Jinn
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More like pure blue.
Probably looks really cool after smoking all that swampweed, too.
More like pure blue.
It's a cultural thing then. Here the concept of 'þegn' has no aristocratic association, the only status brought about by the title is being the best-treated slave of the bunch.
Yes, we had slaves. Just like everyone else.
The Vagrant (mild spoilers but I've avoided any of the twists or major stuff)
Swords-and-sorcery slasher/platformer/food porn inspired by classic sidescrollers and Vanillaware titles like Dragon's Crown, I originally backed the game's very modest Kickstarter campaign a few years ago but it sadly failed due to a lack of marketing from the Chinese devs. It would eventually find its way to Steam Greenlight and had a full 1.0 release a few months back. Though I love the art in these sorts of games, I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay itself, and most of my experience with Ghosts and Goblins/Castlevania-inspired games comes from h-titles these days. Still, The Vagrant is fairly newbie-friendly on Normal difficulty and you'll quickly get the hang of the controls using an Xbox gamepad. It's around 8hrs long if you're going for most of the side content and "True Ending" and stayed fairly enjoyable throughout. I found some of the later, multi-level areas less interesting than the earlier, more grounded (kek) ones - the descent into a ruined, haunted Kingdom driven to the brink by war and a desperate, mad King was actually extremely atmospheric and reminded me of the original Diablo or Dark Souls, whereas later on there were some very bland environments such as caves and generic fleshy chaos dimensions with annoying flying enemies. Being an old man, I had some trouble with bosses in the last third of the game due to so much going on at once, plus the fact a body ravaged by years of Monster Energy, potato chips and relentless masturbation can hardly match the reaction times of the more aggressive foes. Visually it's very pleasant, though obviously not up to the standards of George Kamitani et al (particularly the fanart-tier cutscenes), whilst the music is an interesting mix of traditional orchestral sounds, Matt Uelmen (check out the track "Ancient Battlefield"), metal, and even trance beats. If you're a fan of the Mega Drive classics or Vanillaware, it's worth picking this up for a few dollars when it goes on sale again.
Deltarune
The Vagrant (mild spoilers but I've avoided any of the twists or major stuff)