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I had had "The Dame Was Loaded" on my wish list for a longer time and then bought it than it was offered for 99 cents. The game environment in 40's America has its charm and is for players who like the noir genre. Sadly, the gameplay is very time limited, which means you have to rush through the days. If you "unnecessarily" visit several places, time may run out and you may have to start over again. It's especially bad if you didn't pick up one of the numerous items and after the time limit you don't know exactly where the mistake was. Without a walkthrough the game is hardly to be finished. Unfortunately one can also hardly build up a relation to the characters. On the one hand too many people are brought in too fast and on the other hand one is annoyed if one must repeat parts of the game constantly. Buy the game when it is on sale. I could spend about 6 hours with it. But most of the buyers on GOG only play it for 2 hours. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
The atmosphere made you want to finish the game. I also liked the humour. Some puzzles are simply much too difficult to solve without a solution book. I can't imagine how to do that. I was really annoyed by the passages, in which you simply have to press an item 5 times, until something happens. Also, there were many items in the inventory that were not used at all. if you are a hardcore adventure game player and you want to invest some real time, it's a good game for you.
