That isn't inherently bad, but Kathy Rain has no tutorial and makes no concessions to newcomers. Expect to be stumped a few times if the genre is old hat for you, but it's going to be a slightly bumpy ride if this is your first time out with a point-and-click adventure. It's a world that feels lived in and thankfully void of the types of convoluted puzzles that sank the genre in its heyday.Īlthough there aren't hundreds of puzzles here, the game instead hinges on a few dozen refreshingly complicated - but straightforward if you're thinking correctly - puzzles. Set in the mid-'90s, the game takes ample advantage of the time period to require using awkward or emerging technologies from that time period: There are a few puzzles involving tape recorders, scanners, and even an IT department more interested in hacking than helping students.
There's good writing and some clunky acting, but both serve a noir story with a semi-modern twist. It doesn’t work that way with games.This game is a strong, healthy, faithful throwback to classic point-and-click adventures that were extremely popular in the late '80s. Movies are cut to fit desired theater run times, and a director’s cut was the intended film before editors did what they needed to ensure maximum viability at the box office. The idea in game releases that there’s a director’s cut (looking at you, too, Ghost of Tsushima), where a game director created fully baked and programmed content that was originally in the game but then excised it is preposterous. The story will see Kathy confronting her demons and even dabbles toward the supernatural, without losing sight of her as a character with baggage, and offers plenty of great supporting characters along the way.
You’ll talk to people, take notes, solve puzzles and unlock new dialog options as you go, allowing you to put the weave together of who said what, did what, and just what the hell is really going on. You’ll be looking into her grandfather’s long coma and death and the circumstances that follow it. While not spoiling, the game sees Kathy on an investigation in her childhood town. For those new to the game, the plot is the star of the show here.
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