C. Kane is an old-school, satirical game in the vein of classic Japanese console RPGs. The game features talking beavers and Media Moguls.
Positive
27 Steam reviews
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
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| English | Y | Y | Y |
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รีวิว C. Kane
นอกจากจุดขายของเกมจะเป็นซาวด์แทร็กฮิปฮอปที่ติดหูแล้ว (และก็คิดว่าหลายคนน่าจะชอบ) นี่คือการหยิบเอาหนังเรื่อง Citizen Kane ในปี 1941 มาตีความใหม่ในธีมโลกอนาคตผสมแก๊งสเตอร์อะไรไม่รู้มั่วไปหมด ระบบเกม RPG โลกพิลึกในสไตล์ Earthbound ยั่วล้อผู้เล่นที่กำจัดศัตรูในเกมว่า เป็นส่วนหนึ่งที่ทำให้สัตว์สูญพันธ์ ซึ่งอาจนำไปสู่จุดจบของโลก ประเด็นใหญ่ๆอย่างการล่าฉลามหรือสัตว์ต่างๆ หรือแม้กระทั่งคนด้วยกันเอง ยังคงตามหลอกหลอนในใจของพระเอกอยู่เรื่อยๆแม้กระทั่งฝันร้าย ทางเดียวที่จะหยุดยั้งวาระสุดท้ายของโลกใบนี้ได้ นั่นก็คือ Rosebud เวทย์มนต์ลากเลื่อนที่มีพลังมหาศาลในการเปลี่ยนแปลงโลกได้ เปรียบเสมือนการเริ่มต้นใหม่ในสิ่งที่พลาดไป บอสแต่ละตัวจะต้องใช้วิธีสู้ที่ต่างกันตามธาตุที่มีอยู่ ไว้มีโอกาสจะมาเขียนให้อ่านกันในภายหลัง
บอสทั้ง 5 ในโคลอสเซียม (เอาเท่าที่พอระลึกชาติได้)
- แมวน้ำ/ สู้ตามปกติ ไม่ค่อยมีอะไรให้ทักมาก แต่ระวังหน่อย มันโจมตีแรง ฮีลบ่อยๆด้วย
- หุ่นยนต์ + เครื่องเสียง/ หุ่นยนต์อมตะ ให้โจมตีใส่เครื่องเสียงด้วยเวทย์น้ำเรื่อยๆ ไฟจะช็อตที่ตัวหุ่นยนต์
- หุ่นไขลาน/ ให้กำจัดหุ่นไขลานทั้ง 4 จากนั้น คนทำหุ่นจะกลายเป็นหมา ก็โจมตีหนักๆไป
- ปลาหมึก/ ให้กำจัดหนวดปลาหมึกทั้ง 5 ก่อนตัวปลาหมึก เพราะตายง่าย ลดภาระรับแดมเมจเพิ่มด้วย
- พ่อพระเอก/ ไม่ค่อยยากนัก ถ้าผ่าน 4 ตัวแรกได้ ที่เหลือก็ง่ายแล้ว
หากสู้ครบ ก็จะปลดล็อก Clown Mode ซึ่งไม่มีอะไรมาก ก็แค่ใส่จมูกตัวตลกเฉยๆ ไว้โชว์เท่ๆ
ส่วนบอสตัวอื่นๆ
- โคลนนิ่งพระเอกบนยอดภูเขาไฟ - อย่าโจมตี เพราะเดี๋ยวมันก็จะแห้งเหี่ยวตายไปเอง
- ฉลามหุ่นยนต์ - ให้ใช้ท่า Libel ของพระเอก ลดพลังป้องกันไปเรื่อยๆจนกว่าจะโจมตีโดน
- บอส The End of The World - ไว้ชีวิต Getty เพื่อรับพลัง Rosebud แค่ยิงใส่บอส 2 ทีก็ตายแล้ว
น่าทำบทสรุปมาก แต่ขอผ่านดีกว่า ขี้เกียจกลับไปเล่นใหม่แล้ว
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Oh wow, it's free to play now! This is a good ironic RPG with elements of Pokemon and Earthbound. The black and white aesthetic inspired by its 1941 namesake is forgiven through its colorful narrative and humorous, anachronistic soundtrack. Worth a shot and about 2 hours of your time.
