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01:22:04 - 01:22:58

to have um and like to the point where someone who I know who knows nothing about video games whatsoever asked me what is this game because it looks beautiful but I know nothing about what it is and then asked me is it like sonic the hedgehog that's how far it's traveled so people people do know what this is yes I said it's it's identical to the game sonic cd 1993 or whenever that came out um yeah so uh it's I can see I sort of almost wish you could experience it in a bit more of a vacuum because it has taken…

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... feelings about this this is a game that people really do adore and I've talked about a lot and I mentioned that at developed I saw people dress like the characters from this yeah um and you you just realize it's had that next layer of cultural impact um that is so rare for a game to have um and like to the point where someone who I know who knows nothing about video games whatsoever asked me what is this game because it looks beautiful but I know nothing about what it is and then asked me is it like sonic the hedgehog that's how far it's traveled so people people do know what this is yes I said it's it's identical to the game sonic cd 1993 or whenever that came out um yeah so uh it's I can see I sort of almost wish you could experience it in a bit more of a vacuum because it has taken over the year somewhat um but I try to work out how much the final fantasy because it's not like the game is ripping off final fantasy it's just there's just a feeling in your heart that they know what it is you loved about those games uh in terms of how they like how they sort of the the different levels of discovery to it the way the narrative would would sort of pan out it's like they just they get it but they don't plagiarize any of it it's like it it's like an unbelievable magic trick to be able to do that to just capture that feeling ...

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