Sunday Gold: Prologue

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IMPRESSIONS OF THE DEMO: When I first started playing this, I thought it was going to be a convoluted mess. Turns and action points, mixed with a point n click style of game, all wrapped up in a comic book style. It appeared like a confused clash of genres. After playing, I soon realised this was actually an inspired, intelligent and hyper stylish game. I'll do my impressions rather than a full scale review. Afterall, I have yet to play the full game, and this is just letting you know if you should try the demo or not. First, giving a free demo shows a company has faith in its product. If you don't like it, then it's doubtful you are going to pay with your cash for the full game. However, today must people have so many games that as well as money, the other main deciding factor in getting a game, is value of your time. A lot of people nowadays have so many games and such little time, that choosing one can be a big deal. Even taking the time to install and play a demo is an investment a lot of people will not bother with, unless they have good reason. So here's my initial impressions, and why you should, at the very least, try this demo. Sunday Gold is something different. Very original. A clash of well known game-styles all meshed together to form a story driven, rpg. This game reminds me of movies such as Lock, Stock, and Two-smoking Barrels, Snatch, etc. In fact, if Guy Ritchie were to make a computer game, it would be this. So if you enjoy the style and humour of those British, gangster movies, then this will be right up your street. The game's artistic style is akin to Disco Elysium, in that the graphics look as though they have been done with water colours. It also has other game features which gave me the same vibe as Disco. Changes with your psychology etc, depending on which actions you take. It also share a similar bleak, dark comedy aspect as DE, as well as intelligent writing. A lot of the scenes are played out with a graphic novel use of panels to propel certain scenes, rather than use animation (which there is little of). This works, and it feels like a deliberate design choice, rather than a cost cutting exercise to reduce elaborate cut-scenes, which other adventure games would have. Thankfully, the text is well voiced, and the music is great, both ambient and up-tempo tracks. If you are a rpg/adventure game fan, and especially if you enjoyed the innovative Disco Elysium, then you definitely should try this. Only thing you have to lose is your time, and I don't think your wasting it trying this demo. Now I look forward to the full game.

Le prologue n'est pas bien long mais offre un bon aperçu du jeu en terme de direction artistique, mécaniques, et enjeux. C'est très bien réalisé, avec une touch Comics / lowtech, un côté Noir 50's, tout en étant ancré dans une époque moderne. L'interface, très navigateur internet en thème sombre, crée un effet immersif dans le cadre d'une enquête, où le joueur va réfléchir et se confondre avec les personnages. On peut penser au système de piratage d'ordinateur, plutôt bien mené, et aux écrans d'inventaire. Du côté du gameplay, on peut s'attendre à des combats tour-par-tour classiques, et les aspects point n'click, j'espère, sont plus poussés dans la version complète : là on se contente des évidences, sans recherche. Mais l'ensemble est très prometteur et mérite totalement l'essai.

好玩好玩，不说了，赶紧出正式版，我是急急国王，急急急

回合制游戏，类似仙剑奇侠传战斗方式。

美术风格很酷，动态有漫画的张力和电影/动画的疾速感。 序章内容比较少，却也足够吸引到我。 解谜部分能玩到骇入解密和开锁，探索部分角色行走不消耗点数且瞬移，好评。 回合制战斗部分能玩到的太少，等到正式版再看吧。 以上要素都放在一款游戏里，很想继续试试看。 顺便被安利到了点唱机里的音乐，来自Burly Wood的专辑《Watch it Burn》。

Now this one is an amazing prologue for a game. Imagine it's like a Persona 5 and Disco Elysium had a baby, that is original in it's own art style and direction. Also with great voice cast, voicing the interesting characters. And the turn-based RPG combat system is quite interesting, where each character have their own specialty. Definitely a must try demo for the art direction alone, immediately grabs your attention. And now I can't wait for the full release.

Everyone is bri ish

very enjoyable introduction to the game - gives a Disco Elysium (story) meets Darkest Dungeon (combat) vibe. The hacking mini-game makes me want to kill a baby though