Blacksad: Under the Skin

Reviews on the net is all over when it came to this game but I gave this game a go and I loved the entire experience from the game starting to the the credit rolling. It's like a 10 hour interactive action/adventure movie about animals in post-WWII New York. You play as PI Blacksad, voiced by amazing Barry Johnson. The voice is great and could only be surpassed by Morgan Freeman - but who can afford him, right? I mention this because you will hear his voice all the time throughout the game. The voice acting over all is great. One reviewer complained that the animals facial expressions wasn't very human... but, they are animals! I honestly think it's a good thing that the animals in this game don't look more human then they already do.... Some scenes are brutally violent and I don't think I could have finished this game if it was humans being killed. But now it's animals - I can overcome that! By the way, the lip-sync is good. Graphic is good, not to crazy extravagant but enjoyable. Music is the same pleasant jazz song playing almost non stop for 10 hours. You only notice it when it stops playing for a couple of scenes. Story is good. If keeps your interest through the entire game. BUT, a big BUT, the game developers really messed up when they spoiled the plot early in the game. I do not need to mention it. If you are a good observer you will notice it and the end of the game will not come as a big surprise. If anyone is asking: this is NOT - NOT - a child friendly game. Sexual images (a image of a rhino having sex with a, cat, I think), profane and blaspheming language, alcohol consumption, non stop smoking in a promoting way. Even with the bad stuff I do think there is a decent moral in the game. In the end the game asked me if I would have done anything differently and I was like "No, I'm pretty OK with all my decisions (including getting a pedophile killed)"

Story beginning is terrible but it gets more compelling as you progress, hooking you into completing it. I have managed completed the game which is quite good if you don't mind the game crashing at random intervals and repeating the events from an earlier checkpoint. I don't understand why it's never been fixed properly coming shy of 4 months from when it came out originally 5 years ago! My experience - * BSOD after 45 minutes of game play (on Core i9 & 3090 RTX) * Controller is the only way to play it, keyboard and mouse control is unplayable. * Action sequences require fairly quick responses either multiple or a few times. * Cut scenes can't be skipped. If you die after one, you're forced to watch it again until you succeed. * Camera angle can be restrictive and not always be ideal. e.g. looking around a corner.

Loved the story and the animal characters. Its length is also quite decent. Worth the price, especially when discounted. Highly recommend it is you like the genre and animals :). However, I got a messages from GOG that there are updates to the game. Please someone enlighten me as to what they are. Thank you in advance.

It's OK if you only play once and don't want to change your decision or fix your miss on QTE. Otherwise, it would be a pain in the ass.

First off the the quality isn't consistent there are some weird animations, glitches, awkward camera angles and facial expressions are at times don't eally match up. I think can be improved in that regard. Other than that it has an interesting story and a good music score that matches tone and era of when it is based on. While the story is interesting certain things don't really make whole lot of sense like introducing racial arguments through animals characters I think this would've been a better game with human characters. But I apreciate the attempt by the developers for being creative the game still worth a play but I will say probably get it on a sale I can't recommend the game at full price. With that being said if you have an itch for story driven games, where choices somewhat matter and a fan of detective games this might be a good choice for you. I have played plenty of similar games made by Telltale and played L.A. Noire which in general are of higher quality while this game does lack that level of polish it is still playable.