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Norco

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Release Date: March 24, 2022

Adventure, Science Fiction, Point-and-click, 2D, Indie Games, Experimental/artistic, Singleplayer

NORCO is an adventure game that presents an unusual vision of the future composed of elements of dystopian science fiction and southern gothic. The player explores the industrial suburbs of New Orleans in search of his lost brother.

8.9

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9.3

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NORCO is an adventure game mixing science fiction and genre known as Southern Gothic. It is a debut game of Geography of Robots studio.

Plot

The action takes place in the near future, in the decaying industrial outskirts of New Orleans, located near the typical Louisiana swamps. The region was the site of a civil war several years ago, which left the industry and infrastructure in ruins. Life goes on there, however.

Our protagonist returns to his hometown on a mission to find his brother Blake, who disappeared without a trace after their mother's death. Old friends and neighbors seem to have no idea what happened. However, we quickly fall on the trail of a rogue cyborg who formerly worked in the security services of a local corporation and seems to have the information we need. Getting to him won't be easy, however.

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Platforms:

PC Windows

PC Windows March 24, 2022

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 November 17, 2022

Xbox One

Xbox One November 17, 2022

PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5 November 17, 2022

Xbox Series X/S

Xbox Series X/S November 17, 2022

Developer: Geography of Robots

Publisher: Raw Fury Games

Age restrictions: 16+

Features

System Requirements

System Requirements for Norco Video Game:

PC Windows

PC / Windows

Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB Intel Iris / Radeon RX Vega 8 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 7.

Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 1050 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 10/11.

Ratings

Game Ratings for Norco Video Game.

8.9

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 99% of Critics. There are 30 Critic Reviews.

OpenCritic

Game Informer: 9.2 / 10 by Jason Guisao

I’ve never played a game like Norco, which elegantly celebrates and admonishes its cultural roots while simultaneously chronicling a strange doomsday scenario. Kay and Catherine’s shattered America is not so dissimilar from our own – burgeoning industrial complexes threaten to displace low-income families, automated systems supersede human workers, and the filthy rich work around the clock to deter upward mobility. The game isn’t always gloomy. One cool night, I sat atop City Hall and gazed at the constellations with a stranger. Hours earlier, I flipped through treasured memories on a faulty flatscreen TV. Norco is an unforgettable reminder that there’s an inherent beauty behind the madness.

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Washington Post: by Emily Price

This pairing of humans and the natural world up against a common antagonist, not necessarily as allies but as common victims, makes it clear how intimately Norco is tied to the swamps, valleys and fields that surround it. This interconnection between individuals with little in common on the surface but a shared place and history is where “Norco” locates the possibility for hope, a provocation that might offer those of us playing a model for our own local responses to corporate encroachment and environmental devastation. Through these mutually affecting connections between humans, nature and technology, “Norco” creates its own robotic story, disturbing, personal and fresh, an experience that should not be missed.

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GameSpot: 9 / 10 by Richard Wakeling

Norco weaves a compelling and utterly wonderful story that's dark, beautiful, evocative, and distinctly human.

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9.3

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