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Dustborn is about smashing cops with words, batsIn us we trust
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Red Thread Games, the studio behindDreamfall ChaptersandDraugen, have announced a new action adventure game,Dustborn, with a shiny trailer.
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The rest of the band are a big deal too, according to press releases. They’ll have magic powers of their own, conflicting personalities and subplots and stories and that, which you’ll pick through in branching dialogues. One of them is a robot, and I’ve just this second noticed that one of them has vitiligo, something I’ve only ever seen inone game. I perk up at this because I have it, but I’m already absurdly white and it only really affects me because it coincides with a lot of other autoimmune disorders, but on someone darker skinned it opens up some potential struggles with racism, healthcare, and self-image. Or, y’know, it might just be not a big deal.
It’s clearly wearing a lot of themes on its sleeves, is what I’m getting at, which is exciting and potentially timely, but not without its hazards. And hey! It could also just be a cool fun ride about smashing up some jerkass autocops. Is it… how sad is it that I really liked the bus seats? It’s pretty sad, right? I spent my holiday on a bus once, during a flood. It wasn’t very good.
People who congregate in doorways.
Red Thread have a pretty strong pedigree. They formed after splitting from Funcom in 2012, later releasingDreamfall Chaptersand Draugen, which Alice B spoke of warmly in herDraugen review. Story-driven games are very much their bag, and this one looks like it’s making a more explicit political statement. I’m very mildly apprehensive, but mostly intrigued to see what shape this one takes.
Dustborn is due for a 2021 release onSteam. Seeits websitefor more.
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