Crow Country

Crow Country is a retro-styled 32-bit survival horror game that takes about four hours to play. What I love about Crow Country is its Story Mode, which removes all enemies and allows you to enjoy the game as an atmospheric adventure in an abandoned amusement park.

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Crow Country isn’t a cozy horror game; there’s no learning or friendship or beautiful autumn leaves or anything like that. That being said, the horror elements are very mild. Despite the atmospheric creepiness of its setting, Crow Country is less of a horror story about zombies and more of a speculative fiction story about how we as individuals process the reality of climate change. I’d actually love to write an essay about this sometime soon.

I wasn’t expecting Crow Country to be so fun to play, or for it to be so creatively designed, or for its story to hit so hard. I have zero patience for stupid "intentionally inaccessible" retro game bullshit at this point in my life, but Crow Country is all killer no filler. Since it’s so short and inexpensive, I’d recommend the game to anyone who’s interested. Even if you’re not into abandoned amusement parks, Crow Country is the return to Final Fantasy VII’s rustpunk city of Midgar that you didn’t know you needed.

Re: Crow Country

It's also worth noting that Mara is visually modeled on Tifa. I don't have any feminist objections to girls walking around in miniskirts, of course, but the costume design still feels uncomfortable. I mean, that's not what I would personally wear to Rusty Nail Tetanus City, especially if there are zombies about.

I feel the same way about Tifa btw. There's just so much rusty metal in Midgar. And so many giant leeches.

Playing Crow Country made me irrepressibly nostalgic for Final Fantasy VII, so I downloaded the FFVII Remake on Steam Deck. I'm enjoying it way more as a handheld game than I did when I played it on PS4 with a big-screen tv; it's like the cringe is minimized. I also don't mind Tifa's clothing in the remake, as Barret has his own giant tits on full display. God bless.

What I propose is that we get some gender equality in survival horror as well. Specifically, I want Leon Scott Kennedy to have full frontal nudity. I want him running around swinging in the wind, because I think it's important to both the plot and the gameplay for the player to know why this character is referred to as Chad Thundercock on AO3.

ETA: Well, good news:
https://www.thegamer.com/resident-evil-4-remake-mod-nude-willy/