Drizzlepath: Deja Vu
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    08-16-2022 10:09 PM

May we never talk about this again.

From the mind behind the utterly abysmal Lucid Cycle comes the latest Xbox Walking Simulator - a game with so little interaction, you can play the whole thing with just the right thumbstick.

Let's keep it short, shall we?

Once more, the man who owns more Unreal Engine assets than ideas stitches them together into a corridor of rural locations which have little more in common than trying to get as much use out of his investment as possible.

Hit LB to toggle run, hit Y to turn on automove, then occasionally flick the right stick to avoid hitting a tree, falling into a swamp, or banging into the world boundary.

Sometimes, a voice over from an actress will begin, who does her best with the pseudo-philosophical nonsense script the developer has thrown together. Most of the time there's some pleasant music to listen to.

Have the game walk past giant statues and a lot of rocks as you slowly make your way down through a valley then up the side of a mountain until the final piece of dialogue plays and the game returns to the title screen.

All the achievements are unmissable, and you can if you wish take control of the game and walk a bit closer to things to get extra bits of dialogue, but it's all so boring I recommend you don't waste your time.

After watching the first person point of view drudge forward for half an hour, getting frustrated at a lighthouse where the path isn't at all obvious and finishing the climb up the mountain, you can uninstall and have your completion.

May we never talk about this again.
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