Разработчик: XGen Studios
Описание
Theme & Narrative:
1976.Noomi Kovacs—an overeager graduate of the LeCarre Institute for Exceptional Spies (L.I.E.S)—has just landed her first job at Penderbrook Motors’ Division of Outside Intelligence. Confined to an office and underestimated by her gruff supervisor—a disgraced former government agent named Turn—Noomi will have to exploit her colleagues and surroundings to help further her dream of becoming a globetrotting secret agent. Once in the field, Noomi and Turn begin to realize that their company’s dogged pursuit of their rivals extend to something far more sinister than “healthy competition” and the two will be forced to reconsider the paths they’ve chosen. Lying, blackmail, and emotional manipulation will become Noomi and Turn’s greatest assets as they make their way through…The Low Road.
Description:
Set in the world of the 1970s automobile industry, The Low Road is a point-and-click graphic adventure game which follows a team of corporate spies dedicated to the protection (and appropriation) of game-changing industry secrets. Sporting a unique visual style inspired by gouache paintings and a pulsating rock and roll score, "The Low Road" will captivate players through intricate puzzles, branching moral dilemmas, and a quirky cast of memorable characters.
Digital Alberta Ember Awards 2017 "Best Gaming Experience" – Winner
Game Design Awards 2017 "Best Character Design" – Winner
Full Indie Vancouver "2017 Demo Night” – Winner
Indie Prize Showcase USA 2017 – Nominee
Game Developer Conference 2016 “Best In Play” – Winner
Playcrafting ’16 Bit Awards “Best Style” – Nominee
Key Features:
- A unique digitally hand painted 2D illustration style with 1970s television influences.
- Over 32000 words of dark comedic dialogue fully-voiced from a cast of characters
- Play from the perspective of two corporate espionage agents
- A mergence of traditional storytelling and engaging game play
- An original score of swirling psychedelia and dusty Americana
- Nostalgic point-and-click style gameplay influenced by LucasArts and Sierra classics
- Branching conversation puzzles that will challenge your deductive and intuitive abilities
- Over 15+ first person puzzle sequences
About XGen Studios:
XGen Studios is an independently owned and operated game developer of several award-winning titles on consoles, mobile platforms and the web. Established in 2001 and located in Edmonton Canada, we're a team of passionate creative people, united by a desire to create the type of games we wish existed. We're excited by emerging technologies and the new experiences these make possible.Since 2001, XGen Studios has released 14 internally-developed titles for consoles, mobile and the web, including the #1-selling hit Defend Your Castle for Nintendo’s WiiWare™ Service and Day-1 PS4™ title Super Motherload.
During the production of The Low Road, XGen’s Founder and CEO, Skye Boyes, passed away. The Low Road is dedicated to Skye for the inspiration, leadership and friendship he brought to the XGen team.
The Low Road is XGen Studios’ first point-and-click adventure game and has financial funding support from the Canada Media Fund 2014-2015 Experimental Stream.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.0GHz dualcore
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 10 Compatible Video Card
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Embedded
- Additional Notes: 16:9 monitor recommended
Mac
- OS: Mac OS X 10.10
- Processor: 2.0GHz dualcore
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 10 Compatible Video Card
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Embedded
- Additional Notes: 16:9 monitor recommended
Linux
- OS: SteamOS
- Processor: 2.0Ghz dualcore
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Compatible Video Card
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Embedded
- Additional Notes: 16:9 monitor recommended
- OS: SteamOS
- Processor: 2.0Ghz dualcore
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 Compatible Video Card
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Embedded
- Additional Notes: 16:9 monitor recommended
Отзывы пользователей
If you like story rich games this is a must play, a funny story about a spy who doesn't want to waste her time as an assistant, and wants to cause chaos. You spend 70% of this game listening to dialogue, the VAs casted were phenomenal and added real emotion to their characters. The main female spy is hilarious, the game play was very beginner friendly and the story was easy to follow. 100% recommend if you're looking for a funny point and click game :)
Great point and click adventure for 2-3 sessions. Nice graphical style, nice dialogs with a good sense of humor (that's subjective, but I liked it). Puzzles were pretty ok, never overstayed their welcome and were pretty well explained if You paid attention.
Good one, if You like point an click adventures you won't be disappointed.
Game managed to surprise me. While it has some issues, slowly moving characters, no options for sound and couple of puzzles being unnecessarily convoluted and some events taking a bit longer than necessary in the end it kept me going.
Game benefits a lot being quite short and what makes this worth playing is that it's actually more satire rather than dark comedy.
Good satire is very difficult to write and there's also very little point in writing satire if it isn't relevant to universe outside of its own universe. Even more difficult is making it work in interactive medium. Low Road manages to do that very well and gives a lot to think under it's seemingly naive setting. Players definitely get most from game when they can experience most endings and reading what kind of consequence followes each ending, not only for game protagonist but for the game universe.
I did two playthroughs in less than 10 hours, so Low Roads definitely is a gem on that department too.
This one is one of the better ones for tweens / teens that are interested about perhaps a bit abstract side of intellectual
SUPER MIXED review here.
The one thing this game has going of on is its music, and art design of the characters, style and environments. The puzzles and point and click riddles you solve are either incredibly mundane, slow and simple. OR unclear. There were some minigame puzzles that were fun to mess around with but nothing that was inherently challenging.
This game has SUCH potential. It has the foundation to be a great game but the things you do as a detective within the world don't feel fun. The only part of the 'detective' work i enjoyed was the phone dialogues where you need to read information and make convincing dialogue to earn intel based on this. If there was more of this and investigations in the different environments I'd say it would be more enjoyable.
Also this game is rather short. So just keep that in mind going into it. You may replay a few times if you're a completionist but I myself am not invested enough to do so.
It has all the beauty but not a lot of substance in the actual playing department.
AND biggest pet peeve of all, SLOW UNNECESSARY walk cycle!!!!
AHEM. I think its still worth a play if its on sale but take it all with a grain of salt. Just wish there was more polish to what is a VISUALLY awesome and stylized game.
Really disappointed with this game. It started off positive, with a phone call mini game where you have to find information to manipulate the person you're calling. It then quickly drops off with pointless, boring tasks that don't feel very intuitive or interesting.
I wish I could get this refunded, but left it too late. Don't recommend; the premise is great, the execution, poor.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | XGen Studios |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 01.02.2025 |
| Metacritic | 72 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 76% положительных (103) |