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This review contains spoilers
The subgenre of furry point-and-click games inspired by film noir is a fascinating one with some entries that are both odd and unique even in the face of this common thread. Tails Noir (or The Game Formerly Known as Backbone) is onesuch game for better or worse.
I'm not one to balk at rapid tonal or genre shifts. One of the best film noirs of that classic period does it supremely. However the direction Tails Noir takes from noir fiction to Cronenbergian suspense is one that unfolds seemingly through a lack of time to let the shift grow, or lack of resources, all building up to an abrupt ending that's more frustrating than exciting.
I imagine this rebranding is an example of EggNut trying to build more on the setting, but one can never be sure.
I'm not one to balk at rapid tonal or genre shifts. One of the best film noirs of that classic period does it supremely. However the direction Tails Noir takes from noir fiction to Cronenbergian suspense is one that unfolds seemingly through a lack of time to let the shift grow, or lack of resources, all building up to an abrupt ending that's more frustrating than exciting.
I imagine this rebranding is an example of EggNut trying to build more on the setting, but one can never be sure.
Of all the additions to the odd genre of Furry Noir, this is one of the most stylish and truly evocative of film noir's spirit, if also one of the most linear and standard.
Usually games that rely on silence run the risk of exposing their limitations, but Stray has no problems with that. You're a cat making your way back to the surface from a fall into a walled city, and amidst the infestation, destitution, and authoritarian state, you find friends who want the Outside and are happy to help someone not even kin to them. Brief fun, but a lot of fun.