Comments on: The Dame Was Loaded review: looking back with Anger https://laterlevels.com/2024/05/13/the-dame-was-loaded-review-looking-back-with-anger/ XP comes with age Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:07:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: darkshoxx https://laterlevels.com/2024/05/13/the-dame-was-loaded-review-looking-back-with-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Tue, 14 May 2024 16:30:49 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=12270#comment-1360 ]]> In reply to Kim.

I think I just had a choice between 2 games with high production value. No backouts, we contune to swap with choosing. 😉

]]> By: Kim https://laterlevels.com/2024/05/13/the-dame-was-loaded-review-looking-back-with-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Tue, 14 May 2024 05:49:16 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=12270#comment-1359 ]]> In reply to darkshoxx.

The best one we’ve had so far – and it was picked by you, so I think we might need to continue that after my bad choices of Atlantis and Chronomaster. 😆

]]> By: darkshoxx https://laterlevels.com/2024/05/13/the-dame-was-loaded-review-looking-back-with-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Mon, 13 May 2024 11:04:44 +0000 https://laterlevels.com/?p=12270#comment-1358 This game is full of cliches and tropes. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. The reason things become labelled as such is because they’re used and seen often. And the reason they’re used often is because they have been proven to work. And they work astonishingly well in this game.
The music, intro, setting, characters, monologues, dialoges, story, mood, jokes, visuals, etc. are all things we’ve seen before in noir/detective movies, games, novels etc., but there’s good and bad examples. This is a good one. I agree that I’d have loved to play this back in the day, with more time on my hands. My only real frustration comes from my own time management and impatience, which is not a fault of the game. As with so many games, they were meant to be played for days and hours to explore, not to be rushed through on a stream.
I agree this is the best one we’ve had so far.

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