The July 17, 2024 has been published Nobody Wants to Die for PC (Steam) and for Next Gen consoles, the new video game product from the Polish development house Critical Hit Games, developed with UnrealEngine 5. It is a story-driven adventure set in a futuristic New York, where we will play as detective James Karra to solve a mysterious series of murders.
The Immortality of Consciousness
The story, as already mentioned, is set in New York in 2329in a dystopian future where it is possible to transfer one’s consciousness into ever new bodies, simulating a sort of immortality.
The rent of bodies is managed by the State in a strict and strict manner, and each body has a cost: plus a shell he is performing, healthy and athletic, the higher and, for some, unattainable his rent will be.
Anyone who rents a body must also comply with very strict rules to preserve their health, excluding alcohol or narcotic substances, as well as potentially dangerous situations that could affect their integrity.
Not everyone is in favor of renting shellsand these thus go towards what is defined Final death with the destruction of the icorite. Those who cannot afford the large rent payments (which became mandatory from age 21 onwards) lose ownership of the body, which is seized and stored in a sort of bank where the wealthiest can replenish themselves from time to time.
A mystery to be solved
The hero of the situation, Detective Karra, has just come into possession of his new body following an unspecified accident in which his friend lost his life (for good). partner. Furthermore, his beautiful wife appears to him continuously in the form of a hallucination, and he tries in vain to chase her away with drugs and alcohol, since she died after having definitively renounced immortality.
After being reinstated and partnered with a new partner, Karra must investigate a series of mysterious murders of the most important and relevant personalities involved in the body trade.
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For the investigation, Karra It has several tools at its disposal, such as X-rays, a UV lamp and, even more interestingly, the ability to analyze an event by rewinding time to examine every single detail.
A noir in the future of the 30s
The beauty of this game lies in the beautiful scenery. 1930sclearly inspired by Blade Runner, and in the countless references to both Richard Morgan’s work, Altered Carbon, and BlooberTeam’s video game gem, Observer System Redux.
The soundtrack used is perfectly fitting with the story, a sci-fi thriller in perfect 30’s style: even the characters’ voices were meticulously chosen, recalling old crime thriller films.
Nobody Wants to Die features two graphic modes that take full advantage of Unreal Engine 5: Qualitywhere we can enjoy a game at 1440p and 30 fps, and Performancewhere the graphics quality drops to 1080p and reaches a stable 30 fps.
The lights and ray tracing are very much appreciatedbut being a graphic adventure with limited guided interactions, unfortunately you can’t explore the city and the environments freely. A sore point are the controls, sometimes a bit difficult and not very comfortable to use with the joypad.
Nobody wants to die
Nobody Wants to Die is agraphic adventure in a 30s sci-fi noir style, deeply reminiscent of Blade Runner for its wonderful atmospheres and settings.
There The story is gripping and intricatenot extremely original, but gripping, and transports the player into a vortex of tension, guiding him in the investigation and in the solution of the mystery. They are available as many as four finals different depending on the decisions made during the game, which increases replayability.
Overall the game is pleasant to look atfor the beauty of futuristic New York, both for the ears, for the music and the excellent dubbing, but the strong point is the gripping story, even if at times a little confusing due to some plot holes.
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