Rock Paper Shotgun previews The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, a Morrowind-inspired fantasy RPG from developer NerveLabs that entered Steam early access this week. The writer's early impressions focus less on the mechanics and more on the game's deliberately unhinged dialogue camera, which erratically zooms in on characters' faces and body parts during conversations, producing an eerie, comic effect that immediately won them over.

Set on an island where the player character, Bob, washes ashore and is menaced by strange locals, the game blends Morrowind's mechanical DNA with the offbeat tone of Oblivion's Shivering Isles expansion. NerveLabs plans to update the title every one or two weeks during early access, with a full release targeted within a year.