Platforms
- PCAug 27, 2015NAplayscoreNA0 Critics0.0316 Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 25, 20156.5playscore4.83 Critics7.4183 Players
- iOSAug 26, 20156.9playscore5.44 Critics8.475 Players
10 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Those who need an exercise in patience should avoid this game for the same reason that a body builder would avoid trying to carry a Monster Truck. Calvino Noir butchers a great concept more than any other title I’ve played this year. It’s a game that does so much, so poorly it boggles the mind: level design, graphics, animations, story, voice acting, and even the price tag.
Lucas Raycevick · Sep 18, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - From the faulty mechanics to unfair challenges, it fails to present itself as anything more than visually beautiful. It would have been great without the jagged movements or difficulty surpassing your enemies, as side-scrolling point and click gameplay doesn’t fit a game of espionage. It’s disappointing because the scenery and the visuals are beautiful, down the cheesy detective lines, deep music playing in the background and all the rain. It was so close, but no cigar.
Natalie Collazo · Sep 05, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - I love a challenging game, but Calvino Noir is simply too difficult to keep my interests for long. Calvino Noir demands 100% concentration, and if the gameplay experience was 100% consistent, it might warrant it.
Tom Christiansen · Sep 02, 2015 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - This noir-inspired stealth game looks fantastic, but its gameplay is more frustratingly boilerplate than it is hardboiled.
Campbell Bird · Sep 01, 2015 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - The system you rage against in Calvino Noir is not the muddy, corporate pressures of Wilt and crew’s dry story, it’s your own means of existence in the game itself. It’s really not about espionage, but a losing fight against your influence in the world. You have the ability to choke guards, to pick locks, to interact with certain objects based on what character you’re currently playing, however those abilities are not guaranteed, highlighted with laborious repetition. In that way, there’s a cynicism deep-rooted in Calvino Noir, a heavy darkness you can’t escape.
Tyler Colp · Aug 25, 2015 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Calvino Noir could have been something so much more; there is just as much mystery and subterfuge in its story as there is in its gameplay and mechanics. I can’t help but feel this game should have remained on the iPhone; the move to current-gen just doesn’t work for me and I was left unimpressed with no need to return.
Chris White · Sep 24, 2015 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - It makes for a frustrating, unbalanced experience. You want to push on and find out where the intriguing story will take you, but you'll constantly find yourself stumbling to your death. And then you'll stop playing. And it's a real shame, because Calvino Noir gets so many things right. It builds a world, populates it with characters you want to find out more about, and then does its utmost to make sure you don't get to experience any of that.
Harry Slater · Aug 28, 2015 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - Had it not been for the greatly compromised stealth mechanics, it’s not a stretch to say that Calvino Noir would have scored much higher than the number you can see plastered on the page here. As it is, you could gut your way through the game and still find some degree of satisfaction, but ultimately, like a lovelorn romantic trying to find answers at the bottom of a cheap bottle of whiskey, you can expect frustration and a longing for what Calvino Noir could have been.
John-Paul Jones · Aug 25, 2015 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Calvino Noir est un jeu qui repose sur un scénario un peu cliché qui n'en demeure pas moins bien écrit. Le style graphique ainsi que l'ambiance sonore développés dans le jeu sont très réussis et permettent une immersion rapide dans l'univers dans lequel évolue nos héros. Les différentes mécaniques de gameplay sont intéressantes mais ne font pas de ce jeu un divertissement où la stratégie prime : le gameplay devient vite répétitif et linéaire et la rejouabilité est presque nulle.
sey_fia · Sep 03, 2015 Reviewed onRead full review - Il connubio tra l'ottima atmosfera noir e le meccaniche stealth ha un fascino innegabile e ci regala un'esperienza intensa, che invoglia a procedere per accedere al dialogo successivo, ma il sistema di controllo e le ingenuità legate al design possono rappresentare per molti ostacoli piuttosto ardui da superare.
Mattia Armani · Sep 04, 2015 Reviewed on iOSRead full review
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Play as a disparate group of low-lifes, loners and last-chancers as they fight for the future of a city sliding slowly into the gutter. The characters of Calvino Noir exist in a moral universe which knows only shades of grey. Some are broken souls, some are merely damaged - but all are fighting to forge a future in an ugly world ruled by those whose hearts are cruel and dark.
Developer: Calvino Noir Limited