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Just a little article from me today. I've been enjoying a few cyberpunkish things recently:

  • Psycho-Pass
  • Dark Rain
  • Cyberpunk 2077

...which reminded me that there was a semi-recent effort at bringing the classic Blade Runner PC game from 1997 to a new era of gaming. It didn't land very well (everyone hated the smoothed graphics nonsense they did for it), but on a subsequent update they did fix that.

Anyway, that recollection led to me installing it on my OLED Switch, which then made me appreciate the atmosphere and environments, the beautiful backgrounds and so on. The backgrounds in this game are truly top-notch.

SO, if you'd like a little rambling about how Westwood went against the grain when 3D gaming was really taking off, and instead focused on a point-and-click adventure, then follow the link as per usual:

https://gardinerbryant.com/when-other-games-chased-polygons/

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[-] namelivia@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Nice article! Thanks for posting it, I never had the chance to play this game but everytime I read about it I remind myself I should some day

[-] PerfectDark@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

Then consider this your reminder to get to it!!!

Well worth it, and if you get the Nightdive 2022 remaster, don't forget to completely ignore their new graphics mode and opt for the original!

this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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