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I was recently playing the drifter, a modern point and click thriller adventure. It's made by an Australian team and set nebulously in Australia.

I enjoyed the game more than it really deserved to be in part because characters voices (like manner of speech, not just accents of the actors), attitudes, and language were familiar. The aesthetics, and the use of a few indigenous words/place names all made it feel rather cosy. It was a distinctly Australian game without being about being "Australian". Other games set in a fictional Australia like say dinkum lean too far into it as a form of exoticism, becoming parody.

I wonder what games are similar for other users here, what captures the mood, culture, and/or aesthetics of your home? What would you recommend someone check out?

inb4 someone recommends dark souls for England.

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[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2 points 17 hours ago

Somewhat similar vibe.

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