Разработчик: Super Walrus Games
Описание
For years, video games have been moving further and further away from "toys" and more towards their one true goal: To Be Art. With C. Kane, the dream of a thousand indie game designers has finally been fulfilled. Critics have asked when games would get their own Citizen Kane; we have answered their question. The answer is right now,
in this game whose description you are reading.
Originally released September 2013, Kane is now all up in your Steam. This is an updated version of the original PC/Android release, containing new and revised content.
SECRET HINTS: To configure joysticks, press CTRL + J.
Warning: Contains rude language, mild monochrome blood, and ugly monsters.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: XP and up
- Processor: 500MHz Pentium 3 Equivalent
- Storage: 30 MB available space
Mac
- OS: 10.5 and up
- Storage: 30 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
asd
Oh wow, it's free to play now! This is a good ironic RPG with elements of Pokemon and Earthbound. The black and white aesthetic inspired by its 1941 namesake is forgiven through its colorful narrative and humorous, anachronistic soundtrack. Worth a shot and about 2 hours of your time.
Str8 classic
World full of monsters, terrible place.
World full of monsters, terrible place.
It's dirt cheap, and the game itself is ok. Would recommend
This game get a few laughts of me. It's ok for such low price I guess. The best part of course is the music. Maybe I even laught hardest than I found out town theme has a lyrics. This was bizzare. And of course IT'S A WORLD MAP....
Music is crazy great. what is this?! most of these games scrape by on the music but the sound track is out of this world.
I love this game, the sense of humor almost completely coincides with mine. I play this game in a sort of "just playing it" kind of way- comparative to mindlessly watching family guy or something. It's a nice game though, and i think it's most definitely more than worth the dollar or so. Good job on the game :)
Wickedly different little game with some varying humor and wth moments. For the price paid, I was throughly entertained. Thank you! Not for serious people, nor someone expecting a many houred adventure, but fun none the less. Cheers!
This game is amazing I was just looking for 99 cent games and I found this I loved it and I will play it all the time.
The only problem about this game is... They are not selling the OST, and it can't be found in the game folder.
The Music of this game is a Masterpiece, everyone should listen to it :D
Since the dawn of time, man has asked the question: “What is the Citizen Kane of video games?” While some games out there try to be a groundbreaking title that affirms video games as an artistic medium, C Kane instead takes the themes and character of the classic film and repurposes them for a Japanese-styled RPG adventure.
Built in the OHRRPGCE engine, C Kane is a rather old-school turn-based RPG. Most battles come down to attacking/healing/buffing/debuffing but are never mindless. The solution to each battle is usually very puzzlesque and figuring out the tricks to each enemy encounter is satisfying.
The game is only 2 or 3 hours but has a satisfying arc of engaging in fights, discovering weaknesses, and leaning new abilities. There are no random encounters, only deliberate battles, and I think that's what pushes me over the line into recommending this game.
The story is not really important. C Kane is a game that acts as a vehicle for jokes. The quality of those jokes is debatable. I found the game was at its funniest when it dealt with the titular character's inner monologue. There's a “moral choices in video games” joke that wouldn't be that funny even back in 2007.
The game's soundtrack is another source of comedy, it's idiosyncratic to say the least. Contrasting with C Kane's black and white aesthetic is a hip-hop/pop soundtrack with comical lyrics about walking around RPG towns or using the world map. The themes loop too quickly but the charm of the musical themes works a lot better than many of the jokes in the dialogue.
It's an enjoyable romp. Maybe you'll find it funnier than I did, and if you do find it funnier you'll have yourself a good couple of hours. If you want a turn-based RPG with only authored battles with personality, this is the way to go.
A complete satire game of old 16-bit RPGs, with some Citizen Kane references included. It's worth it if you remember 16-bit RPGs from the Super Nintendo era. Maybe you won't get the jokes otherwise.
"Forty-nine thousand pixels of nothing but scenery and statues. I'm lonesome." - this dude
Turn that frown upside down
I'm yer rosebud, Huckleberry!
literally the citizen kane of rpgs
it has a talking shark and singing trees
just like in the orsen welles film
"Mr. Kane is finishing the review you started - he's writing a bad notice. I guess that'll show you." - este wey
See Game, C. Kane, for a Good Time
If you are looking for a short, cheap game that is loaded with satire, comedy, and a ton of cultural references, then this game is really for you. However, it isn't a perfect play...I loved the fresh music, but it can get repetitive after a while...I also didn't like the choice to make the game in monochrome...although I understood it as being a reference to the movie, Citizen Kane, it didn't make it less bland to look at. Also, some of the things in the game seemed to be nonsensical for the sake of being nonsensical rather than providing any sort of humor. Those smaller gripes aside, it is still worth a play for everybody looking for just a casual, fun game that doesn't take itself seriously...especially for a price less than a Mtn Duck soda!
