Release Date: October 11, 2017
Combining the visual novel adventure with a "combine three elements" logic game. The hero of the game is Jon Lockhart, who immediately after leaving prison starts looking for people responsible for framing him into murder and arrest. The production draws inspiration from comics and noir crime films.
Metropolis: Lux Obscura on PC, PSV, etc. is a mix of adventure and classic logic game, whose action is set in a gloomy reality, reminiscent of noir films and comics. The game was developed by an independent studio called Ktulhu Solutions. Metropolis: Lux Obscura is in line with the trend of combining adventure games, RPG elements and "match-3 elements", popularized by games such as Puzzle Quest or HuniePop.
The main character of Metropolis: Lux Obscura is Jon Lockhart, who was wrongly accused of murdering his close friend. After serving his sentence, he sets out in search of those responsible for putting him behind bars - the real perpetrators of the crime. After just a few hours after getting released, he unexpectedly gets entangled in serious problems which may make it difficult for him to complete his mission.
Depending on the decisions made, we can unlock one of the four endings. The whole campaign can be completed in about three hours.
In Metropolis: Lux Obscura, we play through the following chapters, presented in the form of animated comic panels with fully dubbed dialogue lines. They are interrupted from time to time by logical segments in the form of "match-3 elements" puzzles. They represent the hero's fights with various types of opponents, such as gangsters, corrupt policemen or bandits. Both the protagonist and the opponents have a limited number of life points. We damage enemies by matching three of the same blocks on the board. In addition to the standard puzzles, there are also special items - if we match them, we will deal bonus damage or heal ourselves. After winning a fight, we choose one new power-up from the list of twelve mental illnesses and bad habits presented to us.
The two-dimensional visuals in Metropolis: Lux Obscura have a distinctive style inspired by Frank Miller's comics such as Sin City. All graphics were made by Oleg Okunev, a Ukrainian artist working with Ktulhu Solutions on Perky Little Things.
Platforms:
PC Windows October 11, 2017
PlayStation Vita April 4, 2018
PlayStation 4 April 4, 2018
Xbox One April 4, 2018
Nintendo Switch April 4, 2018
Developer: Ktulhu Solutions
Publisher: Sometimes You
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Game Ratings for Metropolis: Lux Obscura Video Game.
Nindie Spotlight: 7 / 10 by Nindie Spotlight
Overall I’ll say I was pleasantly surprised by this title, and it has far more redeeming qualities than its adult-skewed content. Once I got immersed in this world and met my first bad end I was quick to give it another go, to try to find the combination of actions that would improve my outcome. While I was able to trigger different story elements and I thought I was in the clear on my second run it turned out that, in general, I’d been a very bad boy in the past and that path had it all catching up to me. In general I’m a fan of the noir style so while on its surface some of the content can seem excessive within the context of the story they’re telling it at least seems pretty natural. While there are better puzzle games out there the story is what makes or breaks the game above all else, and it is a fairly satisfying one.
Nintendo Insider: 5 / 10 by Darren Palma
At L7.19, Metropolis: Lux Obscura is affordable enough to land a quick fix should you desperately need one, although in comparison to the average mobile match-three puzzler it stands highly overpriced.
Pixelophobia: 7.7 / 10 by Łukasz Ankudo
This match 3 game bases its story and style on Sin City. Gameplay is too random though and the game may be too difficult or too easy from the get-go. It's cheap and can be fun, but you can't expect anything from it.
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