Make a journey all the way down to the bayou

NORCO was one among my favourite video games of 2022, with an eerie tone, surreal visuals, and a setting that has a few of the most profound political commentary I’ve seen from a sport of late. It’s a must-play if you happen to like story-driven video games or level and click on adventures, and it’s truthfully a criminal offense that it wasn’t nominated for Greatest Narrative on the Recreation Awards, as a result of the writing is totally beautiful. NORCO has been out since March, however the sport’s developer Geography of Robots simply introduced right now through Twitter that the southern gothic journey is now out there to play on PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Naturally, the sport’s controls had been completely reworked for controller as a substitute of mouse and keyboard, and the devs additionally confirmed within the Twitter thread that the PC model of the sport additionally has controller help now. They even included a useful graphic that breaks down how the management scheme will work on a PlayStation Dualshock. Principally, you’ll be able to both use the left stick as a digital mouse, or just use the D-pad to pick “hotspots or different UI components.” Massive win for controller simps like me.

Hey! NORCO is now out there for PlayStation & Xbox consoles. For these unfamiliar: the sport is a text-based level & click on tribute to Louisiana’s River Parish area. We have not too long ago added a number of quality-of-life options, together with full controller help. Extra on that beneath. pic.twitter.com/91hJ1sF5G9

— geographyofrobots (@roboticgeo) November 17, 2022

For many who might not know what to anticipate from NORCO‘s gameplay, Geography of Robots describes it fairly nicely in one more tweet:

“Gameplay-wise, it resembles basic first-person text-based pixel adventures like Snatcher, Deja Vu, Policenauts, VA-11 HA-11 A, Learn Solely Reminiscences, Circuit’s Edge, Rise of the Dragon, and many others. There are additionally fight minigames. You’ll be able to automate them if you need.”

NORCO is a kind of video games that I loved a lot that I wish to purchase it on one other platform, and I’ve to confess I’m enticed by the thought of enjoying it on a much bigger display. No matter any awards, it’s probably the most trendy, considerate indie video games of latest reminiscence, and I believe in the long term, it’ll stick round.