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Posted on: July 24, 2019

Lord_Kristof

Jeux: 483 Avis: 35

Compelling premise, janky execution

Night Call is an interesting experiment which blends an interactive novel kind of gameplay with some additional systems, and puts you in the shoes of a character who needs to solve a mystery as he does his job as a taxi driver. It's a compelling idea, but it's not all there gameplay-wise. While the writing is strong and the stories of your passengers all pretty unique and authentic-feeling, there's a bunch of problems with the UI and the underlying systems. The whole investigation part of the gameplay seems almost like it's a side activity, but the plot makes it play a huge role, so that makes the carrying of passengers feel like not exactly the thing you maybe should be doing. They tried to achieve a balance here, but I don't think they quite succeed. On top of that, there are some control / presentation issues that make the game feel janky. Like short cutscenes while you're talking, which you later realize are just there for flavor. Or how you can get two clients spawn on a single space and you're not sure who you're going to pick up. Or the fact that you can randomly get another client in your cab and you need to deal with that, even though that can technically mean you lost crucial time and will trigger a game over when you run out of money. And then there's a couple of bugs I encountered that forced me to reload the game. And that I still don't understand how the game counts your end-day cash balance. There's a lot to love here, though. The atmosphere is spot on, the music is good, the characters feel like real people and the conversations are pretty realistic. I just feel like the game wants to be two things at once and doesn't manage to strike the right balance for it. I recommend playing it on the Story difficulty setting, because frankly this should be a narrative experience first and foremost and I feel like the gameplay elements that are there are weighing down what could've been a really unique game.

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Posted on: April 7, 2020

Dreadjaws

Jeux: 503 Avis: 43

Great concept & visuals. Poor execution.

In this game you play as a taxi driver who works for the police and must hunt down a killer, looking for clues and listening to client conversations under the premise that people are less defensive and more likely to reveal stuff about themselves in the presence of a cab driver. As you listen to people's stories you can talk to them and sometimes influence their decisions. It's a very good premise, but the execution is preposterous. For one, there's no rhyme or reason. The game gives you random clients and you have to luck into running into one that's related to the case in some capacity (by being a suspect or holding a clue). If you happen to run into one of those, you have to luck into them bringing up the subject. You can very well have a suspect as a client and they'll never say anything relevant. Then there's the "investigation" aspect. There really isn't one. You automatically gather clues by going to an established place that can hold one or just by chance. Then they're automatically sorted and related to each suspect. Then, after a few days of this you get a call and you say who you think is the suspect based on whichever clues look more damning. Keep in mind that you have no way to know if most clues are even true (some will contradict others), so you're just guessing. Then, if you happen to win, or just restart, the mission will be more or less the same, but with a different culprit, as they're chosen at random. That means that whomever was guilty in your first playthrough is likely to be innocent here, so kiss your immersion goodbye, assuming it wasn't already broken when you randomly had to drive a ghost or Santa. The one good aspect about the game are the conversations between you and your clients. They are, for the most part, realistic, and you'll meet interesting characters (they will repeat upon a new game, though, so there's that). If this was all the game was about, it'd be better, but the whole murder mystery thing throws it off the rails.

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Posted on: September 24, 2019

GodzillaStoneBust

Jeux: Avis: 1

The premise is all it got going for it

This game was such a let-down. When I first saw the trailer I thought it would be amazing; A noire detective game with a papers please-esque money clambering and a killer that is acively hunting you? How can this not be great? Well, the game is nothing like it. The only thing you do in this game is driving around and listening to other peoples stories and sometimes stubeling over "clues" that are automatically assigned to the correnct person with no investigation at all. Money is never a problem, you start out with a sizable chunk of cash, and while you often break even during your shifts, there is nothing you really can do to earn more money (as you'll be driving around clients anway). The characters are decent for the most part, but some of them just takes me out of it and spoils the mood, like the *minor spoilers* ghost and hologram from the future. They aren't however good enough to hold up the title on its own, and without the investigation and the hunt there is not really much to it.

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Posted on: July 21, 2019

lsk974

Jeux: 2 Avis: 1

Take a drive in beautiful written story

To get into Night Call, you need to be prepared to enter a Noir story composed of a lot of characters. You are a taxi driver and must find a serial killer before it finds you. The only way to do that and ask questions, discuss with your passengers. Each one have a personnality and a story that each run reveals. Put some headphones on, to be totally immerged in that beautiful written story among black and white graphisms.

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Posted on: August 19, 2021

TheSymphony

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Jeux: 796 Avis: 121

Back and White Taxi Driver Noir!

This game is not for everyone. For me, personally, it's a 5 star game. The atmosphere is dark and moody. It's always night time and it's always raining. Catch glimpses of Paris as you drive your customers around, talk to them and unlock their life stories. Try to determine who the killer is without getting yourself killed in the process. This is a point and click, narrative driven game. Don't buy this if you thing it's a shooter, or a action puzzler, or anything like that. It's click on how you respond to your customers. You are given a pretty good range of replies, and you can always "Remain silent." Lots of replay value as you have many possible customers, and most have multiple story arcs to discover through conversation... You won't unlock them all in one run. I don't wanna ruin the main plot, suffice to say that you are a taxi driver who becomes a witness to a murder, though you didn't get a clear look at the killer. Since you were the closest to the scene, you're forcibly recruited by a detective... And by "recruited" I mean threatened. You are given leads to follow, evidence to gather, and possible suspects. One of them is the killer. You move clues around on an evidence board every morning to help you narrow things down. The atmosphere is fantastic, the story is great, and there's multiple stories to enjoy that all have differing main plots, but the killer is different every time! If you enjoy stories AT ALL, then I think you would enjoy this game. If you hate reading, engaging stories, point and click adventures, rain, taxi's, or Paris, then this game might not be for you. I highly recommend this game! And the soundtrack is amazing as well. It captures the atmosphere just right.

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