Noir: A Shadowy Thriller

Noir: A Shadowy Thriller is a 1996 adventure game developed by American studio TSi, Inc. and published by Cyberdreams, Inc. for Windows.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The game was preceded by Cyberdreams' I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.[11]

Noir: A Shadowy Thriller
Developer(s)American studio TSi, Inc
Publisher(s)Cyberdreams, Inc.
Platform(s)PC
Release1996

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameSpot4.9/10[1]
Next Generation[12]
Power Play30%[10]

Noir: A Shadowy Thriller received mostly negative reviews. Ron Dulin of GameSpot criticized the difficult control and lack of any need for deduction, citing as an example that a safe automatically opens when the combination comes into view, even if the player doesn't make the connection. He found that while the visuals successfully recreated the noir feel, "The six storylines in the game are ridiculously generic ... None of the surprises or cynicism of the genre are present, and the occasional attempts at humor fall flat."[1] A Next Generation critic similarly remarked that the game decently captured a noir mood, but the gameplay largely consists of blindly searching for "hot spots", and "players will be left with the underlying feeling of being led to the answers rather than discovering them."[12]

gollark: Friedrich was saying that people should be taught Taylor serieseseses to avoid them thinking stupid things about the Earth and whatever. I'm saying that even if people somehow knew that they could just fail to apply it.
gollark: This is less pronounced in people who know advanced maths, but I think that's a selection effect.
gollark: Since anecdotes obviously prove ideas:
gollark: People are perfectly capable of learning maths and treating it as abstract nonsense they refuse to apply anywhere.
gollark: What? How would that help people?

References
  1. Dulin, Ron (December 17, 1996). "Noir Review". Gamespot.
  2. Freese, Bob (June 2002). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Just Adventure.
  3. Fournier, Heidi (April 25, 2003). "Noir". Adventure Gamers.
  4. James, Bonnie (January 23, 1996). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Electric Playground.
  5. Ramsey, Steve (August 2002). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Metzomagic.
  6. MrLipid (November 2004). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller Review". Four Fat Chicks.
  7. Czajkowski, Michał. "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Przygodoskop.pl.
  8. Plunkett, Luke (March 21, 2012). "Before LA Noire, There Was This 1996 Noir Adventure Game". Kokatu.
  9. Stoschek, Monika (February 1997). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". PC Player.
  10. Steinlechner, Peter (February 1997). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Power Play.
  11. Gordon, Julie (January 1997). "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Computer Player (Volume 1, Issue 6). p. 70.
  12. "Noir: A Shadowy Thriller". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. March 1997. p. 98.
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