This heart-tugging Zelda-like was the highlight of Guerrilla Collective 2023

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Guerrilla Collective 2023 has come and gone, and the had a whole lot of impressive indie and small-ꩲscale games to sift through. If you don't have time to pick out your own favorites, here are a few that stood out to us here at GamesRadar+.

Perhaps the biggest standout was the heart-stirring trailer for . Described by developer Helder Pinto as 🌃a "peaceful game of adventure, exploration, and meditation," it bears more than a passing resemblance to the open-world stylings of modern Zelda games. The traile𝕴r's gorgeous piano swells and nostalgic narration help it make an impression, but the gorgeous art, free-form movement, and varied environments suggest there's much more here than just a well-edited video. 

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. This roguelike horror RPG made a splash with its haunting, Junji Ito-style art when it hit Early Access back in 2020🐎, and we'll be able to dig into the full version across P𝓰C, Switch, PS4, and PS5 on October 19.

One of my personal favorites was . At first blush, it's a Valheim-style survival ga🦄me set in feudal Japan, but it's actually much grander in scope, with RPG and life sim elements that take root as you help build villages and di🐬rect the growth of a multi-generational dynasty.

While we've seen plenty of the Soulslike , a new trailer offered maybe the broadest, most complete view of the game we've had yet. This video sets up the setting, tওhe stakes of the story, shows combat, and details some weapon customization, all of which looks very cool. 

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On the Soulslike tip, we also saw , a hybrid of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:FromSoftware sensibilities with✨ the top-down stylings of classic Zelda. 'Elden Ring meets A Link to the Past' is already a heck of a pitch, and this game is adding the promise of world-changing narrative decisions to sweeten the deal, too.

With the modern Resident Evil games sending us into a survival horror renaissanc꧂e, the supremely creepy looks poised to deliver its own unique set of thrills. Pneumata casts you in the rᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚole of a detective aiming to piece together your own memories in a place called Clover Hill, and you'll be faced with equal parts of combat, exploration, detective work, and resource management as you go.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention , a game where you're a possum who loves pizza. This old-school arcade action with some stealth action, where you've got to consume all the food you can while trying to avoid capture from the nasty humans who🅺 don't ಌwant you to eat. Look - it's very simple, very silly, and looks like a lot of fun.

The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:E3 2023 schedule starts heating up tomorrow with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest, and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Games Showcase and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Starfield Direct are set to follow this weekend. 

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long ಌhaul in American Truck Simulator.