Almost finished playing "SABLE", a relaxing exploration game that seems like Shadow Of The Colossus but without combat, the style and the atmosphere are the same, but I don't like very much the too much simple graphic... this is a game where you can possibly stay still just looking at the horizon, with vegetation, sun and clouds moving, but the graphic is so cartoony/pencil-like that it ruins the effect for me... also except for birds and some collectable butterflies there is absolutely no animal life outside the villages.
It has anyway a cool function that I never seen before to make you able to set waypoints on the map, but while you are still in third person view, so you can point at things that you see in the distance but are (still) not shown on the map.
There are some RPG elements to give you some more resistance and upgrade for the vehicle, but that's it, the clothes seems like just for the aspect.
The game contains some little mistery, and some simple puzzles related to physics or sunlight position, anyway exploration is almost always rewarded, if you see something apparently impossible to reach, but then you manage to go there, you'll find something to collect.
I liked it, but it feels a little empty in different areas.
And... "STREETS OF ROGUE" !!
OH MAN !! THIS IS A DOPE !!!
I just started the game out of curiosity, before going to bed, without too much expectations, and found myself laugh hard at the tutorial !! Then I started with the default character, and I died fast, but not without noticing how damn interactive the game is !!
So I tried other two "normal" characters and died again... if you start a combat or you are seen doing something wrong it's difficult to survive at the beginning... so I tried the Alien, it's not good at fighting and can't speak, but can mind-control people !!
I was able to make people kill each other or send them on suicide missions !! But then I died... and I tried the Gorilla with it's super punch that most of the time is an insta-kill... then I tried the Vampire... the Robot... the Zombie... WTF !! I Played 7 hours in a row without noticing !!
The game can have MANY approaches, to finish missions you can kill OR bribe OR convince OR destroy OR hack OR make other people do the work for you OR sneak, etc... etc...
Every single playable character is unique, and except for the standard mission, there's a personalized (optional) grand mission, like the Zombie wants to transform everyone in zombies, the Vampire should find and kill the Werewolves hidden in the cities, the Alien needs to get pieces for its spaceship, the Gangster wants to kill all the people of the opposing gangs, etc... etc...
And if all this is not enough, you can create your CUSTOM character, with the skills you choose.
I feel like I could speak about this game for a week even if I just explored the surface !! Even the music is catchy !!