The Sexy Brutale

Review

You can’t believe it; you just received an invitation from the marquis of the sexy casino mansion. No wonder you have a smile from Sydney to Paris. Well, that was before you found yourself lying down in the middle of a room, incapacitated and left for dead. That’s until a strange red, bloody female persona touched your party mask and warned you of someone strong within the mansion. Let’s face it, Mr. Lafcadio Boone, you are far from being young. But today is Saturday again and guests will die; the only person who can save them is you. Welcome to The Sexy Brutale!

The Sexy Brutale is an adventure / puzzle game where you play one of the Marquis’ guests, named Lafcadio Boone, who has to try to save other guests from death.

At the start of the game, your character will come back to his senses as soon as the bloody red female persona appears and talks to him. From here, you’ll go through a very thorough and well-designed tutorial. You will understand how the mechanics of the game works and it will give you a very good insight into how to save the first guest.



The idea behind this game is, to be frank with you, just brilliant. You will relive this incredible Saturday over and over again.  The gameplay itself is a point and click setup. The interesting aspect of the game is that you (the player) have to figure out how to save specific guests by literally spying from door keyholes and collecting unique items within the mansion.  This will give you access to different rooms in the mansion. As you successfully save guests, you’ll acquire their party masks, which will give your character additional skills, such as improved hearing, the ability to see ghosts, and more. However, you’ll need to bear in mind that after twelve hours, this interesting Saturday will start all over again. One of the tricks is to find clocks within the mansion and rewind them to become your next spawning point. The other trick is to carefully study the guests’ movements via the map display, where you can move the clock forward or backward to see where the guests were within the mansion.  

In regards to characters, you can’t miss the mansion employees; they wear this strange gas mask with a spade printed at the back of the head. It’s always good to spy on them, as you might learn something useful, such as passwords. You can spy through keyholes or hide in wardrobes to discover hidden doors or important tips.  

Let me say it up front, I love playing point and click adventure games and I’m pretty sure that The Sexy Brutale will become a classic - it probably already is! This is just a brilliant game.

Great graphics and the game runs very well. I really enjoy the soundtrack; it elevates the game to another level.


Positives

+ Great Graphics
+ Fun puzzles
+ Great concept
+ Achievements and trading cards

Negatives

- Where is my Sunday?!

Review Summary

Ain’t you a lucky fellow?! Not everyone receives an invitation to attend the Marquis’ yearly party at the Sexy Brutale Mansion! This year will be one to remember, over and over again!   

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Zeepond Rating: 9/10

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