France is popular in video games. It is true that it is sometimes a very idealized version, poetic, often bucolic, but France and its diversity of landscapes perfectly suits the visions of the developers. For several months, the decorations from north to south have been in the spotlight, and even those from abroad. To travel remotely, Tech&Co has selected for you some video games that highlight France and its regions.
chia
New Caledonia embellished by local Awaceb developers – offers fun and refreshing gameplay. chia tells the adventures of a girl who is going to save her father. She discovers strange powers that she will have to learn to master in order to progress. A game that highlights the lands and culture of New Caledonia through music, explanations of customs, landscapes, but also the language, because chia it is played in French and Drehu, the local language.
It’s not the most difficult game, but its charm lies elsewhere. It transports the players with its childish artistic touch, its tender and powerful scenery, carried by the most enjoyable music. We want to learn to play the ukulele, build stone statues, or do soul leaps. A real ray of sunshine that feels good.
Available on PC, PS4 and PS5.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
from the first work A Plague Tale: InnocenceAmicia and Hugo’s adventures have taken millions of players around the world to medieval France fighting against rats, the plague and the Inquisition.
The brother and sister head south to this suite where they hope to finally live in peace. But the young man’s strange illness resurfaces and they must resume their escape, hoping to find a mysterious island and a cure to save him. We recognize the mountains, the fields, the flowery countryside and even the coast of the South and Provence perfectly recreated by the Asobo Studio Bordeaux.
A game available on PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and PC.
steel rise
What if Louis XVI had put down the popular revolution and prevented the fall of the monarchy thanks to his automatons? This is the idea developed by the Spiders studio (avarice) that revisits the French Revolution based on a truth: the king’s passion for machines. This time, he made an army of them to stand in his place. But an automaton will rebel. steel rise takes players on a journey through Paris in 1789, from the Bastille prison to the Invalides, from the Louvre Palace to Notre-Dame.
Available on PS5, Xbox Series and PC.
Dordogne
When the memories of a summer house serve as the framework for a soft game, in music and poetry. is the strength of Dordogne, a watercolor-style game coming home. She represents a young woman who returns to her childhood by returning to her deceased grandmother’s house.
Using Polaroid photos and captured sounds, the game brings its creators’ Dordogne landscapes to life. It is bright and will attract the images of everyone’s memory. We would even perceive the smells of our childhood through these hand-painted images. A narrative game in the form of a journey through memories.
Game available in 2023 on PC and Nintendo Switch.
assassin’s creed unit
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful representations (sometimes criticized) of the Paris of the French Revolution. This game released in 2014 highlighted the capital in a totally impressive reconstruction, the result of years of work by Ubisoft historians.
Following in the footsteps of Arno, a member of the Brotherhood of Assassins opposed to the Templars who killed his former mentor, the player relives the Revolution of 1789, the people’s anger at oppression. He also meets emblematic figures from the era from Louis XVI to Robespierre, from Necker to Champollion, including the Marquis de Sade.
A way to make people love history as much as the architecture, trades and customs of the Parisians of the time. A slice of French heritage for both playing and browsing.
Available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
remember me
It is a Paris propelled to 2084 that Don’t Nod had chosen for its very first game. Nilin, a souvenir hunter, crosses a city as recognizable as it is strange. You can see the Eiffel Tower, the Sacré-Coeur, but everything is mixed with a futurism that George Orwell would not have denied.
Released in 2013, the game shone with its digitization of the streets of the capital and the twist in a certain modernity that comes from it. A Neo-Paris that we may know about 60 years from now and a game that probably hasn’t had the success it deserved, at least for its artistic creativity and its music.
Unknown Soldiers: Brothers in Arms
if you liked the first one Unknown Soldiers: Memoirs of the Great War on consoles, you should try the sequel available exclusively to Netflix subscribers. Unknown Soldiers: Brothers in Arms delves into World War I by focusing on these men and women who were on the front lines, but also the black American soldiers who came as reinforcements. With a style inspired by the world of comics, this game travels through France during the Great War with strong emotion and veracity of places, events and characters to let everyone know the reality of the story.
Available on smartphones and tablets for Netflix subscribers.
Source: BFM TV
