Blacksad is a series of noir comic books I´m fond of, by Spanish creators Guarnido and Canales. Pendulo Studios is a small Madrid studio specialized in graphic adventures for the last 20 years. Seemed like a good fit for them both to work on the videogame adaptation and I was very interested in seeing how it´d turn out. Could have been the break-through opportunity for Pendulo to get access to bigger markets and become the Spanish Telltale
They won´t, I´m afraid. At least, based on the PS4 version I played. The game was plagued by critical bugs that made it simply unplayable. A couple of weeks after the release a patch fixed some of the issues, but not all. I still had to go through some crashes, barely functioning puzzles and frequent visual glitches. On top of that, there is a number of design decisions I found at least questionable, some of them – collectibles, I´m looking at you – actually detracted from the overall experience
I won´t recommend to buy it, but I have to admit once you lower your standards in terms of stability, I got very involved in the plot and really enjoyed it. Visuals are a little less than adequate but mostly work, and the controls and game mechanics – similar to other storytelling titles – do the trick to let you move forward through the story, which does have some interesting twists and branches. I might even play again in a future (maybe it´ll be patched further?) to have a look at some options I discarded
I could also use some help from internet walkthroughs to complete some trophies, but couldn´t find any available. I fear the game has had so little impact no living soul wants to share their exploits. Can´t blame them, you need to put a lot from your part to make the experience work
