IGN writes: "We were all about Dementium: The Ward when it hit the Nintendo DS last year, and after that release we couldn't wait to get our hands around Renegade Kid's next DS first-person shooter. That game is Moon, which will be published by Mastiff later this year. Mastiff made the rounds to the IGN offices earlier today where the company let us wander around the moon in a very early look at a very early version of the game in development.
Moon, like Dementium: The Ward, is a single-player first-person action adventure game. Instead of waking up with amnesia in an abandoned insane asylum, though, in this game you're Major Kane, part of a military crew on the moon who's made the discovery of a lifetime: evidence of an alien structure right there on Earth's natural satellite. Like Dementium, the mysterious story in Moon unfolds as you work your way through the levels. In the version Mastiff showed us, Moon features extensive pre-rendered cutscenes to fill players in on what's going on. Players will also learn details through Metal Gear Solid-like CODEC calls to home base."
Today, Onion Games announced that the legendary RPG – or rather, the anti-RPG – Moon has been re-released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. The game was originally released on PlayStation in 1997. It was resurrected 22 years later on Nintendo Switch and now on other platforms.
1990s anti-RPG Moon is getting a PC and PlayStation re-release "soon".
"it turns RPG conventions on their heads, including the trope of storming into someone’s house and going through all their stuff." What? Those are pretty typical RPG conventions. Anti RPG? Maybe, but not evidenced based on anything described in the article.
As the wait for Deltarune continues, this writer wanted to offer her readers a collection of similar experiences. Considering Undertale’s beginnings as an Earthbound hack, this piece aims to explore some of what could be considered Undertale’s family — games that also began with RPGMaker, were inspired by Earthbound, share a similar ideology, and games focus on reactive stories. Additionally, this piece hopes to highlight some of the lesser known Undertale-esque works, the ones readers might not immediately find when sifting through Google’s suggestions. As an added bonus, these games are budget-friendly - several of them are even free! Others range from $5-20. (Many were included in the BLM bundle on Itch.io, both Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and Anodyne from this list are included.) There’s something for every Undertale fan in this list, so hopefully you readers will find something new to ease the anticipation for Deltarune!
