I know Breath of the Wild was already pretty anime, but you know what I mean there is anime, and then there is capital-A Anime, the kind of thing that's all pastel colors and jiggle physics, and all the characters dress like they got caught in a head-on collision between a truck full of random armor parts and a truck full of lace doilies.Īnd we also have today's subject, Ubisoft's contribution to the new "like Breath of the Wild, but." subgenre (ugh): Immortals Fenyx Rising. (.) Also, it made a lot of money." "REPLICATE! REPLICATE! REGURGITATE!"īut obviously, you can't just knock out something as expansive as Breath of the Wild on evenings and weekends in between fistfuls of amphetamines, so the imitators are only just now trickling out, like Genshin Impact: " Breath of the Wild, but anime". "We think it's atmospheric and mechanically intricate, and offers a bold new take on the interactive narrative experience. "Ooh, we like this game!" we said to the soulless Daleks that run the games industry. Truly good and original games are like the itchy spots you get from a venereal disease: a product of love that's satisfying to scratch, yes, but soon there'll be a lot more of the buggers, and none of them will be as interesting as the first. My latest novel, Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash, has been out on audiobook for ages, yes, but now, the print and ebook versions are available from all good retailers, courtesy of Dark Horse Books! All the same words, but now you get to know how all the names are spelled! Prologue: Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Immortals Fenyx Rising.