Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Clifftop Games · 2021 · Point & Click, Detective, Female Protagonist, Pixel Graphics, 1990's
PC
Very Positive93% · 1,30887Metacritic
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About Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
✦ AI summary
Investigate your grandfather's mysterious death as journalist Kathy Rain, collecting clues and solving cryptic puzzles across a '90s hometown while uncovering a dark conspiracy that's driving locals to madness. This enhanced Director's Cut expands the original point-and-click detective mystery with extended story, new areas, improved pixel art visuals, and full voice acting that brings the atmospheric mystery to life.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a re-imagining of the classic 2016 point-and-click detective mystery set in the '90s.
In this investigative thriller, you will do things like:
- Collect clues and make deductions
- Analyze evidence
- Interrogate suspects
- Solve cryptic puzzles
All while moving from location to location on your sweet hog and getting into all sorts of trouble!
Kathy is a strong-willed journalism major who must come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently departed grandfather.
Armed with her motorcycle, a pack of cigs, and a notepad, Kathy delves into a local mystery surrounding her hometown that will take her on a harrowing journey of emotional and personal turmoil.
As she follows a trail of clues left by her grandfather, questions emerge: What was Joseph Rain really looking for that night all those years ago? What turned him into a mere shell of a man, confined to a wheelchair? What secret did a suicidal young artist take with her to the grave, and why are so many people in Conwell Springs going mad? The truth is dark, sinister, and yours to uncover…
Original Kathy Rain Features:
- Compelling narrative with an eerie plot set in the '90s
- Gorgeous pixel art displayed in 40+ hand-drawn environments
- 4,000+ lines of fully voiced dialogue directed by Wadjet Eye Games' Dave Gilbert
- Atmospheric original soundtrack
Director's Cut Introduces:
- Extended storyline, including a longer and more satisfying ending and 700+ new lines of dialogue with the original cast
- Several new areas to explore with unique puzzles to solve
- Streamlined controls with a single-click mouse interface and controller support
- Enlarged all game environments for widescreen without black bars on the sides
- Extra character animations, improved lighting/shadows and better weather effects
- Remixed and expanded soundtrack
- Five brand new motorcycle designs to unlock
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Don't get me wrong — Kathy Rain is a wonderful game. A great detective adventure with an occult flavour and a likable protagonist. But this Director's Cut is a completely pointless and unnecessary. It doesn't add anything fundamentally new to the game, and it drags out sections that were already good as they were. The whole set of changes between the original game and the DC would've been enough for a small update or a bonus DLC. Instead, we got an entire separate game that costs one and a half times as much as the original.2 found this helpful
The best $2 game you can buy during the summer sale and play through the summer as well
This game is very story and character driven. Kathy Rain is a complicated college woman in 1995 who returns to her hometown after her grandfather passes away. She confronts her past as she finds out more and more on the mystery looming over the town. The game is impressive with balancing Kathy’s dry humor with a rather sad tale. The performances in this game are just incredible especially Arielle Siegel who plays Kathy. I grew up playing point-and-click mysteries so this was right up my alley! If you love a dark humored mystery similar to Twin Peaks, this one is for you.
Yes. What? Need more? Well, player's discretion advised as there are really hard topics in the story. Very well written. Very well acted. Most puzzles maybe a little too easy for a point&click veteran like me and one a little too cryptic. Hints for the achievements are well-thought out (ok, I had to check a guide for one). Replay value (making getting all achievements less of a chore) to try out different answers because they're all "mwah!" *chef's kiss* Currently waiting for KR2 to not be on sale to follow Kathy and Eileen (I have such a crush on Eileen T_T ). While KR1DC is on sale, grab the original as well. Play the Director's Cut first, it IS much better. And then, play the original. You'll appreciate the work done to give us the DC as well as another twist on the story.
Damn that was good. Some tricky puzzles, loads of missing achievements that will make me go in again. Pixel art was not an issue, game doesn't need UE5 graphics to be good. thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
An excellent adventure game! For me It took a while to get going, the story was kind of slow early on and the puzzles in the beginning was not the best. But sometime around day 3 (the game is divided in five days) it clicked and i started to really enjoy the game. By the end I was hooked, I'm officially a Kathy Rain fan and can't wait to play the sequel. A great game for anyone who likes classic point and click adventure games, a modern classic for a reason!
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