A surprisingly strong cyberpunk noir mystery that is well-told and compelling even while being somewhat obvious and traditional. Lacuna sits firmly within its genre and tries little to rock the boat, instead focusing on fleshing out the political situation in its world, providing genuinely tough choices, and making each character act according to believable motives and values as well as just being endearing in different ways. I truly cared about these people.
I also love art that hates the police but is told from their perspective. It's such an interesting challenge getting across your intended message while also having your protagonist have a realistic amount of resistance to questioning what they're doing. You're able to be a "good cop" if you can do things right, but only to a point. Ultimately as I was able to do here, the only good cop is one who actively sabotages the organization they work for.
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Played on Linux through Proton. Please add a Proton/WINE option to Windows games on Backloggd.
I also love art that hates the police but is told from their perspective. It's such an interesting challenge getting across your intended message while also having your protagonist have a realistic amount of resistance to questioning what they're doing. You're able to be a "good cop" if you can do things right, but only to a point. Ultimately as I was able to do here, the only good cop is one who actively sabotages the organization they work for.
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Played on Linux through Proton. Please add a Proton/WINE option to Windows games on Backloggd.