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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71061864

I was trying to find more retro video games involving vampires (as I tend to do) when I stumbled upon this one. The premise seems straightfoward enough but they made the vampire look like such a creep it really does looking like you're "stalking" these women and not "hunting" them.

Just look at this explanation that comes up before you insert a coin. Look at that vampire!

Anyway, the gameplay is basically pac-man. You move around the maze trying to touch women (like a creep) while trying not to let priests or nuns touch you. But there are so many priests and nuns moving around the stage (and moving faster than you can) that it's extremely difficult. So this isn't a good game but it's certainly an odd one. And I just had to share.

Here's a longplay of the game.

I was trying to find more retro video games involving vampires (as I tend to do) when I stumbled upon this one. The premise seems straightfoward enough but they made the vampire look like such a creep it really does looking like you're "stalking" these women and not "hunting" them.

Just look at this explanation that comes up before you insert a coin. Look at that vampire!

Anyway, the gameplay is basically pac-man. You move around the maze trying to touch women (like a creep) while trying not to let priests or nuns touch you. But there are so many priests and nuns moving around the stage (and moving faster than you can) that it's extremely difficult. So this isn't a good game but it's certainly an odd one. And I just had to share.

Here's a longplay of the game.

I'm like, 80% certain this is a real show and not just a joke. But I can't be 100% sure. I really can't imagine this being a weekly TV show that airs on CBS...

I'm always excited when I find another Weird West video game! Yay, another chance to post to this community!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3734220/Guns_of_Eschaton/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/66919035

I just wanted to gush for a minute about Mark of the Deep, Tombwater, and Hunt the Night. All of them are top-down (or isometric) exploration games with eldritch horrors and difficult combat. I'm terrible at "real" souls-like games but these top-down games are definitely scratching my itch.

Mark of the Deep has an isometric view and more modern graphics (compared to the others). The map is a set of interconnected regions where each region is a labyrinth of hidden paths. This one is very easy to get lost in but I think it's well-made. It does a good job of letting you unlock shortcuts as you progress so you don't have to backtrack too much after dying and restarting at the last save point. It took me ~20 hours to beat.

Tombwater is a new game that feels more like A Link To The Past than Mark of the Deep. It's a spread-out open world with optional bosses and 32-bit graphics. I really like how it lets you disable the "corpse run" mechanic that is common in souls-like games. Like I said, I'm terrible at "real" souls-likes so this is a huge selling point for me (Mark of the Deep doesn't have corpse runs either). I'm ~8 hours into Tombwater and I'm really enjoying it.

I've only played the demo for Hunt the Night but I absolutely loved it and since there was a bundle with Tombwater, I bought it on an impulse. I'm looking forward to playing it after I beat Tombwater though.

I know Tunic and Death's Door both have great reviews and souls-like aspects but those are too cute for me. I don't just want a zelda-like with difficult combat, I need that eldritch horror aspect to really scratch my itch. And I'm not sure about Mina the Hollower yet. It isn't nearly as cute as Tunic or Death's Door but I don't know if it's all that "dark" either with that artstyle.

Anyway, if you know of any other top-down/isometric action games with an eldritch horror aesthetic, please let me know. I can't get enough of them right now.

I just wanted to gush for a minute about Mark of the Deep, Tombwater, and Hunt the Night. All of them are top-down (or isometric) exploration games with eldritch horrors and difficult combat. I'm terrible at "real" souls-like games but these top-down games are definitely scratching my itch.

Mark of the Deep has an isometric view and more modern graphics (compared to the others). The map is a set of interconnected regions where each region is a labyrinth of hidden paths. This one is very easy to get lost in but I think it's well-made. It does a good job of letting you unlock shortcuts as you progress so you don't have to backtrack too much after dying and restarting at the last save point. It took me ~20 hours to beat.

Tombwater is a new game that feels more like A Link To The Past than Mark of the Deep. It's a spread-out open world with optional bosses and 32-bit graphics. I really like how it lets you disable the "corpse run" mechanic that is common in souls-like games. Like I said, I'm terrible at "real" souls-likes so this is a huge selling point for me (Mark of the Deep doesn't have corpse runs either). I'm ~8 hours into Tombwater and I'm really enjoying it.

I've only played the demo for Hunt the Night but I absolutely loved it and since there was a bundle with Tombwater, I bought it on an impulse. I'm looking forward to playing it after I beat Tombwater though.

I know Tunic and Death's Door both have great reviews and souls-like aspects but those are too cute for me. I don't just want a zelda-like with difficult combat, I need that eldritch horror aspect to really scratch my itch. And I'm not sure about Mina the Hollower yet. It isn't nearly as cute as Tunic or Death's Door but I don't know if it's all that "dark" either with that artstyle.

Anyway, if you know of any other top-down/isometric action games with an eldritch horror aesthetic, please let me know. I can't get enough of them right now.

This game looks a little too cartoony for my tastes but maybe others here will be interested? It already has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam so they must be doing something right.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124540/Far_Far_West/

Finally, a broadway musical based on the 1987 movie Lost Boys. That's what we've all been waiting for, right?

Well, I did it. I was able to come up with more than 10 posts for this arbitrarily defined genre of mine. And that's all I can find. This community can now wither into obscurity like so many ignored Lemmy communities. At least now I have someplace I can post to if I ever find more.

As one final post, here's a clip from a South Park episode with the members of KoRn explaining pirate ghosts (ghost pirates?) like it's a Scooby-Doo episode.

3 months ago was the reveal trailer, now we have a teaser trailer. And I'm even more excited for this game. Best of all, it isn't a roguelike! I didn't think that was possible anymore!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3574750/The_Dark_West/

The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (2022) is a Korean movie where they obviously watched a Pirates of the Caribbean movie and said "we can do that!" This movie has the same style of action and comedy as a PotC movie. And yet, there are no fantasy elements at all. While gravity (and physics in general) might only be a suggestion at times, there aren't any specific fantasy elements. No magic, no monsters. Which is a shame because otherwise this movie would've been a perfect example of what I'm looking for. Oh well, it's still a fun pirate adventure.

Here's a trailer. You can watch it on Netflix.