Cahors Sunset

This is another hippy barista art-school dropout exhibition dumped onto Steam. It's not really a game. Telling the story of some old French guy, click on random bits of text to cobble together some story. The decisions you make seem just as random as the outcomes... no skill or logic will assist you, it's just a random crap shoot. Rolling a dice would give you the same chances of success. So even if old french man simulators were a popular thing, this would be one of the worst ones. This doesn't really qualify as a game of any kind, so I can't recommend it. Hopefully the developer is back to work, so I'll have a tall skinny latte, thanks. Hopefully they're better at pushing the button on the machine in Starbucks than they are at developing "games".

Human life is not as fragile as ‘Cahors Sunset’ makes it out to be. At least that’s something of a lasting impression that was left on me, for what it’s worth. I was left with little choice but to put aside the fact that the developers intended for us to play the role of an old man. Quite simply, even though I make his decisions, I don't feel as though I [b]am[/b] him. Decisions made by the player and random events can affect the old man's attributes by increasing or decreasing their values. An example of this is an event in which a pigeon defecates on the old man's head. Now, we’re led to believe that this sort of event is supposed to worsen someone's mood. I don't know about you, but if I was an old man and this happened to me I would probably laugh it off after cleaning myself up. It's not the end of the world, but in ‘Cahors Sunset’, these sorts of insignificant events are supposed to have lasting effects. That is, unless they're mitigated by some other decision and its corresponding effects. One must also keep in mind that if an attribute’s value is less than 25, there is a chance that the old man will book a one-way trip to rigor mortis. Numerous situations like this are likely to leave one thinking throughout this experience, ‘If it were me, I just wouldn’t have this kind of overblown reaction’. There is a strange sense of disconnection as a result. Given the frequency in which I encountered events involving faeces, one has to wonder if the developers were just having a laugh. In fact, it was the repeated defecation on the old man's head and his inability to avoid stepping on dog doo-doo that led to his unfortunate demise at the relatively young age of 71. I guess that after all of that poop, he just really didn’t want to live, quietly and tearfully doing away with himself in solitude. I must say that the animals of France must really have it in for this old man. In between making decisions, I enjoyed reading about the old man’s past, which I believe may be part of the developers’ plan to make some sort of emotional impact on the audience. However, as a whole, ‘Cahors Sunset’ is more of a ‘numbers game’ than anything else. A numbers game where the odds may very well be stacked against you and before you know it, it’s death by poo.

Do not buy this, it doesn't launch. It should be reported for being broken and taken down from the store. Adobe AIR error: "This application has an invalid application descriptor. Try re-installing or contacting the publisher for assistance."

This is (was) a sad game about an old man making a living for himself during the final years of his life, just trying to do daily things until the inevitable would happen. Unfortunately, this game has also gone down the same route and is now unplayable (just fails to start up) so don't spend your money on this one. It was a good idea for a game though.

Totally a depression simulator... My mood decreased in only 30 minutes. The photographs, music and subject are interesting but; this is a game you play only once and don't want to play anymore without a friend. You really like the old man in the game, try to make his life perfect. Eventually, you realize that money brings happiness. I sadly say no.

Decent concept, but execution is a bit wonky. Choices doesn't seem to matter consistently over time, just affects the stats when the choice is done. I can't really recommend the game at this point, but if you got a few bucks to spare and you're looking for something different, give it a shot. It's a pretty unique experience.

Well, that's a cheap game so I guess you shouldn't expect much in the first place. Unfortunately I'm giving this thumbs up not because I enjoyed it very much but mainly because there are enough bad reviews already and this game is not actually bad. It's not too good either. The idea behind the game is nice, that's a very light life-simulator of an old man, you make decisions and and they affect your stats, and you have to raise your stats as much as possible. That's pretty much it. Very light and casual, and maybe you should buy it on sale of you may enjoy this type of game. Unfortunately the game doesn't live to its potential, which it does have, in my opinion. Every game, as simple and minimal as it is, and with the weakest (or complete lack of) gameplay, can still leave a positive impression with a good story. Cahors Sunset does have a story, and even though the game is pretty much a slideshow of pictures it could quite much get to me completely with a good story. The opportunity wasn't taken, though, and the story is rather generic, with short, laconic sentences which don't really get to you. The choices you're making, also don't really make up to one whole story, and actually have not much of a connection to each other, but they quickly become a random mess of events which in more "advanced" levels even start repeating itself. Well, shame on me, as this is a 'thumbs up' review and I mainly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the game. I still believe that the concept is good and that it's OK for casual sessions of 5-10 minutes if you're like me and usually don't have HOURS to spend playing. And as I said in the beginning, this game is not actually BAD. It just doesn't go far beyond this level, even though I feel it could. Which is also a shame.

This game is simple but so so beautiful. Reading the life story of the main character is a rollercoaster of emotions, and the historical facts that pop up are both entertaining and informative. Some of the options can get repetitive, but other than that, this game is a must have for your library