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# The Old City is a game about thinking, and walking, but mostly thinking
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/old-city-taking-long-reflective-walk-through-olive-garden/
- Published: 2014-02-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:26:44.000Z
- Description: A causal reading of The Old City‘s trailer suggests an existential stroll through the Old World—a mix of the pensive, first-person, narrative-driven exploration of Dear Esther with the burnt sienna of Dishonored. There might be a dash of La Jetée in there too. It sounds like one of those games that’
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, dishonored, The Old City, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

A causal reading of *The Old City*‘s trailer suggests an existential stroll through the Old World—a mix of the pensive, first-person, narrative-driven exploration of *Dear Esther* with the burnt sienna of *Dishonored*. There might be a dash of *La Jetée* in there too. It sounds like one of those games that’s content to let you simply be. [To quote the developers PostMod](http://postmodsoftworks.com/?ref=killscreen.com), “There are no weapons, no items, and no skill-trees.” But there is a beached whale that looks like it was painted in oil. And isolation. And the mind-body problem, which apparently is an issue for avatars too.