Jazzpunk: Director's Cut

‘Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut’ is…weird. I went in not really knowing what it is or what to expect, and finished it not fully understanding what I’ve just played. That’s not to say this game is a bad game – it’s not. It’s just different and very strange. ‘Jazzpunk’ is a first-person adventure game with offbeat humour, and plenty of pop culture and computer technology references. In it, you play as Polyblank, a spy tasked with completing a series of 4 missions, interspaced with interludes. The missions and the puzzles within aren’t difficult at all. In fact, you’re told how to bypass each obstacle almost every time. The fun of this game is not really the espionage, but the exploration of your surroundings and interaction with anyone/anything that the game allows you to. In doing so, you may find yourself engaging in non-sequitur sidequests like wrestling a Randy “The Macho Man” Savage look-a-like and flicking a spider off a woman’s shoulder. I ended up spending close to 3 hours trying to find most, if not all, of these interactive moments. The game’s presentation is simplistic, with a 1950/60s aesthetic that makes me yearn for a more substantial spy game like ‘No One Lives Forever’. Not only does ‘Jazzpunk’ plays and feels weird, it also looks strange. It’s what I presume a hallucinogenic dream would be like. ‘Jazzpunk’ is a very niche game for a very specific audience, with jokes and allusions that may be over the head of some players. It’s weird and different enough to warrant checking out, just to see what the initial excitement was all about back in 2014. Given how its humour may not be for you, you may want to grab this game when it goes on sale.

Basically, is a parody of the 70' spy story, which inside contains parodies of other media, so many of them that even I, which consider myself a huge nerd, didn't recognized all of them. Soundtrack and, most importantly, visuals are on point, although the camera sometimes gives me a sense of vertigo. Gameplay wise... welp, there are some minigames interesting, buuuut if you buy this game, it won't be for the gameplay. ( which almost demoted this game into a 2 star, and still it reaches the 3 stars just by few millimeters). Is it worth it? mmmmm yes but it's really not for everyone, which is strange, comedy usually is but not this kind.

If you are old enough you will remember some strange wacky flash games in old days. If you feel like you want to play that kind of games jazzpunk will be great for you.

10/10 would throw popcorn at people again.

This game is peak it truly transcends the medium.