Posted on: July 24, 2019
Lord_Kristof
Владелец игрыИгр: 483 Отзывов: 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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