Much can be argued about what makes an RPG an RPG, whether it's story-rich, battle-heavy, or fit with a cast of essentric characters (who all somehow get lumped into the category of hero, even though they may not wish to fall into that trap). C.Kane attempts to boil all of these RPG tropes down into a simple format and lean message about what actually constitutes the hero's journey and questions whether the hero is even really a hero.
Charles Kane is just your average RPG hero, well, media mogul with an absentee father if you want to get technical, who goes around town and listens to the pleas of townsfolk who wish him to locate their junk for them. Along the way, he fights monsters and bosses, as that's the only way he can please the people. But as he journeys from one corner of a post-apocalyptic United States to another, he gradually comes face-to-face with the greatest moral questions that an RPG hero can face: Is he doing the right thing?
C.Kane isn't just a game about killing monsters (even though it kind of is). It's a game that dives deep into a series of philosophical questions that challenge our understanding of what makes a good man good, or a good man into a monster. It's a game about moral choices, and deciding what makes a choice moral. It's a game about talking beavers, clowns, and hip-hop talking wizards. And it has a soundtrack that reminds you that, even though you are having to make tough choices about whether you should slay that monster or dump your wife for the "hot chick," you are still playing an RPG, one that should take only a few hours to finish.
Should you play C.Kane? Only if you enjoy a good story, thought-provoking character dilemmas, and don't give a lick about random battles, except for those against mega sharks, zombies, walruses, and pure evil.
Oh, and don't adjust your color. It's meant to be in black and white. It's based on a film from the 1930s after all. This applies only when clown mode is inactive.
If that's not convincing enough for you to buy, well, it's cheap, so get it anyway.
It's a game where you play as Charles Kane. Hence, it's the Citizen Kane of videogames by virtue of being a videogame based on Citizen Kane. That's the joke. However, even though this is a blatantly flippant joke game, it's tightly designed to achieve what it sets out to do without overstaying its welcome.
The RPG gameplay is minimalist to the point of its own minimalism being a running gag. The world map is not only so tiny it fits in a single screen, the overworld music itself is a rap track about all the locations on the map (there's about 6). There are no random battles, and of course, the battle music has some vocals about wanting to fight some monsters. Acquiring better gear and expanding characters' spell and ability repertoire is stripped down to the bone, yet still satisfying. The small amount of battle situations that occur in the game's 2-3 hours have just enough variety and call for strategic planning - usually by exploiting elemental weaknesses or smart usage of stat debuffs - to be interesting.
The story is farcical and full of pop culture references, as well as skewed references to Citizen Kane itself. It even upholds the lineage of Barkley Gaiden by featuring basketball as a token plot element. Actually, if you enjoyed the style of writing in Barkley Gaiden or Dog of Dracula 2, you'll probably feel right at home here.
It's worth the asking price if you can appreciate a surreal, crass, tongue-in-cheek short form RPG with a steady IV-drip flow of weirdness throughout, along with some occasional bursts of comic writing genius.
gud gem
C. Kane is an... interesting game to review.
From a gameplay standpoint, the game stands. The RPG mechanics are clear, present, your party is small and every character has a decent amount of strengths and weaknesses (except Leland, who has no weakness), and the bosses have some interesting gimmicks at times. It's challenging, but never too insanely difficult -- I think I died once in the entire game while fighting the hidden end game boss. The game is only about two to three hours long if you choose to explore the world, less if you just run through.
When it comes to writing and story, C. Kane is a love it or hate it. One thing that would DEFINITELY increase your enjoyment of the game is seeing the film Citizen Kane, as there are a few amazing references to the film and world. However, the writing occassionally gets a little flat, and just starts seeming weird for the sake of being weird. I wish there was a little more substance to the story, as I felt like it had potential that it didn't use.
The soundtrack is actually my biggest gripe in the game. It's very limited, and all the loops are very short. The songs are hilarious at first, but quickly become repetitive -- especially during some of the longer fights.
Overall, if you like the trailer and love puns and Citizen Kane, you'll likely enjoy the game. If you don't find the trailer funny, don't bother. It's a good game, but not one that I'd recommend to everyone I know.
The Citizen Kane of video games.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Super Walrus Games |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 100% положительных (20) |