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Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure...EventsCAAD review
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CAAD review

Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure... · published 25 Jun 2025, 14:16 UTC

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Encounter was reviewed in the issue 68 of the spanish magazine CAAD ("Magazine for adventurers").

This issue dives deep into Encounter, first with an interview/analysis from page 26 to 33 that unveils the game's origins and how it was built, then with a detailed review spanning pages 110 to 113.

The game received a 9/10 "Very Good" score, with the following conclusion:

Dbug has managed to extract the maximum from this story, enhancing it with everything needed to make it unique and squeezing every bit of potential out of the Oric, possibly creating the best adventure for this system.
  • Atmosphere: 9
  • Gameplay: 9
  • Graphics: 9
  • Story: 7
  • Difficulty: 8
  • Sound: 9


If you are interested, you can get the magazine in digital or physical form on the CAAD website

Also, the game will be 75% off during the Summer Sales starting tomorrow, that should make it at less than 1 euro/usd/pound, so if you were looking for a short and non stressful retro game that's one possibility for you!

And if you liked the game, please leave a review, I would really like to pass that mythical 10+ review threshold!

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