Underplayed Gems

Tails Noir (2021)

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Developer
EggNut
Publisher
Raw Fury
Platforms
Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Rating
3.6 of 5, 31 player ratings
Main story
about 5.6 hours
Completionist
about 12 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

You navigate a moody, pixelated noir world, solving mysteries and sneaking through dark alleys as a raccoon detective in a dystopian animal society.

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About

Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howard Lotor you are set to solve detective cases, interrogate witnesses, explore the intriguing retrofuturistic Vancouver, and sneak your way to safety using smell-based stealth mechanics. Backbone collides the visual and social contrasts of film noir with anthropomorphic animals and dystopian fiction. Crawl through the dark alleys of pixelated Vancouver, and experience the impactful storyline focused on themes of power and prejudice.

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