Software:Tails Noir

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Short description: 2021 video game
Tails Noir
Backbone video game poster.jpg
Developer(s)EggNut
Publisher(s)Raw Fury
Director(s)Aleksandra Korabelnikova
Designer(s)Alexander Kolchin
Programmer(s)Nikita Danshin
Artem Pisarev
Diana Stolyrova
Artist(s)Toma Klepinina
Kristina Dashevskaya
Kirill Simonenko
Julia Migacheva
Writer(s)Danny Wadeson
Composer(s)Nikita Danshin
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Tails Noir (previously known as Backbone) is a noir role-playing indie video game developed by EggNut and published by Raw Fury. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, and on Nintendo Switch in February 2022.[1][2] A prequel, titled Tails Noir Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.[3]

Plot

Set in a dystopian version of Vancouver , Canada , populated by anthropomorphic creatures, Tails Noir follows Howard Lotor, a raccoon and private detective tasked with solving mysteries.[4][5]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticPC: 72/100[6]
PS5: 63/100[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Adventure Gamers4/5 stars[8]
Destructoid7/10[9]
Shacknews6/10[11]
The Guardian3/5 stars[12]

The game was awarded with the Gran Prix, Best PC Game and Best Art categories at the DevGAMM Unreal Engine competition in Minsk, Belarus ,[13][14] and with the Best Indie Game Award at the Strasbourg European Film Festival in France .[13]

References

  1. (in en) Backbone | Switch Release Date Announcement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOkmYdf6K2c, retrieved 19 January 2022 
  2. Warner, Noelle (19 January 2022). "Narrative noir game Backbone is sneaking its way onto Switch". https://www.destructoid.com/narrative-noir-game-backbone-sneaking-onto-nintendo-switch/. 
  3. "Tails: The Backbone Preludes - Official Launch Trailer". 2 February 2023. https://www.ign.com/videos/tails-the-backbone-preludes-official-launch-trailer. 
  4. Iwaniuk, Phil (2 September 2021). "Backbone review – raccoon PI stars in a noir adventure with an inexplicable twist". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/sep/02/backbone-review-raccoon-pi-noir-adventure. 
  5. Jackson, Lara (18 August 2021). "Backbone Player Solves Puzzle Using a Famous Gaming Cheat Code". Screen Rant. https://screenrant.com/backbone-puzzle-solved-cheat-code-0451-tattoo/. 
  6. "Backbone for PC Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/tails-noir/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. 
  7. "Backbone for PlayStation 5 Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/tails-noir/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-5. 
  8. "Backbone review | Aces high". 12 September 2021. https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/backbone. 
  9. Handley, Zoey (12 September 2021). "Review: Backbone". https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-backbone/. 
  10. Argyros, Caitlin (12 September 2021). "Backbone". https://www.rpgfan.com/review/backbone/. 
  11. Jarrard, Chris (12 September 2021). "Backbone review: Anthropomorphic apathy". https://www.shacknews.com/article/125386/backbone-review-anthropomorphic-apathy. 
  12. "Backbone review – raccoon PI stars in a noir adventure with an inexplicable twist | Aces high". 12 September 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/sep/02/backbone-review-raccoon-pi-noir-adventure. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Backbone — noir dystopian adventure". https://backbone.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/project_updates?page=3. 
  14. "Backbone won Best Art and Best PC Game and BEST GAME at unreal engine contest in Minsk! THANK YOU". https://twitter.com/backbonegame/status/1197888963844984833. 

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