Ars writes: "As I play Moon on the Nintendo DS, I'm reminded of what I told Wii developers a month ago. Renegade Kid, the developer behind this FPS/Adventure game for Nintendo's portable, has done some amazing things with the hardware. Even better, they took the limitations of the DS and saw them as artistic challenges; no one was cowed by what the system couldn't do.
The game takes place in the near future, on the titular moon. Setting the game on Earth's satellite means that the game can happen on a recognizable yet remote environment, using technology that isn't far from what we have today. In the game's world the armed forces have been using backwards-engineered alien technology from the crash at Roswell for quite some time, and it turns out that the moon actually has a number of hatches that are beginning to open and... well, the story picks up very quickly. "
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!
