All of humanity has suffered a mass memory loss event, even leaving basic history a complete enigma. Espers try to journey to the surface for short periods of time to explore mysterious ruins, wanting to discover what has happened to the Earth, and maybe regain their lost memories. However, some humans called espers can control the dust, granting them supernatural powers. The world is a massive desert and staying out above ground too long can be dangerous, the deadly dust in the air toxic to humans. The concept here is that it is sometime after an unknown, Earth ruining apocalypse. What you will find is truly unlike anything else out there unless you’re willing to dig in the deep mines of obscure PC indie gaming – and this got a full on remaster! This is Phantom Dust, a game that defies any clear genre, though the initial concept was something like a trading card game like Magic The Gathering meets the one-on-one action battle game Virtual-On. If you want some full on Futatsugi, some real uncontrolled gaming strangeness, you need to look at the one game he directed for Microsoft before leaving to start Grounding. Panzer Dragon will remain his greatest accomplishment the way things are looking, but there are a few who would argue otherwise. When he did help found a new company called Grounding Inc, they stuck to more humble download only titles instead of anything ambitious or costly. He’s shown extremely impressive creativity, but he’s tended to stick around major gaming corps instead of going on his own. Yukio Futatsugi has had a really strange career.
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