About This Game Theme & Narrative:1976.Noomi Kovacs—an overeager graduate of the LeCarre Institute for Exceptional Spies (L.I.E.S)—has just landed her first job at Penderbrook Motors’ Division of Outside Intelligence. Confined to an office and underestimated by her gruff supervisor—a disgraced former government agent named Turn—Noomi will have to exploit her colleagues and surroundings to help further her dream of becoming a globetrotting secret agent. Once in the field, Noomi and Turn begin to realize that their company’s dogged pursuit of their rivals extend to something far more sinister than “healthy competition” and the two will be forced to reconsider the paths they’ve chosen. Lying, blackmail, and emotional manipulation will become Noomi and Turn’s greatest assets as they make their way through…The Low Road.Description:Set in the world of the 1970s automobile industry, The Low Road is a point-and-click graphic adventure game which follows a team of corporate spies dedicated to the protection (and appropriation) of game-changing industry secrets. Sporting a unique visual style inspired by gouache paintings and a pulsating rock and roll score, "The Low Road" will captivate players through intricate puzzles, branching moral dilemmas, and a quirky cast of memorable characters.Digital Alberta Ember Awards 2017 "Best Gaming Experience" – WinnerGame Design Awards 2017 "Best Character Design" – WinnerFull Indie Vancouver "2017 Demo Night” – WinnerIndie Prize Showcase USA 2017 – NomineeGame Developer Conference 2016 “Best In Play” – WinnerPlaycrafting ’16 Bit Awards “Best Style” – NomineeKey Features:A unique digitally hand painted 2D illustration style with 1970s television influences.Over 32000 words of dark comedic dialogue fully-voiced from a cast of charactersPlay from the perspective of two corporate espionage agentsA mergence of traditional storytelling and engaging game playAn original score of swirling psychedelia and dusty AmericanaNostalgic point-and-click style gameplay influenced by LucasArts and Sierra classicsBranching conversation puzzles that will challenge your deductive and intuitive abilitiesOver 15+ first person puzzle sequencesAbout XGen Studios:XGen Studios is an independently owned and operated game developer of several award-winning titles on consoles, mobile platforms and the web. Established in 2001 and located in Edmonton Canada, we're a team of passionate creative people, united by a desire to create the type of games we wish existed. We're excited by emerging technologies and the new experiences these make possible.Since 2001, XGen Studios has released 14 internally-developed titles for consoles, mobile and the web, including the #1-selling hit Defend Your Castle for Nintendo’s WiiWare™ Service and Day-1 PS4™ title Super Motherload.During the production of The Low Road, XGen’s Founder and CEO, Skye Boyes, passed away. The Low Road is dedicated to Skye for the inspiration, leadership and friendship he brought to the XGen team. 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There were only a few puzzles and they were all pretty easy. Don't waste your time/money on this game unless it is on sale. I regret my purchase.. In XGen Studio’s The Low Road, you follow Noomi “Nooms” Kovacs, a newly minted spy, and a hilariously dynamic cast consisting of her fellow spy coworkers and villains. With engaging puzzles and vivid storytelling, The Low Road takes players through the world of corporate espionage in the 1970’s, complete with dashes of slapstick humor. As players progress with Noomi on her adventure, they will learn that it is sometimes impossible to get results taking “the high road”, and that to get a good ending, one must resort to the underhanded methods that we so love to associate with spies. GameplayPlayers should know before starting that The Low Road is a point-and-click game, with no mechanics other than moving the characters around the scene and clicking on objects and other characters to interact with them. The keyboard is rendered almost completely unnecessary. Clickable and/or interactive objects are denoted by a yellow highlight that appears around them when hovered over with the pointer. This is a clever way of encouraging players to thoroughly explore each scene, as any object shown could be a key component for moving onto the next stage of the game. The only inconvenience to this is that sometimes the player may find themselves missing some small, integral object that they must interactive with and be forced to retrace their steps, randomly clicking on anything they can see in the scene in hopes of it being the required one. Not being able to know what can be interacted with is a flaw that is especially apparent in this game’s many puzzles, where nothing in the puzzle is shown with a yellow highlight at all, and players must figure out whether they can click/drag/swivel a certain component of the puzzle.The miniature puzzles that players encounter as they move through the game can be either a hit or a miss in terms of enjoyableness. The majority of them can be solved without too much difficulty; some are meant to be easy and comedic while others are harder and require players to move within a time limit. Almost all of the puzzles have minimum or no instructions as to how to complete them. It is completely up to the player to find out the “goal” of the puzzle and how to interact with its components. The Low Road is fairly merciless in regards to hints; there are small symbols in the puzzles that may help players decipher what to do, or certain phrases that characters will say that hint towards how to progress in the game, but that is the extent of it whether or not the player is stuck for 2 minutes or 2 hours. (Call it masochistic, but this reviewer actually enjoyed the challenge that came with the lack of instruction.)The majority of the gameplay in The Low Road consists of gathering information from character dialog and responding