Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

[h1]Это ну слишком нудно. Играть 30 минут, из которых 5 минут смотреть "А в следующей серии вы увидите..." и 5 минут бесконечные Титры, ти-т-ры, ТИТРЫ перед каждым эпизодом что не скипнуть. [/h1] Не так плохо, как быть могло, но и не так хорошо, как хотелось бы, можно сказать что средненько, если сравнивать D'Avekki с Wales. Резкие переходы из нарезок, иногда растраивают, вот Манро или По говорит с серьёзным лицом, и кадр резко меняется и его поведение полностью меняется, а ведь не принималось никакое решение, и т.е. они не позаботились снимать что-то чуть дольше одного дубля, и это не крутая актёрская игра, а очередной быстрый кадр. Кстати... локация очень сильно напоминает площадку I Saw Black Clouds, в одном сюжете, надеюсь я ошибаюсь и они не снимали там же, где и I Saw Black Clouds. Далее, у них фишка конечно проспойлерить в эпизоде что будет в следующем "Смотрите в следующей серии", как бы но к чему в начале каждой серии смотреть одни и те же субтитры которые идут минут 5. На 6 серий, которые сами по себе минут на 15-20, это слишком уж много, и их не возможно скипнуть. Но мне правда хотелось рекомендовать эту игру, но некоторые эпизоды настолько уныло затянуты, что нет... напомнило «Блиц скорость без границ, ленивцы ZVEROPOLIS» уже вымотали максимально и просто жду когда же завершится этот диалог, а мне накидывают ещё и ещё, об одном и том же, об одной и той же истории, но с разных сторон, тоже яйцо только в профиль, спасибо что убивали с каждым новым диалогом в 4 эпизоде мой интерес к этой игре. При этом очень не хочется нудить, но... с каких пор на радио люди сидят без наушников практически всегда. Снято неплохо, актёры так же играют не переигрывая, режесёр-постановщик не лажает, но сюжет... он настолько иногда бредовый, или... театральный скажем, не реалистичный, а больше драматично-комедийный. Меня хватило на 4-ре эпизода, обычно с интересом доигрываю такие игры, хотя бы из любопытства или сравнить с другими, но чем дальше, тем тупее... [h1]Интересный факт, практически единственная FMV-новелла где мной замечена лишь одна смысловая ошибка. Над текстом поработали хорошо.[/h1]

Can't really recommend it. Not the worst thing I've played but very frustrating. No real link between the 6 short episodes (except for our two heroes of course) and each one was way too short to tell the story it had to tell, leaving us wanting for more. During a sale? Sure why not. At its full price? A big nope.

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6 farklı bölüm ve hikayeden oluşan bir FMV yapım, oynadığım diğer fmw yapımlara göre hikayeler zayıf kaçıyor orta kötü diyebilirim , seçimlerden önceki tr çevirilerde problem olmuş, hatunla oynadık ama sonlara doğru da baya sıkıldık, bu türden steamde az olduğu için türü de sevdiğim için destek amaçlı olumlu veriyorum

The third installment in D'Avekki Studios FMV games. This one being a spinoff game of the previous installment The Shapeshifting Detective. We follow the odd happenings of our favourite August radio hosts Poe & Monroe. Who in this episodic adventure stumble upon most peculiar situations while trying to run their local radio show. The chemistry and interactions between these two is the main focus of the game. The gameplay is a mix of quicktime events and option choosing. There are six episodes in total that go by very fast, which makes one yearn for more. I do hope for a sequel! Highly recommended for a quick fun and enjoyable mystery experience.

