![]() ![]() So you want to be careful but don't waste too much time. Once you've caused too much trouble, you'll have to deal with enemies regularly while also still going on about your business. Since you're always invading a space, you got to be careful and time efficient with the exploring and puzzles as every turn you spend exposed to a camera will raise the alert status. I might be wrong, but this is maybe the first adventure game in which you have turns while you explore areas and solve puzzles. Sunday Gold's gameplay is kinda divided into two sections but both also tie into each other. But that's not because the graphic artists behind it were lazy, no instead they are committed to the vision of being a playable multi-volume noir comic that wears its influences proudly on its chest. Sunday Gold just oozes style but shows restraint when it has to.Īnimations are choppy and character models are kept simple with barely any textures. Character strike poses, the camera slides around and special attacks get barely animated stills that look like panels out of a comic book. Maybe it is the lasting influence of Persona 5 as well, that turn-based combat can at least look stylish. That ties into the gameplay and we'll get into that in a little bit.Ĭharacters have also simple designs like muscle woman Sally being a fridge of a person, while the hunched-over Frank is always ready to strike a pose. And I love how the static backgrounds are always from the perspective of a surveillance camera to always give you the illusion of being watched. While Disco Elysium lives in the realm of impressionist paintings. Sunday Gold's art direction is a love letter to British and French noir comics with a healthy sprinkle of Sin City. Seriously all my complaints about Sunday Gold kinda just vanish because I revel in how quirky and fun it allows itself to be.Įarlier I complained about how everyone compared Sunday Golds visuals to Disco Elysium, the art major dropout in me started screaming the first time I read this. But if anything you've read up to this point so far even kind of intrigues you, go buy it. Now that we've got clickbait quotes out of the way, I want to shower Sunday Gold with praise and some minor criticism. #Disco elysium game pass full#So maybe we can go on and call Sunday Gold something along the lines of Full Throttle (that other amazing Ron Gilbert game) directed by Sir Tarantino of Great Britain. Instead of being some kind of nuanced take on how we live in a society, you'll get a pulpy noir story in which all characters maxed out the stat ‘being British' paired with a bunch of gore, body horror, and snappy dialogue. Neither does it want to and I only applaud it for it since writers who use subtext are cowards. All funded by a local douche called Kerry Hogan who has his hands in just about everything.Īnd Sunday Gold indulges in telling a story about the man vs the machine and the machines they create and isn't exactly subtle about it. All while the world around him falls into a craze of watching and cheering undead cybernetic dogs mauling another on the racetrack. Set in the dark and gritty London of 2070 Frank just kinda wastes away, living his best life as a selfish Robin Hood. The plot of Sunday Gold starts simple, gangsta and certified British cool guy Frank Barber links up with his former partner in crime Sally to discuss business opportunities. But we should probably explain what Sunday Gold is. And I hope that Sunday Gold is the title that puts them on the map because honestly, it is the kind of weird blend of genre and passion project that I'd like to see more of. Previously the studio has worked on licensed mobile titles and even on some bigger games such as Age of Empires IV. ![]() ![]() Sunday Gold is an adventure game by BKOM Studios from Quebec Canada. But let's try and give Sunday Gold the praise and critique it deserves. ![]() Maybe we should have more triple-A gap years because the amount of really good indie titles this year is insane and I want to keep that ball rolling. And is probably my new favorite weird game I played all year. But Sunday Gold plays like a weird crossover between Monkey Island and CRPGs like Baldurs Gate. Honestly, I'm ashamed that this title somehow flew under my radar and I'd also like to ask my dear colleagues to stop calling it Disco Elysium-like because everything with a rough kind of comic art style with Noir elements is somehow just that. Is it worth your time? Check out our Review! Sunday Gold invites the player into a fascinating crossover between an adventure game and an RPG set in the London of a not-so-distant future. ![]()
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