with your own. How the player chooses to respond to other characters determines which direction the game progresses in. There are multiple endings, both “false” and “real”, that players can discover, which is an incentive to play through the game multiple times. Story/CharactersThe bulk of the beauty of this game lies in its fully-fleshed characters and engaging story. The plot is meant to be comedic, but the character dialog (and the voice acting that accompanies it) is incredibly nuanced and provides surprisingly deep insight into their personalities, strengths, and flaws. It is impossible to not get attached to, or at least somewhat fond of, a character or two after spending most of the game talking to them and seeing how they develop. The Low Road’s official website lists the plot subject as “corporate spies…[in the] automobile industry”, and if players find that a little strange or confusing, they will probably find some of the events in the game to be also so. However, The Low Road has enough to keep players interested throughout its 4 “chapters” to the very end and the basic premise of the plot is simple enough that players can understand and follow through even if they omit confusing details. Art/MusicThe most distinct aspect of The Low Road is perhaps its graphics, which are 2D and purposefully very flat and almost “angular”, styled after 1970’s television art. Characters move slowly, with almost robotic movements, but instead of that being hindersome, it is charming in the same manner that a children’s picture book is charming despite its simplicity. As players are exploring different scenes or puzzles, instrumental music is nearly always playing in the background. Along with the music are sound effects that are played when the player interacts with different objects or puzzles (e.g. the whirl of a working copy machine or the grind of a gear). The most interesting pieces are during the interludes as one chapter of the game loads to the next one, in which lyrical songs that are meant to have the same spirit as psychedelia are played. Everything about the music and art in The Low Road is geared towards portraying the time period in which the plot is set, which is “instrumental” (cues laughter) in immersing players in the story. RatingThe casual gameplay style of The Low Road is probably not everyone’s cup of tea. However, the amazing details and effort that the developers put into the plot, characters, and aesthetics makes this game a 8/10.. Overall I definitely enjoyed this game. I'm a sucker for a good old point n click adventue story, and this one stood out to me initially for it's art style and premise. I enjoyed the storyline and all it's twists, the characters were really intruiging, and the puzzles were pretty fun. My issue with it, however, is that despite already being a relatively short game, I still feel like it takes a lot longer than it should to play through. Both the character's movement and much of the dialogue seems to go at a very slow pace. There are also times where in order to progress you need to select specific dialogue sequences which aren't particularly obvious and this can take frustratingly long to achieve. The game could definitely benefit from being a bit more fast-paced (or maybe I'm just impatient..). I will also say that while I really engoyed the story personally, I really don't think it would be everyone's cup of tea. If you're expecting a realstic 70s spy case then this might not be right for you - I won't spoil specifics but things get very bizzare as you progress, and while I found it to be intruiging, I could potentially see many others just finding it too weird. Ultimately I would totally recomment The Low Road for people who are into fun, quirky point-and-click adventures with unique stories.. I love it. It's another game that left me wanting more. Much like Broken Age and artsy games like it I wish theyd make a sequel. I loved the animation, the thought put into the story and even small details. It's an amazing piece. I really hope the creators have more in store soon!. Not a very challenging or long game, so if you're someone who's trying to maximize playtime/$ this isn't for you.That being said, there are a lot of really cool ideas being played around with in The Low Road and it's definitely worth your time. Some chapters are a bit lacking on the gameplay side, but the art, music, and story are great all the way through.. Really enjoyable. Wish there was an automatic saving periodically, even just at the start of each chapter. I almost lost my progress of more than an hour when my computer decided to restart. I luckily aborted teh restart but If it has of gone ahead I would have wasted an hour of my life. However in saying that it was a very enjoyable game with a likeable lead character and interesting plot development. Didnt see the ending coming suprisingly enough.... Good point and click game. The story is funny and engaging, with characters that are somewhat transparent. Great game nontheless, movement can be a bit slow at times,especially on stairs. Easy to get achievements for, too.Multiple endings, and nice puzzles. I would wait until it's in sale, however.. Not much of a puzzle - more of a story with the occasional interactive part. Most of the game is listening to people talking, and while the voice acting is well done it gets pretty tedious (also the main character sounds like Abbi from Broad City). I've played an hour 30 mins so far and I don't know if I'll befinishing it.If the puzzles were harder and you could skip the dialogue it would be better as most of the game length is the dialogue.. it runs and looks great in 4k+ really weird story+ fantastic characters+ beautiful art style+ point and click game without the too difficult annoying puzzles- strange bugs upon loading screens- finished the game but couldnt get the ending screen or achivment due to bug
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