Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

I'm just gonna type what's different here in bullet points. Long story short, this is the same game, but with a little bit of extra stuff. -Runs in normal resolutions now without a launcher -No more 40 fps frame limit -No more black bars on the sides -You only have to click on things one time now. You drag and drop to use items on things instead of selecting a choice via clicks. -New lines of dialogue -New scene before funeral -New puzzle to get into the holding cells area -Brand new dialogue section after seeing "the painting" -Kathy can die sometimes -New area after seeing "the painting" Also a new puzzle and new items -You have to find three places to get to "you know where" instead of just going to the woods randomly -New area with new mechanic with new story bits -Final section has a short new chunk with a couple of new puzzles -A character in the final section has been deleted an

I wrote a review for the original Kathy Rain 3 years ago. The Director's Cut is an updated, more refined version so it is interesting to see that the first release is still available. Kathy Rain is the protagonist we control who starts an investigation following her grandfather's passing. The journey consists of 5 chapters (referred to as days) and with Kathy we visit more and more locations and it seems we have more questions than we could have the answers for as we make progress! This is a low-res adventure game reminiscent of the LucasArts era. There are also Wadjet Eye adventure games available on Steam with similar playstyle so if you are familiar with those I believe you'll love this gem. Fun fact: Dave Gilbert from Wadjet does the voice acting for one NPC. Now, what does the Director's Cut have to offer? Many things: a reworked (more interesting and longer) end sequence, wides

Welcome to crazy town Kathy Rain Director's Cut is a re-release of the original game with slight enhancements and bonuses. The game is great and owners of the original got a good discount but still it would've been nice to make this a free upgrade. There's not enough enhancements or new content to justify the price. Story and gameplay are things which makes this game awesome. Kathy is a troubled young woman living with her christian roommate. Kathy's mother is locked up in a mental institution, she smokes and has a bike. A very lovable character with amazing sense of humor and the whole story about her is just amazing. The game starts with a funeral and since then Kathy embarks on a journey to dig some stuff about her family's past. There are several characters in the game, not a lot but all of them have their own character and are very unpredictable (you may hate them at first and st

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut takes what was already a gem and polishes it to shine even brighter. The original Kathy Rain came out in 2016 to much critical acclaim from the point-and-click community. Five years later the developers have released a Director’s Cut of the game. With this sort of rerelease, the question is why buy this if I already own the original? Let’s unpack this. Game Universe It’s 1995. Kathy Rain, our eponymous heroine, is an acerbic, chain-smoking journalism major in her early 20s. Our tale begins when her roommate, Eileen, reveals that her estranged grandfather, Joseph Rain, has passed away. Kathy returns to her grandparents’ and her childhood home and finds out that in 1981, shortly after her mother took her away at the age of 6, her grandfather experienced a mysterious accident that left him in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. On her trusty motorcycle

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is an old style point and click adventure game with excellent writing, atmosphere, visuals, puzzles and some of the best voice acting around; but wow, the protagonist is wholly unbearable at first. She does grow substantially but for the first part of the game her rude attitude made me want to drive her motorbike into the lake or something. Lucky for her, it was not an option. The story is dark, deals with strong and controversial subjects and has themes around religion, in particular Christianity. There’s still unfavourable stereotypes and clichés with some characters, occasionally it had me asking myself whether what I just saw was necessary. One conversation in particular seemed overly unrealistic, the response this character had to Kathy's past situation just made me roll my eyes into the next century. I don’t know if it was trying to avoid offending someo

An "All (US) American game" as well as a story about redemption, the virtue of not judging others and unexpected friendships. Kathy is compassionate, brave and persevering, a real heroine. Nice game!