To Hell With The Ugly
La Poule Noire · 2023 · Detective, Noir, Turn-Based Combat, Adventure, Interactive Fiction
PC
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About To Hell With The Ugly
You’re Rocky, a 20 year old young man with a certain charm that doesn’t go unnoticed. After a night out at the Zooty Slammer, you wake up in a strange hospital, kidnapped and drugged.
Whatever they did to you last night, they did it. And now it’s too late for apologies, you need to get to the bottom of this…
Rocky style.
Finalist in the 2023 IGF awards in “Excellence in Visual Arts” and showcased in the 10th anniversary day of the devs, To Hell With the Ugly is an adventure game set in a 1950s LA film noir setting.
Play as Rock Bailey, a blond and handsome young man who systematically refuses all advances made to him. To the dismay of everybody around him, he stubbornly saves himself until the day he turns 20.
Everything changes when he is drugged and kidnapped outside the Zooty Slammer jazz club and wakes up in a strange hospital. They stole something from him, something very personal, and he wants revenge. Help Rocky get to the bottom of this mystery and find out the truth behind it.
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game with a focus on narration. Rocky has already lost part of his pride, he won’t shy away from combat if it takes him closer to the revenge he seeks. With his journalist partner Gary, they will have to gather clues from crime scenes and use them to make assumptions and solve puzzles, explore all the nooks and crannies of 1950s LA and let their fists do the talking in turn-based combat.
To unravel this mystery, you must:
A film noir set in 1950s LA
Explore 1950s LA like you’ve never seen it before, in this homage to noir movies. Discover the hidden side of the city, a sordid / gruesome investigation centered on the disappearance of the most beautiful inhabitants and human experimentations.
A stunning art direction
A breathtaking 2D world combined with fully animated cinematics and an incredible, bold art direction that bring the city of Los Angeles to life.
It’s jazz all the way down
What best describes 1950s LA than jazz music?
Carry out your investigation to the smooth rhythm of the jazzy soundtrack of To Hell With the Ugly!
Boris Vian reimagined
To Hell With the Ugly is an adaptation of Boris Vian’s satiric work of the same name, reimagined for the 21st century. Delve into the absurd and acclaimed work of the famous French author, brought to you by La Poule Noire and ARTE France.
Mature content :
- Explicit nudity
- Hand-to-hand and weapon combat
- Light sexual content
- Experimentation on humans
To Hell with the Ugly provides users with the following options :
Whatever they did to you last night, they did it. And now it’s too late for apologies, you need to get to the bottom of this…
Rocky style.
Finalist in the 2023 IGF awards in “Excellence in Visual Arts” and showcased in the 10th anniversary day of the devs, To Hell With the Ugly is an adventure game set in a 1950s LA film noir setting.
Play as Rock Bailey, a blond and handsome young man who systematically refuses all advances made to him. To the dismay of everybody around him, he stubbornly saves himself until the day he turns 20.
Everything changes when he is drugged and kidnapped outside the Zooty Slammer jazz club and wakes up in a strange hospital. They stole something from him, something very personal, and he wants revenge. Help Rocky get to the bottom of this mystery and find out the truth behind it.
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game with a focus on narration. Rocky has already lost part of his pride, he won’t shy away from combat if it takes him closer to the revenge he seeks. With his journalist partner Gary, they will have to gather clues from crime scenes and use them to make assumptions and solve puzzles, explore all the nooks and crannies of 1950s LA and let their fists do the talking in turn-based combat.
To unravel this mystery, you must:
- Investigate Los Angeles in the 50s, explore its darkest corners, meet the locals and immerse yourself in this film noir atmosphere
- Fight for your freedom, let the fists talk in turn-based combats based on timing, precision and amazingly beautiful hair
- Gather clues and information, investigate crime scenes, and make the right choices to solve mysteries.
A film noir set in 1950s LA
Explore 1950s LA like you’ve never seen it before, in this homage to noir movies. Discover the hidden side of the city, a sordid / gruesome investigation centered on the disappearance of the most beautiful inhabitants and human experimentations.
A stunning art direction
A breathtaking 2D world combined with fully animated cinematics and an incredible, bold art direction that bring the city of Los Angeles to life.
It’s jazz all the way down
What best describes 1950s LA than jazz music?
Carry out your investigation to the smooth rhythm of the jazzy soundtrack of To Hell With the Ugly!
Boris Vian reimagined
To Hell With the Ugly is an adaptation of Boris Vian’s satiric work of the same name, reimagined for the 21st century. Delve into the absurd and acclaimed work of the famous French author, brought to you by La Poule Noire and ARTE France.
Mature content :
- Explicit nudity
- Hand-to-hand and weapon combat
- Light sexual content
- Experimentation on humans
To Hell with the Ugly provides users with the following options :
- adjust text size
- adjust the color of each different category of text : dialogues, thoughts and highlighted words (subtitles/captions are not yet adjustable).
- reassign keys (on keyboard only)
- adjust the speed of the virtual cursor
- activate or deactivate the ""hold for running"" option
- skip fights
- adjust audio tracks separately
- pause game play at any time during the game
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A good point&click game, albeit short, featuring probably the strangest story I’ve ever seen in the genre. It piqued my curiosity about the source material, since the game is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Boris Vian. I only knew the author by name and I didn't expect this kind of narrative at all. The story is original yet so unconventional that I’m sure it won’t be to everyone’s taste. Personally, I enjoyed it, it offered something very different. It all begins with a rather baffling protagonist. He is completely narcissistic, naive, and somewhat simple-minded. And in his view, defending his virginity is his biggest problem because his good looks attract every girl he crosses paths with... One would tend to think that reality would put him in his place, but no, quite the contrary. The adventure unfolds in an atmosphere that is at once comical, retro-noir, and slightly surreal, with our narcissistic hero trying to solve a murder and uncover the reasons behind his own kidnapping, events that occur at the beginning of the game. The gameplay is a mix of point&click exploration, puzzles to organize clues, QTEs, stealth and turn-based combat. While the mechanics are quite …4 found this helpful
Interesting story, albeit an unusual ending. Great artwork and music
outstanding art-style and music art deco comic book (?) ARTE France my beloved ending was odd lmao but nevertheless it is an interesting story
Nurse 2 is SUS with that mouth's Stain considering, what they did to the Main character "Rock the Virgin". Interesting "game" if it can be called that. Some puzzles, Hidden objects, Turn base, QTE gameplay and mostly a Visual novel. I would like them to focus on the gameplay next time since the Art Style is great.
Fun, adjustable pace and pretty art :D
DISAPPOINTING. I hate to give this one a negative review. A premise of detective story set in 50's California, with turn based combat, unique artstyle and nice music, so what went wrong ? Gameplay is childish and mindless, despite the very mature themes. Plot is mostly just press `F` to read on. Puzzles ? Not really and nothing quest like. What about the turn based combat ? it's about hitting a button ( `F` again ) at the right time. Seems the French devs decided to drop all genres without committing to any, not even full mouse support. Sometimes you have to press `F`, Sometimes keyboard only, other you must use mouse. Right click ? Ve nefer heard of it <smoke puff>, now go play our silly game, `F` you ... Ha Ha.
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