Kathy Rain

I was initially dismissive of *Kathy Rain*. After playing the demo, I thought it felt too much like a weaker imitation of *Gabriel Knight* and the *Blackwell* series. Giving it a second chance changed my mind. The influence is certainly there, but *Kathy Rain* has enough personality of its own. It belongs to that familiar but effective subgenre of supernatural detective adventures: an apparently ordinary mystery gradually opens into something darker and stranger. Kathy herself initially looks like a stock rebellious college student - leather jacket, cigarettes, motorcycle, dyed hair - but the family history behind that persona gives her considerably more depth. The story begins when she returns home for her grandfather's funeral after years of estrangement, and her reunion with her grandmother sets off an investigation into long-buried events. The grounded mystery and character work are stronger than the overtly supernatural side of the story. In fact, one of my strongest memories of the game is that the final, more nightmarish stretch felt like its weakest part. Some of the story elements never quite came together into a fully satisfying ending. That said, the journey there wo…

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Good game. Short and sweet. I did not enjoy one or two puzzles which requried essentially trying all the options because only one worked and I gave up before trying the only right one and then spent a good while checking all the locations and people to see if I missed anything before coming back to try that last option. Apart from that though, a very solid game. The voice acting is great and the art is good and fun to look at (despite the 4:3 aspect ratio and black borders).

Good game

Great game! Well written and interesting characters. I'mlooking forward to playing Kathy Rain 2, and circling back and trying the Director's Cut edition of this after some time has passed.

I enjoyed the game. Really low tech but you get to try a lot of things and figure out what works.