Str8 classic
Je propose au gens qui on une mannette !
World full of monsters, terrible place.
World full of monsters, terrible place.
GG!
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Рофло игра, всё в мемасах и шутках(иногда сортирных), так что чувствительным не советую, думаю на стриме играть в это было бы очень смешно.
It's dirt cheap, and the game itself is ok. Would recommend
This game get a few laughts of me. It's ok for such low price I guess. The best part of course is the music. [spoiler] Maybe I even laught hardest than I found out town theme has a lyrics. This was bizzare. And of course IT'S A WORLD MAP.... [/spoiler]
Music is crazy great. what is this?! most of these games scrape by on the music but the sound track is out of this world.
I love this game, the sense of humor almost completely coincides with mine. I play this game in a sort of "just playing it" kind of way- comparative to mindlessly watching family guy or something. It's a nice game though, and i think it's most definitely more than worth the dollar or so. Good job on the game :)
good game
<deep breath> DUDE! I'm flabbergasted! You got Snoop Dogg to help record this mad sick soundtrack? Word! I hear ya I hear ya. Mad props to your audio team who tore the lid off the sound stage and dropped some phat beats that will no doubt be featured in next years grammies! 'world map' 'walking outside' Genius. (no seriously, catchy as heck and will not doubt be going through my head for weeks!)
Wickedly different little game with some varying humor and wth moments. For the price paid, I was throughly entertained. Thank you! Not for serious people, nor someone expecting a many houred adventure, but fun none the less. Cheers!
This game is amazing I was just looking for 99 cent games and I found this I loved it and I will play it all the time.
The only problem about this game is... They are not selling the OST, and it can't be found in the game folder.
The Music of this game is a Masterpiece, everyone should listen to it :D
Since the dawn of time, man has asked the question: “What is the Citizen Kane of video games?” While some games out there try to be a groundbreaking title that affirms video games as an artistic medium, C Kane instead takes the themes and character of the classic film and repurposes them for a Japanese-styled RPG adventure.
Built in the OHRRPGCE engine, C Kane is a rather old-school turn-based RPG. Most battles come down to attacking/healing/buffing/debuffing but are never mindless. The solution to each battle is usually very puzzlesque and figuring out the tricks to each enemy encounter is satisfying.
The game is only 2 or 3 hours but has a satisfying arc of engaging in fights, discovering weaknesses, and leaning new abilities. There are no random encounters, only deliberate battles, and I think that's what pushes me over the line into recommending this game.
The story is not really important. C Kane is a game that acts as a vehicle for jokes. The quality of those jokes is debatable. I found the game was at its funniest when it dealt with the titular character's inner monologue. There's a “moral choices in video games” joke that wouldn't be that funny even back in 2007.
The game's soundtrack is another source of comedy, it's idiosyncratic to say the least. Contrasting with C Kane's black and white aesthetic is a hip-hop/pop soundtrack with comical lyrics about walking around RPG towns or using the world map. The themes loop too quickly but the charm of the musical themes works a lot better than many of the jokes in the dialogue.
It's an enjoyable romp. Maybe you'll find it funnier than I did, and if you do find it funnier you'll have yourself a good couple of hours. If you want a turn-based RPG with only authored battles with personality, this is the way to go.
A complete satire game of old 16-bit RPGs, with some Citizen Kane references included. It's worth it if you remember 16-bit RPGs from the Super Nintendo era. Maybe you won't get the jokes otherwise.
"Forty-nine thousand pixels of nothing but scenery and statues. I'm lonesome." - this dude
Turn that frown upside down
I'm yer rosebud, Huckleberry!
literally the citizen kane of rpgs
it has a talking shark and singing trees
just like in the orsen welles film
"Mr. Kane is finishing the review you started - he's writing a bad notice. I guess that'll show you." - este wey
See Game, C. Kane, for a Good Time
If you are looking for a short, cheap game that is loaded with satire, comedy, and a ton of cultural references, then this game is really for you. However, it isn't a perfect play...I loved the fresh music, but it can get repetitive after a while...I also didn't like the choice to make the game in monochrome...although I understood it as being a reference to the movie, Citizen Kane, it didn't make it less bland to look at. Also, some of the things in the game seemed to be nonsensical for the sake of being nonsensical rather than providing any sort of humor. Those smaller gripes aside, it is still worth a play for everybody looking for just a casual, fun game that doesn't take itself seriously...especially for a price less than a Mtn Duck soda!
