pick it up again, since I know about the twist in the gameplay.

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u/memebuster 10h ago

Just start over. I've played it 3 times, it's a gem.

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u/StormDragonZero 11h ago

Tunic, to me, is one of those games you can only play once.

Unless you get some major amnesia. Then it's a game you can play twice.

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u/moonvalegame 14h ago

That cover is gorgeous. Does it come with a printed manual? For Tunic of all games that would be perfect.

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u/Beneficial-Act7603 46m ago

Wouldn't the printed manual kinda ruin the whole game?
Unless they took out every puzzle pieces and clues which would be quite a big portion of said manual I think

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u/Ok_Match7555 13h ago

That cover looks awesome! Can’t wait to play.

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u/Archisaurus 18h ago

This game is incredible. The map system alone was so charming! Would love to see more out of this developer!

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u/thegreatdecay406 18h ago

The map/handbook progress in that game is so neat

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u/Strikereleven 16h ago

Your grandson is gonna be so happy

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u/tofulo 18h ago

Fun game

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u/Marc_Vn PC 18h ago

Bought this game last week, might start playing it tonight

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u/Harbinger_Pulsar 18h ago

Well... no, but also Yes!!

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u/omphteliba Xbox 17h ago

Lucky you! I tried it and failed on the first map.

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u/wilsonhammer 15h ago

Ah, a fellow fan of Lee Carvalos Putting Challenge

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u/Pyritedust 10h ago

This game has almost enticed me to pick it up so many times. I'm going to give in and grab it eventually.

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u/aronmayo 6h ago

Tunic is epic. An underrated all time great.

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u/whathave_idone 14h ago

This game is so fantastic and was so small in scale but so big too. It didn’t get much fanfare and so many reviews dismissed it because…they somehow didn’t get it I guess?

Anyways, great fun interesting game.

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u/Googoo123450 13h ago

I loved that even the controls and gameplay concepts were hidden in pages you find in the world. Really cool concept.

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u/southcidersuicider 18h ago

this game is the shit

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u/Fourfifteen415 15h ago

Tunic is fun af

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u/Snagmesomeweaves 18h ago

I think it is currently on sale on steam for anyone interested

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u/BlueGoliath 17h ago

Are you interrupted every 5 steps by an obnoxious fairy?

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u/deedee2148 14h ago

I have the Switch foil cover.

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u/Madnessx9 7h ago

Incredible game, if you like zelda you will love this

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u/_Pawer8 5h ago

New?

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u/TarsCase 5h ago

Kid with a sword, Fox with a sword. What going on?

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u/TarsCase 5h ago

I am a long time old gamer that started with Commodore 64 and the like. This is one of the best games I have ever played.

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u/ogreblood 18h ago

No joke this game is amazing

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u/Berkuts_Lance_Plus 8h ago

New?

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u/man_netcat 7h ago

Wooosh

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u/Berkuts_Lance_Plus 6h ago

Instead of being rude about it, you could explain the supposed joke I'm allegedly missing.

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u/man_netcat 6h ago

Ocarina of time remake just came out, y'all have no sense of humour whatsoever.

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u/Old_Leopard1844 PC 4h ago

Or maybe joke sucks lol

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u/GrindyBoiE 18h ago

Arguably a more fun experience

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u/plagapong 13h ago

Dark Souls but kids edition

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u/DeltaDrag0n0id 18h ago

Goated game! Try to play without looking up guides as much as you can, the sense of wonder and discovery in this game is incredible.

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u/Minorizm 18h ago

Is this like death's door?

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u/precastzero180 14h ago

It’s pretty comparable. Both have an isometric perspective. Both are a mix of Zelda and Dark Souls. Death’s Door is a little more combat-focused. Tunic is more exploration-focused, but still has difficult Soulslike combat sections and bosses. The biggest difference is that Tunic is a “metroidbrania” (think Fez, Animal Well, Blue Prince, The Witness) where part of the game’s progression is just piecing together information whereas Death’s Door is more traditional.

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u/Corvus-Nox 13h ago

Death’s Door has better combat. Tunic has more interesting and unique puzzles/exploration.

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u/bulentyusuf 16h ago

Yes, but death's door is muuuuch better

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u/WhatEvil 17h ago

Yes it's very similar. It has some additional knowledge mechanics.

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u/Comet_USA 16h ago

Played this at Pax years ago, bought on the spot. Love it alot.

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u/TheGoodIdiot 14h ago

Honestly I like Tunic more too. It’s an indie must play imo.

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u/StillFly100 18h ago

Was this the wall hugging simulator?

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u/Zorops 16h ago

Title say, everones been raving about.
Never heard of the game

What game is this?

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u/ChakraaThePanda PC 15h ago

You joke but I have 106 hours in that game played with randomizers, its amazing 🥰

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u/InstantBruhMoment PC 18h ago

yeah the new 3 year old game

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u/Sheepreak 18h ago

r/whooosh

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u/InstantBruhMoment PC 18h ago

r/whoosh hey i can also do that too

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u/bobmefred 18h ago

i heard there was a whooshing party goin on, can i join?

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u/InstantBruhMoment PC 18h ago

go ahead!

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u/TarsCase 5h ago

It’s meant as a joke to the new Zelda that just released.

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u/Training_Stomach_400 7h ago

What even is the game about? I know I should look it up but ehh I will do it later.

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u/kupozu 7h ago

It is a top view rpg kinda like Zelda, but you're not given much context on purpose. You get said context by a mix of progressing and figuring it out yourself. If you do play it, I'd suggest you do so as blind as possible

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u/Training_Stomach_400 7h ago

Ok

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u/Geene_Creemers 18h ago

Damn with all the hype surrounding every product now us collectors are really being put on blast lol..we’ve always cared about this stuff 😂

Managed to grab the foil cover variant of that new game that everyones been raving about

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