Dontnod deliver a haunting Parisian cyberpunk with Nilin and a memory remix system that lingers. The combat plays it safe, but the writing, art direction and Olivier Derivière's score build a singular work worth every sci-fi lover's curiosity.
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Action Adventure1 player16+
Description
Action game by DONTNOD Entertainment and Capcom, June 2013. Memory hunter Nilin with memory-remixing powers traverses 2084 Neo-Paris to recover her erased identity. Memory stealing and remixing mechanics altering enemies' memories to change their behaviour, customisable combo combat and dystopian neo-Paris. DONTNOD's first game with original narrative mechanic.
Remember Me review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
A futuristic Neo-Paris blending Haussmannian architecture and technology: the city unfurls a luminous, refined cyberpunk, far from the genre's dark clichés. The coherence of the design and the richness of the settings compose an elegant vision of the future. This art direction, polished and original, stands as a striking visual curiosity.
An action adventure from Dontnod, Remember Me unfolds a cyberpunk Neo-Paris of 2084 where memory is traded and manipulated, through a memory hunter heroine. The sumptuous art direction, the memory remix concept and the hybrid soundtrack build a real identity. The customisable combo combat and a very linear structure divide. An imperfect but visionary work, to recommend for fans of polished cyberpunk worlds and bold narrative propositions more than for purists of pure action.
