Nine Noir Lives

I have to tread lightly here because P&C Adventures are my very favorite type of game! This certainly seems to have all of the best elements. The graphics are perrrfect, the characters are amazing, there are 1,000s of lines of dialog, the voice acting is superb and the story is on par with a good movie. I'm not kidding, there's definitely a detective story here. The controls are great because you can scroll through verb commands and use the space bar for hotspots. There's even a decent hint system and the humor is spot on. There's a map and inventory items can been viwed, used or combined. So what is the issue? While the game didn't necessarily need more locations, there weren't many. Sure there were additional rooms or areas within each locations, but the first half of the game found me going back and forth again and again between the very few spots until it became tiresome. The other issue it suffers from was mentioned in other reviews: the absolutely death-trap of clicking on an item for it not to be obtained, only to need that item later on in the game then forgetting where it was because our minds write it off as insignificant. This is a huge issue with games like this. Especially when that very item is later needed to advance the game. Then there's the "puzzle" element. While some items made total sense being used or combined. And some puzzles made reasonable sense after some trial and error, or reviewing the notes, etc, other puzzles were beyond madding and purely frustrating. And they made sense ONLY in the game developer's minds!!! If you think there were frustrating parts in Monkey Island, this is that times 50 and I don't mean that as a compliment. Take for example the Drink Recipe puzzle/quest which involves items that STILL don't make any sense even after you've made the drink. No one ever would have figured that out without a walkthrough!!! I don't mind a good challenge, I don't mind a clever puzzle, even a diabolical one. But it's not really fun when you've roamed around for hours until the point where you literally fall asleep (I'M NOT KIDDING!) only to try again, then have to consult the walk-through. At that point you should go... OH, I GET IT. But it's not like that! Otherwise I really did enjoy the game. The dialog dragged on a bit at times, and alot at other times, but it's better than not enough. Overall I really enjoyed the game despite all of its issues and challenges. I hope the authors will take these criticisms into account. It was a hell of a game and story. I really hope to see more from this creator, maybe in the same universe or something like it. Overall 6 or 7 out of 10. Bravo.

so much feels, so much cats, so much amazing voice acting 10/10

Die Welt braucht eindeutig mehr Katzen die Kriminellen jagen! Top Point&Click Abenteuer. Etwas zu viel "Geschrei" beim Voice Acting. Ansonsten super Story gute Rätsel (ausser der Cocktail Mix war mühsam!) und erfrischender Humor machen das Spiel empfehlenswert. An die Entwickler: Danke für die Prise Hallucinogene!

This game is so much fun! I hope there are more games coming in the series!

Boring and tedious spiked with forced humour.

Rätsel Geschichte. Kein klassisches Point/Click mit vielen kleinen Rätseln, sondern ein großes Mysterium gilt es zu lösen. Das ganze Spiel ist quasi ein großes Rätsel. Mir war das zu viel, verstehe aber die Intention hinter dem Spiel. Wer also einen Krimi zum selber spielen sucht wird hier bestimmt gut bedient.

Pretty great game the puzzles were reasonable, Cuddles seems like a person you can trust with everything. The villains are pretty well written I'd love to see more of Cuddles and Tabby.

Finally got some time to play through Nine Noir Lives with my wife, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. It has all the quirks I remember from some of my favourite point and click adventures growing up. The writing and tone was great even though some of the jokes had us going "reaaaally..." but that was all part of what made it so enjoyable. The characters were fun, many of the jokes had us laughing out loud and we just had a great time playing through it. I was shocked at the amount of voice acting in the game! The Endless Wyrd reference was also fun to find - finally a reference that I got! Noticed the ending hinted at a sequel, hope that's still in the cards for you guys!

In questo titolo, avventura grafica con una storia noir, impersoniamo cuddles un gatto investigatore privato che viene chiamato dal capo della polizia locale per investigare su un omicidio, avvenuto nel locale di un gangster. La vittima è proprio il figlio di quest'ultimo. Quindi, voi andrete in giro per i luoghi che pian piano verranno scoperti dalla indagine, per venirne a capo di questo caso. I luoghi e i personaggi sono ok anche il doppiaggio rigorosamente in inglese o tedesco, non ci sono altre lingue, neanche come sottotitoli, è buono in alcuni casi. Peccato che ogni volta che parlerete con qualcuno quest'ultimo si prodigherà in un fiume di parole e capirete che senza sottotitoli in ita non li ho capiti molto. Ma parlando con i vari npc, durante i vari interrogatori sul campo, potrebbero darti l'imbeccata per aprire una nuova zona in città, che manderà avanti l'investigazione. Parlando degli oggetti non tutti si cancellano una volta usati, rendendoli inutili al fine delle risoluzioni dei futuri enigmi. La citta piena di gatti è ottima, idem la longevità che viene aumentata con le zone che non si spengono, una volta che tutti gli enigmi di quella zona sono esauriti, perciò vi tocca andare a zonzo inutilmente finchè non troverete la combinazione giusta per andare un pò avanti nel gioco. In alcuni casi impersonate la segretaria Tabby. In questi casi non avrete l'intera città, ma solo una zona circoscritta in cui supererete alcuni enigmi, per poi proseguire con il personaggio principale. La buona notizia è che è possibile in qualsiasi momento mettere il gioco in modalità story mode, in questo caso nel taccuino ci saranno anche dei indizi che vi porteranno nella giusta direzione. Invece se scegliete la difficoltà normale, il taccuino vi dice solo cosa c'e da fare, ma non come farlo. Ci sono 9 slot di salvataggio oltre al salvataggio automatico. Lo consiglio se volete una storia noir carina, con bei personaggi con alcuni un pò steotipati. Riguardo la storia, bear with me e piu carina, ma questo titolo si difende abbastanza bene. Musiche carine anche se non ci ho fatto molto caso. lol ^^; Lo consiglio ma non a prezzo pieno se non capite l'inglese o il tedesco, direi che un 50% di sconto o più, può valere il prezzo del biglietto in questo stato. Se invece era sottotitolato in ita, allora il prezzo pieno era ok anche grazie alla sua longevità. P.s: Gioco avuto in regalo dalla mia amica Miaka.

Herrliches Point and Click Abenteuer mit Katzen. Das Speil hat Humor, allein schon, dass man alles Anlecken kann, es aber im Endeffekt fast nie etwas bringt. So viele verschrobene Charaktere, auf die muss man erstmal kommen. trotzdem hat das Spiel eine gewisse Ernsthaftigkeit. Besonders weil es sich wohl auch an einer gewissen Tragödie von Shakespeare orientiert hat. Absolut zu empfehlen!