About This Game An adventure set in the world of a 1940's private eyeDames are trouble, but trouble is your business. For a dame, and maybe a hundred bucks in advance, you'd lose a few teeth and a few friends. For sweet Carol Klein, you might even stand in front of a gun or two. In a sleazy world of corrupt officials, stolen diamonds, lust and murder, you must solve the case and stay alive. The world's first fully-interactive film noir detective adventure30 cunning character in a deviously twisting, non-linear plotRich 1940's world, full of classy joints, sleazy dives and dangerOriginal cool jazz soundtrack9 gripping conclusions... dependent on your detective skillsOver 40 hours of gameplay to unlock all ending 1075eedd30 Title: The Dame Was LoadedGenre: Adventure, StrategyDeveloper:Beam SoftwarePublisher:Piko Interactive LLCRelease Date: 28 Jan, 2019 The Dame Was Loaded Free Download [pack] Not the best representation of its genre, but not the worst one either. A film-noir FMV adventure game with an interesting timed gameplay mechanic that may rub some people the wrong way. You are given three days to solve a case, and the game has several endings, depending on how much detective progress you make throughout that time. The timer forces you to make critical decisions as to what places to visit next, what leads to follow, and what puzzles to attempt solving with whatever items you find. If you screw up in your decisions, you end up wasting time and inching closer to game over, forcing you to start from the beginning. It's a trial and error process that will infuriate people who do not wish to consult a guide; many of the puzzles in this game are fairly cryptic, and the limited time doesn't help matters. The inventory management system is clunky. Some of the FMV quality isn't very good\/hasn't aged well, and the game sometimes only shows still images of characters in some of the dialogue scenes, instead of full FMV video. As well, you have to return to the typewriter at your office in order to save\/load\/quit the game, instead of being able to save anytime; this is problematic, because travelling back to your office to save means advancing the game clock.If you can look past these issues, there are some great aspects of the game that may entertain you. The storyline and dialogue is well written. It contains several interesting plot twists. The 90's cheeseball voice acting is so bad it's spectacular; I found myself howling in laughter at the dialogue\/character acting in many scenes. The close-up still images of character faces during some of the dialogue can be scary, but it adds to the cheese. And at $7, you will find a lot of replay value with the multiple game endings to uncover. While it is certainly not on the same level of quality as adventure games like Grim Fandango, Gabriel Knight or Tex Murphy, The Dame was Loaded is still a decent adventure game overall if you can handle the game's timed mechanic. I recommend it mainly for adventure gaming enthusiasts. 7\/10.
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