挺没意思的小故事合集，剧情很薄弱并不抓人，有的时候还很莫名其妙。且因为每个故事都是独立的，所以你无论怎么选都不会对主角的人生有任何影响。而且选项特别不清楚，经常是给你几个意义不明的物体，比如脖子和手，或者两个主角，让你二选一，可是大多数情况下你都不知道角色会怎么行动，或者这个物体跟故事有什么关联，所以基本上你就是在瞎选，那做这个选项的意义何在。举个例子，[spoiler] 在第三集里，去学校调查线索的时候，你可以选唱红脸（女主）还是唱白脸（男主），然后我就选了唱白脸，结果就是男主问有没有线索，对方说没有，然后男主就信了，这个场景就结束了。这是什么垃圾选项？不是，唱白脸就这，我还以为你要威慑对方呢，结果就是让我白跑一趟？[/spoiler] 像这样没头没脑的选项，在游戏里比比皆是。 演员的演技我感觉一般，有的时候我觉得很做作，尤其是两个主角调情的时候，还有女主角试图装作无辜的时候，明明普通说话就好了，感觉动作特别没必要的夸张和刻意。摄影的质量一般，能看见明明是同一个场景但是光线颜色不太一样。而且有些地方缺少转场，把本就稀碎的剧情搞得更加不连贯。音轨也不行，明明同一个场景但是能很明显听出来不是一起录的，还有的时候会喷麦，这部分就不能重新录一下吗。 同时，两个主人公也很不讨喜，我要是知道这个游戏里唯一贯穿的剧情就是他们俩是婚外恋的话我就不会买了。很烦，你根本不知道为啥他们俩偷情，为啥说着爱对方但是男主就是不跟自己太太离婚，最后他俩感情纠结来纠结去也没有结果，并不会因为你做什么他们就分手，或者在一起，搞得我看得很烦躁。还有就是既然他们俩天天在广播里打情骂俏，且这还是这个镇子上唯一的广播，男主太太怎么还没发现他出轨。他俩可是不止一回说漏嘴了。有人可能能接受，但是我是接受不了看两个出轨的人搁着里唧唧我我，怪恶心的。因为讨厌他们我每次看到女主装可爱，夹着嗓子的时候就想吐，看到男主装深情的时候也想吐，不是你这么爱她你去离婚啊，神经病。还有无论我做什么选择这两人就是不分手，即使我选择 [spoiler] 让女主独自逃跑，不叫醒一氧化碳中毒的男主，害得他差点没命，[/spoiler]下一章他们俩还是在那里调情。 2/10 不推荐买，有很多其他的fmv游戏可以玩，没必要玩这个各方面都不行的作品，尤其是剧情。

I freaking LOVE IT. What voices, what beautiful people! Simply amazing, watching them chew the scenery with their presence. Best idea I had in a long time, to give this one a try.

Oi, lemme tell ya 'bout this Dark Nights with Poe and Munro game, right? Absolute rubbish, innit! It's one of them FMV games about two radio DJs in some weird little town, but bloody 'ell, what a disappointment! The stories are proper disjointed - six little episodes that ain't connected and just end without resolvin' nuffin'! Each one's only like 20-30 minutes long, so you're done with the whole thing in about two and a half hours, which is a right ripoff for what you're payin'! The worst part is them choices you gotta make - they don't tell ya what you're even pickin'! It's just some random pictures on the screen, and you're s'posed to click one without knowin' what'll 'appen! Like, do I pick Poe or Munro? No bleedin' clue what either of 'em's gonna do! The actin's just about alright - seen worse on them dodgy SyFy shows - but the chemistry between the main characters ain't enough to save this mess. Agree wiff most people who played it say it's confusin', borin', and the dialogue's cringey as anythin'. Even if you get it on sale, save your dosh and watch a proper movie instead!

