For me, Born Punk was disappointing....
I admit that I have been a die-hard point & click adventure fan since the beginnings of the genre in the 80s. I also love good pixel art, exciting stories, cyberpunk and detective mystery. Accordingly, my expectations for Born Punk were very high. Even though the game is not entirely bad, it disappointed me in many respects. The pros & cons from my point of view:
+ Good voice acting
+ some enriching ideas within the cyberpunk genre
+ Design of an interesting setting and world.
+ Funny moments
- not very exciting
- little motivating, rather weak story
- strong linearity of the story
- an unsatisfactory ending
- unnecessary, annoying, repetitive puzzles
- unbelievable and illogical scenes and decisions
- the design of the world is mainly revealed through heavy reading, which is not well integrated into the game flow
- the main characters seem very superficial and clichéd
- uncomfortable, unfamiliar controls
- For the most part, the graphics are nicely drawn, but the high quality pixel art is not carried through and seems sloppy in some scenes.
- The character sprites look a bit clunky and are very poorly animated.
- The mostly schmaltzy rock music is not coherent for me and doesn't really fit the cyberpunk genre.
- The recording quality of the voices varies and is also too quiet in some scenes.
All in all, it can't hold a candle to my genre favourites Technobabylon, Whispers of a Machine, Blade Runner or Beneath a Steel Sky. I will certainly not play it a second time. But if there's a "retro point & click - low tide", there's nothing to stop you from trying it out.
As we all know, tastes are different... As you can read from the many enthusiastic reviews here. In case of doubt, by buying a game, you also support the genre and the developers, thus enabling further, perhaps better titles.