{"product_id":"blacksad-under-the-skin-ps5","title":"Blacksad: Under the Skin - PS5","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eESRB Rating:\u003c\/strong\u003e M (Mature)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6-27-2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritic Score (1-100): \u003c\/strong\u003e Not Availalbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Adventure, Puzzle elements, Detective \/ mystery, Licensed, Crime, 3rd-person (Other), Cinematic camera, North America, Quick Time Events (QTEs)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Type(s): \u003c\/strong\u003ePhysical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe 50s, New York City: Joe Dunn, owner of a boxing club, is found dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, rising star Bobby Yale, due to take to the ring for the most important fight of his career, has mysteriously disappeared. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSonia Dunn, Joe's daughter, takes over the gym and must deal with its financial woes. She hires private detective John Blacksad to investigate Yale's disappearance. This sinister case will take our investigator to the darkest, most dismal depths of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWith its anthropomorphic characters and its incredible 1950s feel, BLACKSAD: Under the Skin promises all the eerily dark adventure of a detective novel, just like the eponymous comic book series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eConduct the investigation in your own way. Make use of your feline senses as you hunt for new clues. Make decisions on behalf of Blacksad and influence the outcome of the case.## Features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAn official and all-new story for BLACKSAD, set in the comic book series' unique world, perfectly recreated for gamers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAn investigative narrative game with gameplay combining investigations, puzzles, quick time events (QTE) and multiple-choice dialog.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eChoices that directly influence the development of the character and the story's ending.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMore than 30 characters, including new faces and old favorites, each with their own story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAn immersive world with a jazz soundtrack to rival the very best of Hollywood's film noir.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFans of adventure games will love its gameplay and narration while fans of the comic book series will be thrilled to rediscover the characters and graphic style of this unique world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eA dark world of anthropomorphic animals\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Blacksad, a New York black cat P.I. in early years after the World War II. Counting minutes, waiting for the next gig, and then she comes in. A purr-fect feline dame with a sad expression on her face, accompanied by a heavy category bodyguard gorilla, Jake Ostiombe. Now Jake was an old friend, but the feline beauty, Sonia, is a client. Her father, Joe Dunn, an owner of a boxing gym has been found dead. He was found hanging one morning in the middle of his boxing ring by none other than the maid, Mary Purnell. The police is suspecting a suicide, but Blacksad isn't so convinced after only a few looks around the murder scene. So what seemed like a slam-dunk easy case that only needed confirmation turns into elaborate ruse of conspiracies involving drugs, blackmails, money, and hired guns. Once again, Blacksad is going to have earn his paycheck the hard way, but that's what he signed up when he decided to become a private investigator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe game plays entirely in third-person perspective and action-camera follows the character but changes angles to give it more cinematic feel meaning the player is often not able to look where one wants and is left to explore only what the camera shows. Camera can slightly be moved offset from its fixed position which is in most cases used to find hidden album stickers which can be accessed via main menu. There are four different Hall of Fame sports albums, each spanning two pages, one per sport, namely American Football, Baseball, Boxing, and Hockey. There are 100 stickers in total depicting various sports celebrities, and some images are comprised of 2 or 4 stickers while others are depicted by a single one. In many cases missing to pick up a sticker before looking at story-related objects will not give the player a second chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere are few limited locations where John Blacksad can search in first-person perspective, usually when looking at multiple things on a desk or some such place, but these are few and far between. Objects of interaction display an icon when John is facing them, and in case there are multiple available, individual ones can be selected. During the dialogues there are often many different options how to react which build up a character stats and will often have serious consequences and possibly branch the story. Most of dialogues are also time-based and will result with a default answer if nothing is selected before the time runs out. The actions that Blacksad does and things that he says affect his stats which can be checked at any time during gameplay. There are 8 different stats and each has its opposite and percentage bar shows toward which the player is leaning (i.e. Lonesome vs Romantic, Upright, vs Pragmatic, Swift vs Clumsy, etc.).\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere is no inventory system and things that Blacksad is carrying, which are few, are with him all the time and he will automatically used them at the right location (i.e. lockpicks). As any good P.I., Blacksad too carries a notebook where he writes down all the information about his suspects and any other person of interest. Some of which can be contemplated upon and often paired (not while reading the notebook, but during deduction which can be activated during gameplay) which will produce further piece of information (i.e. having knowledge about the footprint in the paint, then having the knowledge of suspect's shoes, one may deduce if the suspect is guilty or innocent).\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWhile based on the comic book series, Blacksad: Under the Skin tells an official and new story, and is not a game adaptation of an existing one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*** Data by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMobyGames.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e ***\u003c\/h3\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 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