Loaded case, loaded guns and loading screens.

In many ways this is an excellent game with an intriguing story, great characters and fantastic artwork. It's unfortunately held back a little by a lot of black loading screens, some minor bugs and lack of control of when the story should move forward. If you, like me, are an old school gamer that have been playing games back when you had to change disks half a million times between each scene, this should only pose a minor issue. But I could easily see people getting annoyed by it.

The detective noir story is very well done. I have no experience with the comic books this game is based on, and how close it is to that, but it really made me want to dive further into this universe. The story benefits from the great characters you meet in the game, and is furthermore helped by a great cast of voice actors. I am a sucker for anything detective/noir/mystery stuff so this game really ticked off a lot of boxes for me personally. Some people might find it a little slow.

I've played most of Pendulo's games and have enjoyed most of them, and I certainly enjoyed this one, even though I feel they are moving a little bit off their typical format of games. I really liked the deduction system which seems hugely inspired by certain Sherlock Holmes games. However, I did not care for the timed conversations or the automatic progression when you interacted with certain objects. There are collectibles in the game, but they are hard to complete unless you focus only on those hot spots before interacting with anything else. Some scenes are even timed making the collecting even more difficult. The movement is also quite clunky and it can be difficult to make hot spots appear unless you stand in an exact spot facing an exact direction. However, I do not play a game like this for collectibles.

I think my biggest issue with the game was the amount of black loading screens. Even between short cut-scenes. This made the game feel much slower than it needed, and one would think this could be optimized a bit better. I also encountered a few bugs/glitches like totally black screens and such, but nothing major.

If you're into point & click adventure games, and especially detective mysteries and such, you will probably enjoy this game. More for story than for the actual gameplay maybe, but it has its fair share of exciting parts too. Sometimes with QTE's, but not in a very imposing way. They also seem to fit in nicely in this type of game.

I thoroughly enjoyed my playthrough despite the issues mentioned, and I would easily recommend the game for any fans of Point & Click/Adventure/Visual Novel type games and even more so if you are into these type of noir stories.

For me personally, I'd rate the game an 8 out of 10.

My opinion is subjective and your view might differ from mine, so if you are uncertain about getting the game, make sure to read several reviews before making up your mind.

Happy Gaming

Jester