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The technical geniuses at Shin'en Multimedia return with their best game yet. The Touryst combines cutting-edge technology with a genuinely fascinating game design. It's a beautiful piece of work - as you'll see right here in this video!

One of our favourite games from last year was Shin'en Multimedia's The Touryst - a game that looked quite unlike anything else and played beautifully. It's a simply wonderful experience and now it's available on Xbox One, Xbox One X and PC - and a technical masterpiece is just as good on more powerful hardware... with one or two caveats.

 

[chinoXL]

damn yet another game i want to play on the switch...i'm just gonna bite the bullet and grab that new walmart bundle..thx OP this game looks cool as hell

 

[Stilton Disco]

This somehow passed me by but looks absolutely awesome.

I think I might go buy it right now infact! Cheers OP!

 

[John Day]

Saw it the other day on the store, overlooked it. It does look quite cool.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Thanks for the heads up. Will grab later today.

 

[Kenpachii]

This actually looks nice.

 

[Orta]

That looks absolutely gorgeous. Definitely going to purchase it during the Christmas holidays.

Oh yeah, shouldn't Nintendo be thinking of snapping these guys up, pronto?

 

[brap]

Looks like 3D Dot Game Heroes. Not impressed.

 

[Pidull]

D dark10x Thank you so much for doing a video on this game, I didn't even know it existed, but I love the visuals and am very appreciative of how you highlighted the work Shi'nen did on this game.

Nothing excites me more than hearing about little things developers do in order to improve their games. High framerate, fast loads, small memory footprint, and gorgeous graphics? Freaking incredible work for Shi'nen, buying this game for sure.

 

[Saber]

Yeah, I'm not actually impressed neither attracted to that game. I mean, seems like a prettier take on the version of those minecraft type of games, without the building part. I would say DQ is more charming.

But hey different takes, different tastes. Aways nice to see your videos dark10x. Keep up the good work.

 

[Alexios]

It looks wonderful and definitely expertly made and super polished to perfection but does that elevate it among the most impressive engines on the platform?

At its core it seems to have rather small environments and an overhead camera that means not much is rendered in any single frame for one. Yes, it's packed to the gills with cool effects and lighting and modern techniques and what not, but that's also why it can drop resolution to like half to maintain its high framerate.

Also (one of) the tool(s) they used for modeling being voxel based doesn't mean anything outside said tool fitting their workflow and art style when they still convert to and render in polygons.

None of that is a knock on the end visual result or the game itself, it does all look wonderful, but maybe too much hyperbole in that single statement.

 

[Jooxed]

 

[Danjin44]

Looks like 3D Dot Game Heroes. Not impressed.

Hows is that a bad thing? 3D Dot game Heroes was awesome.

 

[Hendrick's]

Finally a game to actually look forward to playing on my Switch. Didn't even know it was a thing.

 

[Cravis]

Hows is that a bad thing? 3D Dot game Heroes was awesome.

It will never happen but what I wouldn’t do for a sequel.

 

[lock2k]

Played it for the first time today on Game Pass. What a gem. I loved it and I'll explore more tomorrow. Great game

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Yo, that looks really good. I am impressed. I have seen some really nice looking games on Switch as well as on the Apple AppStore. I know people shit on "mobile" games, but some of them have great art direction and look absolutely great!

 

[ManaByte]

Just queued this up for install on GamePass.

 

[RPS37]

I swear I was only able to play this game for like an hour

 

[MaulerX]

Thanks to Gamepass I probably would have never tried a game like this. Pretty darn good.

 

[Stuart360]

Thanks to Gamepass I probably would have never tried a game like this. Pretty darn good.

How is the game?. I saw in on Gsmepass but the game seemed so random, it kind of put me off.

 

[Yams]

I swear I was only able to play this game for like an hour

Because...you didn’t like it?

 

[pr0cs]

How is the game?. I saw in on Gsmepass but the game seemed so random, it kind of put me off.

It's okay, puzzle platforming adventure type game.
I honestly didn't know what to think about it but it grows on you with some fairly challenging sections.
Worth a shot on gamepass...
Biggest complaint is that the audio is a mixed bag, not much there to speak of.

 

[RPS37]

Because...you didn’t like it?

I liked it. Got bored/stuck honestly.

 

[namekuseijin]

blocky kids are hilarious

 

[Max_Po]

I launched it on Xbox Game Pass. It looks really clean compared to Switch ver.

 

[Tiamat2san]

I launched it on Xbox Game Pass. It looks really clean compared to Switch ver.

I installed it, I’ll play it after finishing yakuza 2.
Seems fun and pretty.

 

[MaulerX]

How is the game?. I saw in on Gsmepass but the game seemed so random, it kind of put me off.

I honestly don't know what made me download it other than it was in the new releases section. Sometimes I try out some of these games and if I don't like it I just delete it.

But this one was surprising fun. You walk around, talk to people and do certain missions or things to move on to the next area. The environment is surprisingly interactive, like you can lie in bed, sit on a chair, turn the TV on climb and collect things etc....

 

[ManaByte]

I launched it on Xbox Game Pass. It looks really clean compared to Switch ver.

Because the Xbox version runs in 4K.

 

[T-Cake]

It's driving me round the bend descending the mines. I keep falling off the rope. One minute he grabs it, the next attempt he doesn't.

 

[darth.shrimp]

Never heard of this game, looks very nice. Is it digital only though?

 

[CitizenX]

So mobile games are GOTY contenders now, interesting.

 

[PresetError]

I like this game very much but it's not even a 2020 title.

 

[Fake]

Gonna update the OP with the new video. Hold up.

 

[crumbs]

This is good game to get on GP vs spending $20. I played through it on the Switch last year and was underwhelmed. The game feels pretty shallow; there's a lot of mini-games, but most aren't interesting after a few minutes. Most of the challenge comes from the wonky camera angles during platforming parts.