NORCO

潮湿、闷热，在粘稠的空气里，烂泥木叉和工业废料堆成的冒着泡的沼泽与低地。烟囱、高耸的炼油塔。石油、洪水与航空火箭，邪教徒、嬉皮士与机器人，在美国南部某个小镇。

I got immersed I got completely lost in the colorful world of Norco for the entire day until I reached the finale. It’s rare for a game to hook me so thoroughly. For a pixel-art game, it truly exceeds expectations, thanks to its vibrant color palette, meticulous attention to detail in every location, and the sheer scale of the world. The soundtrack deserves a special mention—the music is incredibly atmospheric and perfectly suited to each location and story arc. I also appreciated the abundance of humor woven into what seemed, at first glance, like a very dramatic narrative. The satisfying ending gives a real sense of closure to an engaging journey. Thank you to the developers for such a touching experience—I can’t wait to see what you create next!

整体游戏的美术和ui很好，中文本地化做得不错但是有些俚语什么的可以get rid of就是很奇怪啊会突然有些割裂的感觉。看到有人说中间的小游戏不是和主线特别同步，会有点断，个人倒是感觉这几个益智小游戏都挺不错的。本来以为体量会比较小，但是玩着玩着发现也有六个小时的文本量，到了chap2的双线叙事很出彩，妈妈给女儿的text让我有点流泪，最后我打出来的是be的结局，凯伊也算是和妈妈在星空中再相见了吧。

Really compelling narrative game. Very literary, lots of stuff to unpack thematically. At time of writing I'm still trying to dissect how I feel about the ending. Had some technical issues, one particularly poorly timed game crash right at the end forced me to replay an extended combat section and that was annoying and killed some of the anticipation. The actual gameplay also felt pretty weak, whenever there was combat it felt like it was just getting in the way more than anything. But the visuals, music, and prose really do make it worth playing. It's also short enough that you can beat it in one day, I personally really appreciate that in narrative-focused experiences.

说实话带点流行语的本地化比如什么“拉完了”放在这种有特定时代背景的作品里感觉不是特别合适，游戏里也有跑了一圈地图做任务发现全白搭最后还是得用PlanB这种比较落后的任务设计，但是都不影响我觉得这是部值得一玩的好游戏，画面表现力很强，交叉叙事也处理得很好，最重要的是我觉得整个故事做得很克制，虽然故事到最后发展到一个看起来很大很不可思议的地步，但结尾仍然很平静。从气质上真的能跟同为路易斯安那背景的《真探》S1做到相互补充。

前两章节已初现神作雏形。 文案精彩，美术优秀，氛围烘托到位，悬念制造不存在逻辑漏洞，流畅自然，置身故事本身水到渠成。 第二幕最后的CG 更是让人大为震撼。

If you like pixelated graphics that remind you somewhat of games from 25+ years ago and point-and-click adventures, chances are you'll enjoy the style and mechanics of this game. I genuinely have no complaint in that regard. I don't regret my time spent in the game, which ended up being a bit more than four hours. The puzzles weren't challenging but some of them were interesting. The script/text (let's be honest, the main meat of the game) was excellent, albeit perhaps feeling rushed or a bit scattershot in places. I feel like they could have doubled the amount of story showing more of the world and fleshing out some of the story, but what do I know, I wasn't the author. The story however, I'm not sure how to describe it. At its core it's the MC coming home after being away (let's call it "being a free spirit") for some time to confront the aftermath of some family tragedy and some mystery surrounding it. That's the base. Elements of the rest of the story follows a somewhat normal progression in terms of structure with a few jumps between viewpoints, but the world building and characters feel like a psychotic fever-dream. In the end, my reaction was, the story and characters were odd, but overall didn't make a coherent sense, but I didn't hate it. I'm sure I'm missing some important subtexts and metaphors that an armchair philosopher will likely be able to feel superior about. There's likely parallels being drawn where NPCs were elements or aspects of their life and mind. In the end, much like so many song lyrics, you'll come to your own interpretations and conclusions. TL, DR: That was interesting. I don't get it.

8+/10 像素+文字冒险挺对我电波的，游戏中显像管电视的滤镜再一打开氛围就更对味了，颇有复古科幻感。本作的流程不长，总共就三章，但却在这偏短的剧情篇幅内，展现了一段光怪陆离的魔幻现实冒险。真实的历史素材，赛博加宗教元素，甚至还有一些惊悚元素夹在其中（着实被阴沟人的老脸吓了一跳。游戏的解谜也不难，适合注重体验剧情冒险的玩家，推荐！

凯伊记忆里的家再也回不去，只剩下被工业巨轮倾轧的小镇在支离破碎的沼泽里艰难踟蹰，无依之地的居民泡在被衰败喂养的荒诞邪教里，唱的一首乡下人的悲歌

游戏展现了路易斯安那州的风景它的沼泽它的工业，地理位置原因，殖民问题，气候问题，人权矛盾，游戏写出来路易斯安那的变化，为何沉没。有些赛博朋克的背景设计与这个地方很好的融合在了一起，潮湿腐败，混沌割裂。故事讲的好，画面处理美。