Developer: Palm Pioneer
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Playable
Rrp: £13.49 (Gog.com and Steam) £13.99 (Epic)
Tales of the Neon Sea is a point and click adventure game but its unusual in that it allows the player to use a control pad or a mouse. I know that seems like such a strange thing to highlight, but it really is abnormal, in fact the only game of a similar genre that did that that I can think of was Jenny LeClue Detectivu. Does it make any difference to the experience? Well yes, the puzzles are less about clicking a precise location and instead tend to rely on giving the player lots of smaller puzzles to work through. So for example, to gain access to a building you have to bypass an electronic lock which requires you to preform a puzzle where you have to light up every node without crossing over a route you’ve already been on.
This game has a really great atmosphere to it and the creators clearly tried to give the world a lot of character. While wandering around I spoke to every character I could, even if they were unimportant, because I wanted to learn more about this world I was inhabiting. The puzzles range from simple to fiendish and the difficulty curve with that is gradual.
Also you get to play as a cat occasionally which immediately adds a lot to my mental score for this game.
If you get the chance to grab this game I highly recommend it!
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