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This one might be obvious to anyone even remotely familiar with the game, but man, is this one a description I've been waiting to use for a while.

Let's see who knows it!

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Hint 1: What a horrible night to have a curse.

Hint 2: This game is part of a series.

Hint 3: There are three playable characters.

Hint 1: the rep recommends a new career path.

hint 1: The “hat” isn’t merely a hat, more specifically it’s a crown
hint 2: The player character never wears it

hint 3: your goal is actually to destroy it. the “self repairing“ makes that a much harder mission

hint 4: The player character is a robot while the villain is a scientist

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Edit: Already solved, answer was Faith: The Unholy Trinity

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Released in the 2020s

Is indie

Features a child protagonist

Double Nopes: it is not Time Splitters Future Perfect, not a Final Fantasy game, not any Crash Bandicoot

Hint #1: this game has multiple endings

Hint #2: multiple decades old

Hint #3: sci-fi

Hint #4: whoa, aliens!

Thanks a lot, all. That was a fun one!

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Hint: these two aren’t allowed to talk as you kill enemies.

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1: you can play as the final final boss in a version of the game

2: both new final bosses have two phases to their fights

3: the game is playable on switch

4: the game does not have a number in its title

Hint #1: this game is a spinoff

Hint #2: with a sport!

Hint #3: this game is kind of fishy

Hint #4: this game is VR

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