Tails Noir

Where to start, with this game? I will be up-front that what many of the other reviewers are saying is somewhat true: the game takes a very unexpected turn and leaves you with far, far too many questions by the end, but there's a reason for that: This was supposed to be the first game in a series, not standalone. It was not written or produced to be an open-and-closed book, there was supposed to be a very complex part 2, and it takes very little research about Egg Nut to find that out. The prologues, which came out sometime later, intended to be a bit of filler between the parts of the series, go a very long way towards explaining why the story took the turn it did in the first place. This was to all appearances a planned twist, not a rush-job. So don't approach it like a standalone story. All of this unfortunately is for naught as the studio closed sometime last year and I can't help but feel a little robbed by knowing that I will in all likelihood never see the continuation (and conclusion?) of this story, and that hurts most because I actually got invested before learning about that. So, despite the cliffhanger that will never be resolved, what was good about this game? Well, it's essentially a point-and-click old-school adventure, no particularly innovated gameplay design, but I will be clear to everyone who thinks otherwise: a game doesn't have to innovate on its formula to be good. Sometimes the media is already well-built, just use that. And this game does. The puzzles are fun, especially in the first couple acts, and the characters are in fact relatable. No, you don't need to know every tiny aspect of a character for them to be multifaceted, thank you. What you need for that is for the character to show it in their behavior and speech and reflect it in their designs, and these characters do that, with few exceptions. The writing is good. The dialogue is good. The details in the surroundings are good. The art is just gorgeous. The music drives the mood like a tenured chauffer. All of it is very well synchronized. While not every character is the most compelling, the main character is plenty sympathetic, and a very 'ordinary person in an extraordinary situation' type of figure, just as a story that claims itself as noir should be. There are some shaky bits to the plot, but that's far from abnormal, but those pieces can also have reasonable explanations to them that the audience just isn't shown. Not that hard to connect the dots. Because I allowed myself the investment in the characters, this game did something that not a lot of games manage to do: it made me feel something about it. Games that manage to evoke an emotional response from me (apart from frustration, indignation, or rage) are generally good games. Or at least have a good story to them. And given that this is practically a novel, that would mean this game is good at what it's trying to do. I certainly recommend playing this with its companion prologues game, however, as it will help patch the holes you might feel from the abrupt twist and the equally abrupt ending to this game. It's not too hard to see where the story was going and I can even imagine the general plot that was coming, but am disappointed all the same that I won't get to see it. In short: I recommend this game for what's there, in spite of what isn't. If you can't handle the suspense of a trilogy missing the third volume, you may want to avoid it. But if you want something to think about and don't mind not having all the answers, this title can scratch an itch for an afternoon or two. I for one will be replaying it soon enough to see more details and possibilities I missed the first time around.

O jogo é legal até o Ato III, depois a história fica sem sentido. Aparentemente a equipe não sabia como dar um desfecho ao mistério do jogo e terminaram de qualquer jeito.

Многообещающее и по-настоящему интересное было начало... В третьем акте сюжет резко свернул в другую сторону, и было совсем неинтересно проходить до конца

发售之前十分期待的作品，玩到正式版了心情却有点复杂。首先，游戏的优化做的不好，作为一个平面像素游戏，游戏的载入次数多的令人发指，一定程度上导致了体验的割裂。其次，作为一个名字带有侦探，实际扮演的也是侦探的游戏，几乎没有解谜要素，玩家可以自由选择并探索的内容很少，大部分集中在对话上，对于剧情也几乎没有影响。 接下来谈谈游戏本身的问题，除了前面提到的缺乏解谜互动要素，作为一款主打剧情的游戏，主线故事推进十分牵强，在玩家刚刚进入角色开始探索的时候，故事的推进却以令人意想不到的方式展开，从第一章一直贯穿到最后，这是我对游戏最失望的一点。同样，故事的结局有烂尾的嫌疑，让人不得不怀疑是否是制作组赶工导致的，主线流程十分的短，有许多伏笔没有解开，不知道是否是有意为之。种种原因，让我不得不考虑是否之后还要入手2代作品。 最后再来谈谈优点，像素风格游戏的美术十分精美，音乐也令人惊喜，制作组铺垫了一个世界观，不过目前展示出来的部分很少，希望下一作的内容可以丰富一些。

Наткнулась на ту игру ещё на этапе разработки (до выхода дэмо), и даже там по видео зацепил визуал, музыка и сама тематика. Так вышло, что вспомнила про этот проект только недавно и решила чекнуть демо перед покупкой, раз он есть в бесплатном доступе. Он меня зацепил, поэтому пошла покупать саму игру. Честно скажу, что ожидания немного не оправдались. Всё, что было заявлено при изначальной разработке и в демо, не раскрываются в полной мере в остальных актах игры. Вплоть до 3 акта игра прям зацепила, что не хотелось отходить от неё. А дальше... Дальше сюжет отходит немного в другую сторону, а акценты смешаются на другие темы. При том происходит это весьма резко, что создалось впечатление, что начало игры писал один человек, а 4 и 5 акт - другой. По итогу мы имеем очень классную идею, мир, цепляющую атмосферу нуара, но сюжет "свернувший не туда". А так как играла я в 2 захода, то при продолжении сложилось впечатление, что я играю совсем другую игру. Очень жаль, что разработчики решили не делать из проекта серию детективных игр, тк я не представляю, жать ли ещё игр по этой вселенной (хотя вроде есть длс). Понимаю, что даже если они будут, то скорее всего за других персонажей, хотя успеваешь привязаться уже к нынешним и к взаимоотношениям между ними. Не знаю, ждать ли правок к этой игре, тк смутил момент с мамой Розы (вроде с ней мы пересекаемся ещё в прологе, а потом говорим так, будто встречаемся в первый раз), и у меня вышел баг в последнем акте: не закончив действие - пошла сюжетная заставка, не закрыв диалог) В целом - игру рекомендую, чтобы заценить потенциал отечественных разработчиков и, по возможности, поддержать их для следующих проектов, но будьте готовы к неоднозначному отношению к концовке

什么时候出下一部啊，我想玩（哭），实在不行把我招进制作组打工呢，下一步剧情发展我好想知道

Tales Noir starts off as a pretty typical detective mystery, but slowly turns into a much darker and more gripping sci-fi story. I really enjoyed playing it, especially the characters, music, and pixel art, and it reminded me quite a bit of Tales of the Neon Sea, which is one of my favourite games. I liked how the story gradually revealed its darker side, although the ending felt a little abrupt and I really wish there had been more than one ending, especially with some more hopeful outcomes for the characters and the world they live in.