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Essays 22 June 2020, 02:32

author: Darius Matusiak

11-11: Memories Retold. The most beautiful, unusual games

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  1. Release year: 2018
  2. Developer: Digixart, Aardman Animations
  3. Genre: TPP adventure

The French seem to have a unique talent for touching and unique games about World War I. In addition to the wonderful, slightly perversely cartoonish Valiant Hearts, 2018 features an even more visually unique 11-11: Memories Retold. It's the story of two men from hostile factions who go to the front for completely different reasons. In terms of the gameplay, it may not be a very engaging game as there are mostly conversations with NPCs and simple interactions with the game world. As you might guess, however, it is the plot and our characters who play the main roles in this extraordinary and poignant tale.

What about the ingenious visuals? The authors used a style that resembles an oil painting. The characters and their surroundings are painted with brush strokes. The screen is full of vibrant, warm colors, which at the same time creates a specific atmosphere and contrasts slightly with the gloomy theme. We have seen a similar thing in one of the quests (a Brush with Death) in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but combining this with the trenches of World War I gives a slightly more pronounced effect. And for dessert, there's a great voice acting, with Elijah Wood's performance in the lead!

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Darius Matusiak

Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.

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