If you are a video game enthusiast, and want to experience a new game that will soon be released from the studios, Dordogne you will certainly like it. This 100% French adventure game will immerse adults in their childhood, but will also allow the youngest to make many discoveries. No matter your game preferences, this one is sure to interest you.
All information about Dordogne
This adventure game is developed independently by the studios A je-ne-sais-quoi with notably Cédric Babouche and Umanimation with Aymeric Castaing. These two developers come from a world of animation cinema. Beside this there is Supernaive, for music. Dordogne is edited specifically by the studio FocusEntertainment. Still in the development phase so far, Dordogne plans an official release date in the spring of 2023, without us having any further details on this subject. However, to the delight of all gamers, this game is available on all game platforms when it is released, on PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S, as well as on the Nintendo Switch. However, it should also be noted that this game is only played through a single player mode. Unfortunately, there is currently no possibility of a multiplayer mode.
This game stands out first of all for its watercolor design in pastel colors. Dordogne offers its players an enchanted universe represented through unparalleled graphics. To add charm to the game, the developers make you enjoy the warm atmosphere and the landscape of the south of France, knowing that it is the main place where the game takes place. An original and captivating narrative game, Dordogne is a game intimate and whose mission is to make players aware of the different impacts of things left unsaid within the family. However, the main goal of this game is to help Mimi recover her childhood memories.
The course of Dordogne
Knowing that it is a game that has not yet been officially released, we can always focus on its trailer unveiled in 2021. Through these trailers, we can easily distinguish that the game takes place in two different worlds, in particular, between the adult period and the childhood of our main character, a young woman named Mimi. As you will have understood, through this Dordogne and the eponymous game, you will embody this heroine who has become an adult, in an adventure which leads her to embark on a quest for her memories when she was still only a little girl. Through this nostalgic adventure, Mimi goes, for the first time in a long time, to her grandmother’s house. By discovering the various scattered photos, the latter then finds herself reliving a certain part of her childhood, with the aim of recovering her memory and fully experiencing this great moment of nostalgia.
This immersive and narrative experience that is likely to take up a lot of your time. Nevertheless, it is also an experience that will make you reconnect with your childhood dreams and lift the veil on certain well-kept family secrets, without forgetting your well-buried emotions. This story is traced with a particular gameplay that could very well have been painted or drawn by hand. There is also the exploration of the Dordogne, his native land. Dordogne is the result of more than 20 years of experience in the field of gaming. This game took several years to develop. To date, it is still in the finalization phase. Nevertheless, it can be unanimous among players.
Indeed, to pick up her memories of yesteryear during the summers spent alongside her grandmother, Mimi will have to collect objects, photos, words that she will have to archive in a diary. Each element found thus allows access to another room and Mimi to recover her lost or forgotten memories.
The origins of Dordogne
For those who still don’t know, the whole game takes place in the Dordogne, and begins at the edge of the river, near Sarlat-la-Canéda. By discovering the magnificence of the landscape, we can only take out our old polaroid and make this moment a unique moment, in order to immortalize it and fix it forever. Indeed, the passage of colorful hot air balloons takes on something magical. As you get more involved in the game, you are tempted to take out your dictaphone to record the different sounds you will hear on your way, as much the song of the forest as the sound of bells and other gurglings from the surroundings. On the other side of the bank, the grandmother waits impatiently for Mimi and ends up calling her, in order to be able to enter this old stone house. This scene will attract many players to propel themselves even further into the game.
However, as soon as this emotional flashback ended, you were back in the real world, and far from your dear homeland. You are then in Germany. It is at this precise moment that Dordogne ends. This allows us to give a taste of what awaits us through the character of Mimi.
However, you will also have to find words through your various actions, the association of these words will also allow you to tick certain boxes and place pieces of your puzzle. This can only bring you even closer to your goal, and give you access to Mimi’s various memories.