Lacuna is a surprise gem. It’s a game where your choices matter. It will require some deep thinking and quite a bit of reading. But that’s what makes it an excellent detective game. If you’re up for a challenge, you shouldn’t pass up Lacuna.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
DigiTales Interactive · May 20, 2021
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A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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- 8.5With excellent writing, great art and fun puzzles, Lacuna is a must-play for fans of the noir detective genre, and makes a compelling case for non-fans to take a look, though it is held back by an unfortunate smoking mechanism and some heavy handed metaphors.
- 8.0The pixel-art graphics and spot-on soundtrack complement the experience and make from Lacuna an experience that all adventure game fans should experience. The detailed scenario, intelligent story delivery, relatable characters and political intrigue make Lacuna a memorable experience.
- Lacuna is not your average pixel noir. Its incredibly complex backstory and rich world-building will shock players expecting the standard murder mystery fare. There’s an extremely brilliant and complicated story here, and although it’s only a 4 – 5 hour experience, it’s not a game one can breeze through easily. If you’re looking for something that breaks the mold in subtle but genius ways, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure should be at the top of your list.
- Lacuna is a really great game! The story is really interesting and will keep your attention as you are playing through the game. The characters are well written and have clear and unique personalities. The graphical style is executed very well, and the music is nice and atmospheric. The gameplay really is amazing. You feel like you are really doing some investigation work, but it’s never too hard or confusing to make sense of all the clues you gather. It’s great to see how your choices really affect the story, and it’s very cool how the auto-save system actually reinforces the feeling of urgency to make the right decisions.
- Lacuna is a wonderfully tense hard-boiled story set in a gorgeous jazzpunk future. Its mysteries will make you work for the answers, and will even let you fail, but either way the payoff is a sense of accomplishment that few other narrative puzzlers provide.
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