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ANYTHING NICE: Out There (Mi-Clos)

Out There is FTL as reimagined by French hipsters. It's eerie and distinctive and intelligent in lots of ways, but I want to call out a simple point: when you want to talk to an alien, the option you choose is 'Encounter Life', not 'Visit Settlement', 'Meet Locals', or indeed 'Talk to an Alien'. Out There's themes are the distance and loneliness of space. Phrasing counts.

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'Anything Nice' is is a series of very short posts highlighting things I liked about the treatment of narrative in other people's games. It's a deliberately magpie, grab-bag approach. Some of these games I adore, some I don't even like, but I learnt from all of them.