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Getting into the story, and the M-rated content you’ll either enjoy or perhaps be put off by, the best guide is whether you enjoy the likes of the Sin City comic books or movies. You’ll be entering a seedy world of criminals, strippers, drug dealers, and assorted weirdos. As a whole while the art style is highly derivative of that series it’s also generally excellent, detailed, and is put to good and often creative use through motion. While some topless women are in several parts of the game it’s a few of the game’s “climaxes” that are only a carefully-positioned vase or object in the foreground away from likely earning an outright A rating so you’ve been warned. In general the people depicted are from all parts of the spectrum, from common criminals to corrupted cops, street dealers who perhaps can redeem themselves to spurned women who may themselves be prone to violence. If you enjoy the relatively quick stories to be told there are 4 distinct ending types to the game, though there are multiple paths to the same general outcome. To find the one silver lining among so many bad outcomes you’ll need to make your moves carefully, using the few decisions you have in the game and making them count. Aside from the content that may potentially rub you the wrong way or make you uncomfortable as reviewed the game isn’t without its technical issues unfortunately. Over the course of reviewing the game I had about 4 hard crashes, but more commonly the issue I’d run into was pieces that would simply “get stuck” somehow, forcing me to start a puzzle over again. While thankfully it didn’t take too long to get back rolling, and perhaps the issue can be patched, it was still an annoyance that needs to be shared. Playing on the touchscreen was generally far simpler but I also had the lock-ups occur mostly in that mode so it’s possible the rate I was trying to move at was part of the issue. Overall I’ll say I was pleasantly surprised by this title, and it has far more redeeming qualities than its adult-skewed content. Once I got immersed in this world and met my first bad end I was quick to give it another go, to try to find the combination of actions that would improve my outcome. While I was able to trigger different story elements and I thought I was in the clear on my second run it turned out that, in general, I’d been a very bad boy in the past and that path had it all catching up to me. In general I’m a fan of the noir style so while on its surface some of the content can seem excessive within the context of the story they’re telling it at least seems pretty natural. While there are better puzzle games out there the story is what makes or breaks the game above all else, and it is a fairly satisfying one.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.0]