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Dustborn (and Midi-Maze/Faceball 2000!)

Hardcore Gaming 101 · January 20, 2026

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... It's an interesting way of trying to mix in magic abilities into what is supposed to be, I guess, like a slightly in the future contemporary sci-fi kind of deal, like they have robots. It's a very Quantic Dream, David Cage kind of thing, have this ostensibly grounded setting where like supernatural stuff happens out of nowhere. ...

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... Wow, the original language, like Pax's superpower, to be clear, is she can yell things at people and they get things happen to them. That's basically it. It's an interesting way of trying to mix in magic abilities into what is supposed to be, I guess, like a slightly in the future contemporary sci-fi kind of deal, like they have robots. It's a very Quantic Dream, David Cage kind of thing, have this ostensibly grounded setting where like supernatural stuff happens out of nowhere. It's not dissimilar from like the old fun con games, right? Because like the secret world I thought was like myths in coming to life and bleeding into the real world. I think that was the secret world, since it was an MMO, I never really got to play it ...

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