Much can be argued about what makes an RPG an RPG, whether it's story-rich, battle-heavy, or fit with a cast of essentric characters (who all somehow get lumped into the category of hero, even though they may not wish to fall into that trap). C.Kane attempts to boil all of these RPG tropes down into a simple format and lean message about what actually constitutes the hero's journey and questions whether the hero is even really a hero.
Charles Kane is just your average RPG hero, well, media mogul with an absentee father if you want to get technical, who goes around town and listens to the pleas of townsfolk who wish him to locate their junk for them. Along the way, he fights monsters and bosses, as that's the only way he can please the people. But as he journeys from one corner of a post-apocalyptic United States to another, he gradually comes face-to-face with the greatest moral questions that an RPG hero can face: Is he doing the right thing?
C.Kane isn't just a game about killing monsters (even though it kind of is). It's a game that dives deep into a series of philosophical questions that challenge our understanding of what makes a good man good, or a good man into a monster. It's a game about moral choices, and deciding what makes a choice moral. It's a game about talking beavers, clowns, and hip-hop talking wizards. And it has a soundtrack that reminds you that, even though you are having to make tough choices about whether you should slay that monster or dump your wife for the "hot chick," you are still playing an RPG, one that should take only a few hours to finish.
Should you play C.Kane? Only if you enjoy a good story, thought-provoking character dilemmas, and don't give a lick about random battles, except for those against mega sharks, zombies, walruses, and pure evil.
Oh, and don't adjust your color. It's meant to be in black and white. It's based on a film from the 1930s after all. This applies only when clown mode is inactive.
If that's not convincing enough for you to buy, well, it's cheap, so get it anyway.
It's a game where you play as Charles Kane. Hence, it's the Citizen Kane of videogames by virtue of being a videogame based on Citizen Kane. That's the joke. However, even though this is a blatantly flippant joke game, it's tightly designed to achieve what it sets out to do without overstaying its welcome.
The RPG gameplay is minimalist to the point of its own minimalism being a running gag. The world map is not only so tiny it fits in a single screen, the overworld music itself is a rap track about all the locations on the map (there's about 6). There are no random battles, and of course, the battle music has some vocals about wanting to fight some monsters. Acquiring better gear and expanding characters' spell and ability repertoire is stripped down to the bone, yet still satisfying. The small amount of battle situations that occur in the game's 2-3 hours have just enough variety and call for strategic planning - usually by exploiting elemental weaknesses or smart usage of stat debuffs - to be interesting.
The story is farcical and full of pop culture references, as well as skewed references to Citizen Kane itself. It even upholds the lineage of Barkley Gaiden by featuring basketball as a token plot element. Actually, if you enjoyed the style of writing in Barkley Gaiden or Dog of Dracula 2, you'll probably feel right at home here.
It's worth the asking price if you can appreciate a surreal, crass, tongue-in-cheek short form RPG with a steady IV-drip flow of weirdness throughout, along with some occasional bursts of comic writing genius.
gud gem
C. Kane is an... interesting game to review.
From a gameplay standpoint, the game stands. The RPG mechanics are clear, present, your party is small and every character has a decent amount of strengths and weaknesses (except Leland, who has no weakness), and the bosses have some interesting gimmicks at times. It's challenging, but never too insanely difficult -- I think I died once in the entire game while fighting the hidden end game boss. The game is only about two to three hours long if you choose to explore the world, less if you just run through.
When it comes to writing and story, C. Kane is a love it or hate it. One thing that would DEFINITELY increase your enjoyment of the game is seeing the film Citizen Kane, as there are a few amazing references to the film and world. However, the writing occassionally gets a little flat, and just starts seeming weird for the sake of being weird. I wish there was a little more substance to the story, as I felt like it had potential that it didn't use.
The soundtrack is actually my biggest gripe in the game. It's very limited, and all the loops are very short. The songs are hilarious at first, but quickly become repetitive -- especially during some of the longer fights.
Overall, if you like the trailer and love puns and Citizen Kane, you'll likely enjoy the game. If you don't find the trailer funny, don't bother. It's a good game, but not one that I'd recommend to everyone I know.
The Citizen Kane of video games.
