Status anarchistica Dec 26, 2023
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Lacuna (2021)
Android · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS
3.69 from 36 ratings
1066 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 810 backlogged · 20 wish listed
How long? Main story 4h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- DigiTales Interactive
- Publishers
- Assemble Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
- Themes
- Drama, Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller
- Event
- INDIE Live Expo 2022 Day 1
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- May 20, 2021 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Dec 21, 2021 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4
- Dec 21, 2021 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Dec 28, 2021 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Switch
- Dec 28, 2021 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Switch
- May 04, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android
- May 12, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) iOS
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Bundled in
- Lacuna + Encodya Bundle (Dec 2023) · NSW
- Between Horizons + Lacuna Bundle (Sep 2024) · NSW
Rating distribution
5 stars
7
4 stars
15
3 stars
10
2 stars
4
1 star
0
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status mephisto_waltz May 22, 2021
Just played the prologue/demo. Promising game which could be something interesting if it wasn't for game's worst enemy: writing. The terrible hard-boiled/noir-esque dialogue has killed it to me, to deliver such dialogue one knows how to write it -for instance Sin City, which is sometimes as poetic as it can be absurdist- but if the average writing for average …
Just played the prologue/demo. Promising game which could be something interesting if it wasn't for game's worst enemy: writing. The terrible hard-boiled/noir-esque dialogue has killed it to me, to deliver such dialogue one knows how to write it -for instance Sin City, which is sometimes as poetic as it can be absurdist- but if the average writing for average stuff is bad imagine if you try to deliver some "genre"-dialogue, that isn't a real term but hell.
For instance "so do you agree with the capitalist thought and personal gain//I don't want to discuss philosophical questions with you" that was actually a fragment of dialogue in the game, it made me cringe. Video game writing is the most underdeveloped element in the making of a game, the only exception to the rule that contains excellent and memorable dialogue is Vampire -The Masquerade: Bloodlines and Disco Elysium. The rest, even some that are really good, are nevertheless roller coasters regarding their quality.