''Goin' Downtown'' is a

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developed by Silver Style Entertainment and published by The Games Company and

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in English. It was released on May 22, 2008 for

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. The game received mixed reviews, praising its setting and graphics, but criticizing its brevity, un-detailed story, and simplistic gameplay.

Gameplay

The game is a traditional point-and-click adventure which lets one mouse button move the main character within the world and the other interact with items and people. Most of the obstacles are inventory based puzzles, but at various times there are also dialogue puzzles and a "faux stealth section".

Plot

The main character is Jake McCorly, a rising star in the

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force in the late 21st century. Depressed from the death of his wife, he goes out to investigate a case of disappearing

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when he rescues one who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.

Development

The game's publisher, The Games Company, went bankrupt before it could be localized into English. The game was bought by Kalypso Media, who localized it but did not dub the game into English.

Reception

Adventure Gamers ''Adventure Gamers'' is a computer game website created by Marek Bronstring in March 1999 dedicated to the genre of adventure games. It publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game de ...

rated the game 3/5 stars, saying that its sci-fi setting was "convincing" and the graphics "lovely", but calling the plot development lacking and the puzzles simplistic and easy, and criticizing the lack of English voice acting.

GameStar ''GameStar'' is a monthly-released PC gaming magazine in Germany. It is the best-selling German-language magazine focused on PC gaming and it also hosts the largest video gaming-related portal in the German-speaking internet. ''GameStar.de'' i ...

rated the game 79/100, praising the setting and adult themes of the game, but calling the main character unsympathetic and certain aspects of the game illogical.

Igromania ''Igromania'' (, Russian for "Game Mania") is a Russian video game website and formerly a magazine. The magazine was published in Moscow and distributed in Russia and the CIS countries. It was founded in September 1997. The circulation in June 2 ...

rated the game 7/10, calling the Russian localization poorly done.

References

2008 video games Mystery video games Point-and-click adventure games Science fiction video games Silver Style Entertainment games Single-player video games Video games about police officers Video games developed in Germany Video games set in New York City Windows games Windows-only games

External links

* {{moby game, id=/goin-downtown