Calvino Noir is a side-scrolling stealth game that clearly draws a wealth of inspiration from noire spy thrillers of yesteryear. The well-written dialogue, striking black and white art design and the espionage story paint a beautiful homage to those tales that clearly inspired it. Unfortunately the great presentation isn’t able to save it and it is in the actual playing of the game where it sadly stumbles, the weak and frustrating stealth mechanics, one shot deaths and unpredictable enemy awareness plague Calvino Noir and restrict it from living up to its better parts.
EB: Visually this game feels a bit like This War of Mine, albeit with much less depression and despair. It features a 2D side-scrolling presentation with stark black and white visuals with dollhouse style buildings (one side cut out so you can see in) to explore. In terms of gameplay Calvino Noir features a mix of stealth and puzzle solving mechanics as you investigate a mystery that is very noir.
Analysis of archetypal story genres and how video games incorporate them. Uses FMV game Contradiction and 2D stealth game Calvino Noir as examples.
Welcome back to our monthly installment where we give you the three best and three worst games of the previous month. If you’re curious what to pick up and what to avoid then look no further.
I can't believe you could narrow it down to just 3 good games, and it was only september. October and November are gonna be NUTS.
I think MGS was not a very good game, and I've beat every other MGS game. I just couldn't get into it.
