Developer A Crowd of Monsters have today announced they will be bringing their stylish episodic noir adventure game Blues & Bullets to PlayStation 4, with the first two episodes out next week.
Blues and Bullets is a noir adventure set in the ’20s, in a fictional American city called Santa Esperanza. A place where Eliot Ness, the former leader of the legendary Untouchables, wished to spend the rest of his days working in his diner after jailing Al Capone, not dwelling too much on the cesspit of corruption his city had degenerated into, but things rarely go as planned.
When children suddenly start to disappear, Eliot decides to take the law into his own hands, track down the culprit and bring him to justice by any means necessary, even if he has to abandon his dreams of a peaceful life and again get embroiled in shootouts with the usual array of assassins and hoodlums.
Helped by various (famous and infamous) characters from some unexpected places, the player must guide Eliot through the increasingly morbid and decadent scenarios searching for clues to solve the case.
Blues & Bullets uses a striking monochrome visual style that’s accentuated by flashes of red. The idea is to evoke the classic noir films of the 1940’s and it does seem to do quite a remarkable job of it. Even better is the sumptuous soundtrack, scored by Sonotrigger and Iza. You can hear it here.
You can buy the first installment of Blues & Bullets Tuesday April 20
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