Thanks for covering this! I'd love to see more from India in the future. I also really enjoyed this piece by Vice on where Raji subverts and unfortunately falls in line with current far right Indian politics www.vice.com/en/article/m7ajbv/raji-ancient-indian-epic-far-right-hindu-nationalism

Indian guy here. _Disclaimer:Being an Indian games enthusiast, I'm biased. Our culture is BARELY represented outside our subcontinent, so we accept what we get._ _So this comment is will sound like an apologist._ A bit about India's game dev scene. Outside of really good outsourcing/support studios and mobile-focused studios, there is BARELY any dev scene. There are some small titles like Rainswept, Lovely Planet, Asura, Miner's Mettle, Alter Army and the upcoming Antarish Sanchaar (my personal most anticipated video game). Raji is still better than most, at least in polish, because the devs comprised of ex-Rockstar India staff. Since there is no media fund like in western countries nor have any support (guidance, mentorship, programmes, conferences), devs like Raji's have to pull all their own resources and work with it. One dev had to sell her apartment to keep the project afloat. The voice actors in-game are mostly the devs themselves. On the game itself. I'm really glad you found the stories fascinating. I'm little frustrated they tried to cram EVERY Hindu lore, because reading them in full is a fantastic experience. Growing up on Hindu myth in India (in a Hindu family) is equivalent to fantasy stories western people grow up on through movies, DnD, comics and games. Watch any of the Overly Sarcastic Production's incredible videos to get a sense. I do really feel this should at least perform well in the market so that devs and [people with money] get more interested. I know that after the Switch Direct, a lot of people showed clear interest in more Indian/Hindu stories.

Finally approaching 10k subs! Still incredibly underrated gaming youtube, in my book. Hope you'll be approaching 100k a year from now!

Considering it the company's first game it's fair they will develop I hope ! And its first ever international level game by indian developers

That truly is some incredible artwork! Really nice to see talented artist from India porting their games over to Western markets. Here's hoping we can get one just as beautiful with solid gameplay in the future. :)

Yanno, I might actually check this out. It certainly looks cool. And the one advantage of being a game noob is that you can experience all these 'done to death' mechanics and find them new and enjoyable :D Definitely interested in learning a little bit about Indian mythology and culture as well ^_^ Thanks for bringing this game to my attention!

This is definitely one of those games I'd play for free with twitch prime. Seems like a cool premise and looks pretty as hell, and indian mythology is something i'm 100% unfamiliar with and interested in

[Awakens from a deep slumber]: Someone said "soulsian", I must take to the internet to write a negative pedantic comment.

Indian guy here. _Disclaimer: Being an Indian games enthusiast, I'm biased. Our culture is BARELY represented outside our subcontinent, so we accept what we get. So this comment is will sound like an apologist._ A bit about India's game dev scene. Outside of really good outsourcing/support studios and mobile-focused studios, there is BARELY any dev scene. There are some small titles like Rainswept, Lovely Planet, Asura, Miner's Mettle, Alter Army and the upcoming Antarish Sanchaar (my personal most anticipated video game). Raji is still better than most, at least in polish, because the devs comprised of ex-Rockstar India staff. Since there is no media fund like in western countries nor have any support (guidance, mentorship, programmes, conferences), devs like Raji's have to pull all their own resources and work with it. One dev had to sell her apartment to keep the project afloat. The voice actors in-game are mostly the devs themselves. On the game itself. I'm really glad you found the stories fascinating. I'm little frustrated they tried to cram EVERY Hindu lore, because reading them in full is a fantastic experience. Growing up on Hindu myth in India (in a Hindu family) is equivalent to fantasy stories western people grow up on through movies, DnD, comics and games. Watch any of the Overly Sarcastic Production's incredible videos to get a sense. I do really feel this should at least perform well in the market so that devs and [people with money] get more interested. I know that after the Switch Direct, a lot of people showed clear interest in more Indian/Hindu stories.

I had tried a demo during one of steam's event around the end of this summer and I just couldn't get into it. You placed the exact right words into what I felt about the game. Thanks for the review, they are so well writen and quite inspiring!

I loved Raji but it was full of bugs when I played it on Switch a year ago. I still have to go back to check if they did enough patchwork to make it fully playable.

Has there been any updates for the switch version

hmm... beautiful game, but seems very bare bones.

The pathetic self-flagellation around 0:20 is wholly expected, considering that embarrassing video on the game with fire mechanics, but deeply irksome nonetheless. Less of that trite bullshit, fine video otherwise.