X-Noir

Played this last night.

Case 3 is a substantial improvement on the last two cases in my opinion, though I'm not sure I can articulate why. Maybe just because we start to see the plot threads started in the first two acts start to pay off.

I appreciate how the first case has been streamlined substantially, a lot less wandering around early on, getting the player to the meat of the game quicker. The new intro gets things moving a lot better than the old one (the cold open reminded me very much of MotW). The city looks a lot better now too.

I think the boss of Case 3 was the best so far, the first two boss fights took place in absolutely enormous rooms where it was easy to hide. The third one was in a smaller locale and it forces you to actually make at least some effort to stay away from him. I still feel like the fight with Clyde drags, maybe just because he spends most of the fight actively staying away from you.

Still want to strangle Eddie. I don't want to say his constant suicide attempts are insensitive since I get the impression that they are very genuine and perhaps even true to life, but I'm not sure how to explain it. It's just very hard to watch, and not in a good way. Still feel like his inner conflicts don't resonate with his surroundings. Everyone likes the guy! If a lot of people you talked to were like "Oh yeah, I remember you, you're one of those guys," which Eddie hates, I could at least see why he was down on himself.