I wanted to like this game. I've played Contradiction, Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus, and several other would-be similar titles in the past, so I had high hopes going in. I was expecting a fun FMV experience. That is not what I got. I'll corroborate what others have said first: I've seen numerous reviews stating that many choices either don't matter at all or have little impact, and I agree. The game will play itself and select specific options for you if you don't make a decision yourself. This often doesn't mean a new third option where you don't make a choice, but just turns into the game auto-choosing one option or the other. Why even have a time limit on those choices if this is the case? The actors do their best with the script they have. I do not blame them specifically for this particular criticism, as I don't know how many creative decisions they themselves made for their roles. That said, most of the characters are completely unlikable. I don't know if this was intentional, but it makes the game tedious very quickly. This is the most true of the titular characters. It's okay and sometimes even more compelling to follow/be in the head of someone who isn't a good person or doesn't always have the best intentions. However, it quickly becomes exhausting when they either lack compelling motivation to behave that way or have no redeeming qualities. For Poe and Munro, it's both. This is a game about two insufferable people making terrible decisions. That might sound fun. I didn't think so. Was there anything I liked? Getting to hear Justin McElroy voice a villain (props for having that range, Juice). [spoiler]Poe and Munro are affair partners, which doesn't paint them in a favorable light from the first episode onward. Their relationship and banter aren't charming. Poe is cheating on his wife with Munro, and Munro is aware of and therefore complicit in this. Poe tells Munro his wife knows he's having an affair, but that she doesn't know with whom. How could she not know? The two flirt almost constantly on and off the air. Munro is his only coworker. Is Poe lying? If this ever comes to a head or concludes in any meaningful way, I'm not sure. More than that, I don't care. The characters weren't sympathetic or compelling enough for me to continue beyond halfway through episode four.[/spoiler] Munro is presumptuous and willfully ignorant. Poe is self-important and leering. As a result, their banter comes across not as witty and playful, but as two people who already shouldn't be together, having no chemistry and being constantly at odds with each other. Their relationship is confusing at best, and at worst, disturbing, given some of the possible actions and the surrounding context. There are many ways this could have been done differently; one approach I frequently see. In narratives where the main characters are deeply flawed people, there are often foils: Comparatively normal side characters who will comment on how abnormal the main characters' behavior is, how unlikable they are, and call into question the efficacy of their ill-conceived plots and actions. That makes for a better story. It's more compelling because it doesn't make the audience feel like they're supposed to be rooting for these unlikable people (unless under exceptional circumstances). It doesn't make the audience feel like they're going crazy. Side characters, or even one individual who pointed out Poe and Munro's absurdity, would have done wonders. As far as I played, that doesn't happen. If it does, it takes too long. As far as I could tell, the side characters either didn't have enough screen time to make much of an impact or were insufferable, too. Poe and Munro are terrible both together and separately. A perfect example is a scene in the third episode where [spoiler]Munro presumes a stranger she just met wants her to strip and is immediately seduced and on board. When the stranger tries to clarify that she wants Munro to strip sheets off of a bed, Munro still presumes she wants her to strip on the bed, and lounges there before even further clarification. I'm not sure how else the scene can unfold, as I felt incredibly awkward as it was. Afterward, Poe asks how things went, and Munro describes the woman as "dominant; I liked her." Again, I'm not sure if the scene was meant to be funny, sexy, or charming, but it came off as exhausting. Poe pretends that the handwritten death threats in episode one aren't a serious issue, and it's even more exhausting. Make it make sense: These are pieces of paper slipped under an interior door at the studio that cannot lock. The studio has been receiving them for at least two weeks. He doesn't think Munro should be informed about them because he assumes they're from his wife, who he says knows he's having an affair, but not with whom. HUH?? Motivations swap whenever it's convenient to the narrative, but consistent character arcs are largely nonexistent. In episode one, Munro wants to call the police after a creepy caller threatens her and Poe, and Poe reveals the studio has (as stated) been getting death threats via handwritten notes slipped under the door to their recording studio. Poe doesn't want her to call. In episode three, a teenager goes missing, and shortly after, the same creepy caller, whom we thought had died in episode one, calls in again to inform Poe and Munro that they must act quickly. Straight after, yet another creepy caller informs them she has the teenager trapped somewhere and will probably kill him. Poe wants to call the police. Munro wants to play detective and figure it out as a duo. While I wouldn't put it past these two to try something this ill-conceived, it's weird to see their motivations swap with no real reason given besides 'the police are incompetent'. While I agree, especially since there are at least two ways the duo can get away with potential murder in episode one, why the sudden change?[/spoiler] The episodes I played were just long enough to be frustrating, but not long enough to answer any questions that could have led somewhere interesting. My most significant criticism by far: This game needs a content warning. When you have actors portray what appears to be the lead-up to [spoiler]violent SA[/spoiler], this game needs a content warning. It's not the only reason, but it's the biggest one for me. Additionally, there are graphic narrative descriptions of [spoiler]death and gore, as well as other very heavy topics.[/spoiler] I am well aware this game has horror elements, and I went in expecting horror. However, especially due to the format in which it's presented and the fact that horror is the chosen genre, it falls to the developers to provide these warnings. I am not suggesting games should not tackle heavy topics or content. Some of my favorite games handle these topics incredibly well. This makes the way they're included here even worse. TLDR: When cheesy acting takes a hard turn into serious situations and topics the writing isn't equipped to handle well, it's not only narrative whiplash, it puts many people off the game in its entirety. Your choices as a player are mostly irrelevant. The characters are unlikable and frustrating. The story is so hard to follow that it's often nonsensical, and the episodes are only loosely correlated. I was overly generous and tried to give the game a chance even after I wanted to quit. Although I didn't run into anything as egregious as episode two, it wasn't worth it. Some people say Dark Nights with Poe and Munro is so bad it's good. I disagree. I expected better from this studio. I wish I'd refunded it when I still had the chance.

If you've played The Shapeshifting Detective, then you're definitely going to enjoy this game! Love Poe and Munro's chemistry!!! Hoping for a sequel or another game related to their story :)