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Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (2022)
Fantastic Gem
One of the best AA souls-like available at moment. Someone complained about lack of maps but that's what characterizes this type of game, learning the maps, exploration, going back and forth between areas once activate fast travel midway through the game. Yes, the lack of fast travel does suck some at first but this is designed to help you learn the level layouts.
You start the game with all weapons available - 5 of them or so, but you can equip only two at once, but each have huge upgrade tree that can change how each weapon is used, the combat having stamina limits and uses similar to dark souls but not nearly as difficult.
Art direction is fantastic, cool look. Movement is fluid. Story is deep, but requires a lot of lore reading which really fleshes out the world and can be pretty interesting.
A worthy play through if fans of the genre. Don't overlook this one.
Gold (2022)
Cormac McCarthy and Nick Cave take on greed
Average movie goer might be disappointed and I might be able to see why. This is a study of greed. Not a Marvel movie. It's not flashy. It's not fast paced. It's about the moment. The details. The intensity of being alone. In desert. Against elements. The desolation. The psychosis. The look in the actors face as he sees the glint in the distant desert, the moment when you can see the "crazy" sneak in thier minds. It's Show, don't tell. You won't be constantly clutching your seat which makes those big moments here all the more impactful when it does happen. It's sparse and prodding but deep and dark and the whole thing is like a Nice Cave song. Great performances. It's as if Cormac McCarthy wrote it. If you like his work, this would fit right in that pantheon of his work. Vastly underrated.