Norco
Summary
You play as Kay, who's just returned home after wandering the country in an attempt to get away from her depressing, empty homelife. Her mother's just passed and she finds her brother missing, leaving only her mother's robot companion Million at her home.Norco on Steam
So what do you do
IDK how i managed to not mention Louisiana at all in that Summary section since it's a big part of the game's narrative, its the brush that the story is painted with so to speak. idk I'm a Western European I've never been there but now I know it floods a lot and how the people speak
Norco is a point and click adventure game set in a bleak future akin to Blade Runner. I feel bad I can't think of anything else to compare it to since I feel saying something as simple and often used as "Blade Runner" doesn't do this game justice. It's a world with advanced technology that still somehow feels dated, there's a religious cult that is both pathetic and terrifying, and there's you, and your weak little brother, and your dead mother, in the middle of it all. Oh and a PI and the bayous of course
This game has an incredibly strong story and some of my favourite dialogue writing I've seen in a game as of yet. I feel like I can't say too much about it in fear of spoiling it. I finished Norco in about 6 hours, so it's not a particularly long game, but it tells its story in the time it has and it tells it so so well. It's also just really funny at points. At its core the story is a stark one with harsh realities but god when it's funny it's very funny
When should I play this game?
Spend some time Norco if:- You love mature, character based narratives
- You like point and click adventure games/mystery games (blast from the past right)
- Uuuhhh you're from Louisiana. Maybe? I mean I'm not and I still thought it was a good setting