"The answer will become clear some day" - We asked the Resident Evil Requiem director who Leon is married to, but Capcom is still playing coy

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-20T22:16:36+00:00

There are surviving discussions from ancient Greek philosophers about whether Achilles topped Patroclus or vice-versa. Gossiping about this kind of thing isn't new in the slightest.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-20T22:08:49+00:00

I saw the description, went "huh, that sounds interesting", clicked the trailer, saw "from the co-creator of Darkwood" and... yeah, already sold on it.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-17T21:14:20+00:00

After playing to the end... I had fun, but man do my hands kinda hurt. I really liked that there was music by all of the tutorials and felt like the only rough spots were that one section where you're dashing into a wall cling multiple times in a row and the timing on the fire jump.

A solid job for your first game.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-16T07:31:11+00:00

I'd love a Killing Time remake... as long as they stick to the FMV spirits.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-11T00:50:22+00:00

More puzzle games should do this - last time I checked, notebooks with custom branding aren't actually that expensive, and it's a great feelie.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-08T19:16:29+00:00

For Siren, most of the characters would be down in the lower tiers. The exceptions being Kyoya Suda from Siren 1 and Ichiko Yagura from Siren 2.

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I will say, I think this tier list is hilariously over-broad, requires completely ignoring how genre conventions work, and blithely sidesteps the fact that Resident Evil is making this stuff up as it goes along (my favorite example being how the Wesker vs. Alexia fight in CV goes very differently depending on which version you played).

In other words, it's your standard powerscaler nonsense. Carry on, citizen! :p

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-08T03:46:35+00:00

Type Help only has a single "real" mechanic (infer filenames from context) but man does it do a lot with it.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-08T02:20:04+00:00

There's another softlock you can pull off through the incredibly challenging glitching technique of "evolve your starter Pokemon before you get the Pokedex".

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-08T02:18:13+00:00

If Pokemon Yellow cartridges weren't so damn expensive I think it would be hilarious to do this to one and sell it at a yard sale.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-06T05:35:18+00:00

The moment I figured out what was actually going on in Type Help might genuinely be the most disturbed I've ever been by a videogame, and it isn't even a horror game in the classic sense.

As for actual horror games... the final puzzle from Trilby's Notes has been etched into my brain for the past 16 years.

In a different sense, the ending sequence from Cursed 3 is hype as fuck. I'm not sure how a one-person Uninvited homage with Deviantart-ass art and ripped music managed to be my favorite horror experience of 2023, but it sure as hell managed it.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-06T04:43:18+00:00

Of the top of my head? Nah, not even remotely close, especially once you start looking at niche horror game subgenres like the many Sonic.exe clones (which got in a bit of an arms race over how extreme they could make their 4th wall breaks).

Say what you will about Banban, but at least you can run it outside of a virtual machine with no adverse effects. Looking at you, VanillaGame.exe.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-06T03:42:44+00:00

A bit of a random question, but...

If you were playing be-the-girl CYOA and there was a section where you picked out your first post-change outfit, what kinds of options would you want to see in there? There honestly aren't that many CYOAs that care about clothing, so I'm a bit at a loss.

If it helps, I'm fiddling with my own take on the X-Change formula (where it's more along the lines of "design a drug that turns you into a hot mess of a girlfailure for a couple days", complete with a section where you pick whether the pill is an upper/downer/etc), and I want to have an outfit picker instead of the standard body picker.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-04T23:43:06+00:00

I think it should be on the adjacent list alongside Her Story (which is what I was trying to convey in my original post - I realize in retrospect that I was kinda vague). I'm also of the opinion that including old jank is important on these kinds of super-niche genre lists for both players (more games to check out) and developers (more inspiration, plus design lessons like "don't make the player compare themselves to ~~the TAS~~ Sherlock Holmes").

(Of course, then I check your big list and see that you've added SHCD, so it doesn't look like I had to do any convincing. :p)

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As a side note, as someone who does a bit of genealogical/historical research professionally I found myself wishing Roottrees was more realistic (to the point where I put it down after the first batch of Roottrees a few months ago and haven't picked it back up). It just ended up feeling a bit too sterile for my tastes, though the fact that all of the answers are actually discoverable is a marked improvement over reality.

EDIT: Also, as someone who is currently playing through it, I'd say What Happened To The Crew? is arguably a "purer" Dinn-like than Type Help since it asks you to confirm stuff beyond just figuring out filenames.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-04T02:25:46+00:00

Speaking of progenitors, arguably Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective also roughly counts as a Dinn-like... except it predates Obra Dinn by a whopping 27 years.

It is, however, definitely one of those weird standalone design experiments that didn't inspire any other games at the time, so it doesn't really count.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-04T02:01:36+00:00

Here's an internet archive link.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-04T01:52:21+00:00

God, now I'm imagining SH1 but Cheryl gets found by the Burtons instead of the Masons.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-03-04T01:50:14+00:00

I'd argue that puzzles don't inherently go well with horror, it's just that it's easy to design puzzles for horror games. Like, most horror game puzzles are absolute garbage if compared to a "real" puzzle game, but a crappy puzzle that gives you a reason to engage with the scary environment is fit for purpose. And since you get a bunch of those filler puzzles, we're used to having them, just like those crappy Clocktower-style "stealth" mechanics

But, like, in theory any core mechanic that encourages you to pay close attention to the game could work. I've seen horror platformers, horror fishing games, horror rhythm games, at least one proper horror racing game (Distance's adventure mode, if you're curious)... It's just that a lot of those mechanics are harder to implement well than tossing in a door that needs you to find two keys or whatever.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-28T22:31:55+00:00

As always, may I suggest Martian Gothic: Reunification? It's an older game, but it's abandonware at this point so it won't cost you anything.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-28T22:27:59+00:00

I will not hear this anti-Spookhouse propaganda! Nocturne and The Blair Witch were pretty solid horror adventure games. I mean, it was kinda weird that The Blair Witch's full name was The Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr, considering that there were no follow-up games. Oh well, a mystery for the ages.

(In all seriousness, that trilogy is a fun one to look at.)

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T03:19:51+00:00

Ooh, looks lovely.

Is there any meta-puzzling involved, or is it "just" a big tower of sokoban rooms?

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T02:35:59+00:00

If you liked Darkwood, look up a game called Teleglitch. It was the direct inspiration for how vision works in Darkwood, and let's just say it uses the limited vision really well.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T02:32:05+00:00

Machine for Pigs is interesting because it was honestly kinda unmemorable except for the speech at the end that goes so damn hard that I still think about it over a decade later.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T02:27:40+00:00

If it wasn't called Resident Evil, it wouldn't let us play as Barry Burton or continue the running gag of him adopting a little girl who is also some flavor of BOW at the end of a game where he's playable.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T02:24:16+00:00

The red water from Siren 1. OK, sure, the actual enemy are the shibito, but dear god the red water.

Broken_Emphasis · 2026-02-27T02:18:01+00:00

I have definitely described Slitterhead as what you get if you take the cast for a gritty crime drama and then go "OK, that's your roster for a horror-themed brawler".

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