We'll be brutally honest: there are so many indie releases on the PlayStation 4 and Vita these days that we struggle to cover them all. One title that's stood out this week, though, is Read Only Memories – a modern take on the adventure game set in a cyberpunk world known as Neo-San Francisco. The title's Snatcher-esque art style looks absolutely amazing – and the audio is even better.
According to a PlayStation Blog post, developer Midboss has done away with pixel hunting and awkward item combinations – this is a detective game where many of the puzzles have multiple solutions, and the ones that you pick will help to better profile your personality and branch the story in different directions. The title was funded on Kickstarter in 2013, and has great reviews on the PC.
There's no word on a date for the PlayStation versions just yet, but we're sure that we'll be learning lots more in the near future. This is one that we can definitely picture ourselves snuggling up with on the Vita, as that art style's really going to pop on the system's five inch screen.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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awesome! looks good, ill get that for sure!
Looks like a game I need. PLEASE be part of PS Plus IGC on release.
Well thats likely to be one IGC spot taken in the future.
Im confused as to what the "modern take" is though, as it looks like classic adventure game, but I dont know is all.
Personally Im completely uninterested in these throwback types now, but Im sure some folk will love it.
@Kidfried that's what I'm hoping but I'll probably pick it up on the cheap at some point anyway, for Vita.
If this is a Plus game im totally playing it.
If I feel like playing something snatcheresque I'll play snatcher or the policenauts translation, not interested in picking pronouns.
I am soooo tired of 8bit/16bit retro games that the market has been flooded in last couple of years. And I'm an old gamer that should have a proper nostalgia kick from these types of art directions. But maaaan I just cant stand it anymore. I dont mind 2d games at all but I would like them to look interesting and good like guacamelee or muramasa rebirth or dragons crown (tits not necessary but can be a bonus).
This particular game probably is excellent but the art direction puts me really off here.
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