If you ever fancied yourself sharp enough to survive as a noir detective, Night Call might be the perfect July release for you. The game, coming to PC on July 17th, styles itself as a neo-noir set in Paris. It takes on the moody black-and-white color scheme that the genre entails, while also delivering a suspenseful mystery that will play out differently each playthrough. That’s thanks to over 70 characters with different backstories that all have something to say, and each one can take a seat in the cab that you drive.
Life is very interesting for a cab driver. I say this as someone who spent all of one summer driving Lyft in Los Angeles, but it’s true. You’d be surprised how many strangers feel comfortable gossiping about the sordid details of their lives while you sit just in front of them. You’d be even more surprised with how many of them actually turn to their driver and deliver all of this information directly. I can perfectly envision how the folks at Monkey Moon and Black Muffin incorporated the job into Night Call’s mystery.
