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Japanese psychological adventure game UN:Me announced for PC
AppWizard
December 11, 2025

Japanese psychological adventure game UN:Me announced for PC

Shueisha Games and historia are releasing a psychological horror adventure game called UN:Me, exclusively for PC. The game features a young girl navigating a maze inhabited by four distinct souls, each with unique traumas and abilities that can take control of her body. UN:Me will be available in multiple languages: English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Key gameplay features include: - Unpredictable Soul Switching: The four souls randomly take control, requiring players to adapt their strategies. - Trauma-Driven Gameplay: Each soul's trauma affects gameplay through visual distortions and behavioral limitations. - Soul Dialogue System: Players can collect items that unlock dialogue sequences with the souls, revealing their histories and providing hints for progression. - The Ultimate Choice: Soul Triage: Players must choose which soul to preserve, impacting the game's ending and moral implications. The game is developed by historia and published by Shueisha Games, with plans for additional platforms to be announced later.
A veteran Final Fantasy programmer hates how indie games deliberately recreate PS1 visual bugs he made 'many futile efforts' to fix: 'I just don’t get what’s so interesting about trying to replicate that'
AppWizard
August 12, 2025

A veteran Final Fantasy programmer hates how indie games deliberately recreate PS1 visual bugs he made ‘many futile efforts’ to fix: ‘I just don’t get what’s so interesting about trying to replicate that’

Veteran programmer Koji Sugimoto criticized the trend of emulating retro visual glitches in modern games, particularly the revival of the affine texture warping effect from the original PlayStation. He expressed his discontent on August 5, lamenting that what was once a frustrating limitation is now celebrated as a charming quirk. Sugimoto previously described the deliberate use of warped textures as “detestable” and highlighted the challenges developers faced in overcoming these visual distortions. He noted a disconnect between the nostalgia some players feel and the difficulties encountered by developers.
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