Recently, we got our hands on the point-and-click adventure from Silvernode Studios, Nine Noir Lives. If you like puzzles, with a touch of humor, this may be the game for you. However, maybe let us try to influence your decision with our video review of Nine Noir Lives.
Overall we enjoyed our time with the game but were sad that some moments were bogged down by just figuring out its puzzles. If you like cat comedic noir moments and lots of great characterizations this is a good pick-up. If you want a coherent point and click with some puzzles that make sense, then you might not want it.
The story is great and the moments you get animated by talking to characters are fantastic. Cuddles Nutterbutter is a great character and I loved having the noir moments of character explanations because they were always entertaining.
Summary
Nine Noir Lives has some of the best voice acting and animation you can see in an indie point and click game. Sadly it does get bogged down by the pacing and relevancy of its puzzles to the main game.
Pros
- Voices are fantastic
- Animation and art style is pristine
- Cuddles is a delight of a character
Cons
- Puzzles don’t always make a lot of sense in its own world
- The story will take detours away from the case for sad subversion plot moments.
