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Interesting, one of Rutger Hauer's last projects. "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain..."❤️

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Yes. So heartbreaking. He was so talented.

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my favorite scene, I linked it before somewhere on here even :)

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I do remember. It was the best scene. It lives on.

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Indeed. There are actually a handful of scenes in the game that reference Blade Runner directly - the game was clearly a labour of love for the team. Thankyou for reading and commenting. :o)

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Thankyou so much, Nadia - its always an honour to have my writing published by you. I hope all is well. :o)

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The honor is all mine, Peter! ❤️

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Great write up and thoughts Peter, and thank you Nadia for sharing.

This one slipped past me in 2020, it seems.

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Thank you for popping by and reading, Nathan! It's a good game, one of the best by Bloober (alongside Medium, my personal favorite). And it only has few scary moments if you're wondering. Haha.

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I was wondering 😅😉

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Haha. I knew you would be. You can handle it. I know it.

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Thankyou, Nathan. Yeah, its not that scary to be honest - its more confronting philosophically I would say. It does make you feel things at certain points, but its focus is on making you empathise with the characters rather than trying to scare you. And a lot of the time, when you come up against something scary in the game, you can do something about it which is good - you actually get to help some of the characters. Its an unusual game in a lot of ways, and well worth a look in my opinion. :o)

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That's very good to hear. Thanks! As Nadia notes, I'm a complete wuss when it comes to scary games. Anything first person where I'm immersed into the world ... I just can't cope. Which is weird, because I love horror films. I guess it's the player agency, the sense of control and it all being down to me.

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Mmm, interesting. I find it difficult to have that level of immersion in games, but I have to say - if any game provides that kind of depth, parts of this one certainly do. If you do end up playing it, I hope you enjoy it. :o)

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Sometimes I wish I could turn off the immersion I feel. I just get sucked in once I'm in control and it's first person. 😅

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Thats cool too though, to be able to do that. I tend to react to things atypically because I have Asperger's, so it can be hard to relate to people's experiences of things sometimes. There are parts of this though that certainly did hook me more than usual. :)

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