Cuddles can do the things that mew-reaucracy prevents police officers from doing. Putting all of these sources of information together, the aim is to solve puzzles and not necessarily in a wholly honest and “legal” way. Where it starts to become clear who is really pawing the strings in Meow Meow Furrington…Īs with most point-and-click adventures, gameplay revolves around speaking with characters, investigating lovingly crafted, hand-drawn scenes, and collecting potentially useful items and clues. Cuddles sets out to the club and this is where things begin to take shape. Of course, that opportunity emerges in the form of the aforementioned murder of Edgar. Cuddles and his assistant Tabby are waiting for that one, big case that will put them on the map. The story itself introduces Cuddles by having you take up a very mundane case – serving a cease and desist to a local business.
Whilst Meow Meow Furrington is a bustling metropolis, beneath its surface lies an underworld of drugs, crime, and a constant vying for power. It’s a game, a world, a story where the a-furs of these kitties play by the same rules as those of humans. I mention this rebel without a paws because his plight sort of sums up what Nine Noir Lives aims at. The cubists believe “Furth” to be cube-shaped, but these degenerates fail to grasp the real truth, which Pepe is only too happy to share. For one, upon meeting Pepe, it is revealed that there is a growing dispute between two bizarre communities of conspiracy theorists. Not to mention some interesting parallels with our own world. Whilst clearly the focus of the writing and storytelling is largely comedic, there is a dark undertone to the whole tale.
However, upon investigating the scene and conversing with various cats, it becomes clear not all is what it seems with this purr-der… The city’s rival family, the Catulets, are the main suspects.
At first, it seems like a signature gangland hit. As a private investigator, Cuddles Nutterbutter is (reluctantly) brought in by the police to ask the questions they cannot. The son of a powerful crime lord, Edgar Montemeeuw has been found dead in his father’s place of business – the Knitty Kitty Club. The city within which Nine Noir Lives takes place is called “Meow Meow Furrington”. I’m not plucking the title of this section out of nowhere. Playing out as an homage to classic noir detective films, you’ll need every shred of ingenuity and an unshakeable sense of justice to come out of this one unscathed. You investigate, by inspecting and licking (yes, literally) for clues whilst conversing with an ever-growing clowder of feline friends and foes. Nine Noir Lives makes an attempt in earnest to tick all of these boxes, though with an added difference – cats!ĭeveloped by Slivernode Games, Nine Noir Lives offers a “point-and-lick” puzzle adventure, in a gritty city on the brink of a turf war the likes of which kitty-kind has seldom seen. Brain-bending puzzles wrapped within strong narratives, carried by a gripping cast of characters. For the first time in his career, the detective will have to work undercover as a businessman.Point-and-click puzzlers. The worried family believes that one of Richard’s partners is to blame. He unexpectedly becomes a part of London's dreadful puzzle and must find out why Richard Kersey - a local coffee market businessman - disappeared without a trace. It’s 2021 in an alternate future - discover the mysterious world of Neo-London as Arthur Oliver - an experienced private detective. Coffee Noir is a 2D business management game focused on contract negotiations, production and sales in a coffee industry along with an intriguing detective storyline with a film noir art style.
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