The whole thing feels like someone storyboarded a bar fight on a napkin and then just coded that napkin. You got Johnny, this absolute disaster of a man, and he’s already fucked up by stealing from the wrong dealer. The intro animations? Yeah they just play. You can’t skip them. It’s like the dev is holding your face going LOOK AT MY ART. The art itself is this rough, almost sketchy style that somehow makes the grimy bar setting feel more desperate. The thug designs are all exaggerated jaws and stupid tattoos, which honestly works for the vibe.

The first puzzle is peak point-and-click logic from 2003. You pick up a bottle, smash it on the counter, grab the ashes... wait, ashes? From where? I spent a stupid amount of time clicking on a ashtray that wasn’t even the right hotspot. Then you use the ashes on the thugs and it’s this whole pocket sand moment. The violence is quick and messy, not glorified but definitely there. What I actually appreciated was how the game doesn’t hold your hand after the tutorial. You’re just in this criminal quest, figuring out which dialogue option leads to a fistfight and which one gets you a new lead. The fight scenes are these janky quick-time things that feel accidental when you win.

Wish there was more actual bar atmosphere though. You hear about this seedy underworld but most rooms are just dudes waiting to punch you. The quest structure is linear but the writing has these weirdly poetic moments between the threats. Like a thug monologuing about loyalty before you crack a stool over his head. The inclusivity angle is... look, everyone here is a criminal dirtbag equally. No weird gendered bullshit in how characters treat Johnny, which is refreshing even if the whole cast is morally bankrupt. The game knows it’s unpolished and leans into that, like a demo tape with too much distortion that somehow sounds better for it. Just don’t expect to skip anything. Ever.