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| Title : The Longing |
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| Publisher : ASHGAMES Platform : Nintendo Switch |
| Developer : Application Systems Origin : eShop |
| Genre : Indie / Adventure Title ID : 0100F3D0122C2000 |
| Date : June 2021 Format : 34x50MB / NSP |
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| Summary |
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| AN UNUSUAL MIX OF ADVENTURE AND IDLE GAME. |
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| Play as a lonely Shade, the last servant of a king who once ruled |
| an underground kingdom. The king's powers have faded and he falls |
| asleep for 400 days to regain his might. It is your duty to stay in |
| the earthen palace until he awakens. |
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| As soon as you start, the game inevitably counts down the 400 |
| days - even when you stop playing and exit the game. |
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| It is now up to you to decide what to do with your solitary |
| existence beneath the soil. Don't stress yourself, you have plenty |
| of time. |
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| CHOOSE YOUR PLAYING STYLE. |
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| Start the game and simply come back after 400 days to see how it |
| ends. You actually don't have to play the game at all. But the |
| Shade will be even more lonely without you. |
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| Or explore the caves and collect items for your comfortable |
| underground living room. Just send the Shade to take a stroll - the |
| walking speed is slow, but luckily there is no need to hurry. |
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| Read tons of classic literature from Nietzsche to Moby Dick right |
| in the game - or at least have the shade read them. After all, time |
| goes by faster if you learn to keep your mind occupied. (The little |
| Shade in the game finds ONLY English books for now.) |
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| Ignore the king's commands and advance to the outer regions the |
| cave. It will be a long and dangerous journey into darkness... |
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| Winner: Long Feature Award (A MAZE Berlin 2019). |
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| Nominee: IGF Nuovo Award (IGF, San Francisco 2020). |
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| Special Mention: Animated Games Award (Germany 2019). |
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| Ars Technica Best PC games of 2020. |
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| adventuregamers.com Silver Aggie, category "So 2020". |
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| Winner: German Computer Games Award 2020. |
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| * Slow exploration of a vast, hand-drawn cave |
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| * Atmospheric Dungeon Synth soundtrack |
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| * Lots of well hidden secrets |
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| * Time-based puzzles |
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| * A lonely but cute protagonist |
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| Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, |
| Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. |
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| Notes: Update v1.0.6 (v393216) is included. Firmware 12.0.2 and |
| master key 9.1 are required. |
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| Greets |
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| Abstrakt . Capital . Caravan . Dual Crew Shining . Eurasia |
| Lightforce . Menace . Mode 7 . Nightfall . Oldskool . Paradox |
| Quartex . Quasar . Rising Sun . Squire . Triforce . Venom |
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. SUXXORS - Not the best, still better than the rest! Since 2003. .