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Jazzpunk
Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving. Each mission has one central objective, but the player is free to explore the game world at their own pace, which is populated with a large number of interactive NPCs, each with their own action or gag. Mini-games, including mini-golf, a Frogger clone, and a version of Duck Hunt in which the player pelts cardboard ducks with slices of bread from a toaster, also feature prominently in the game's storyline.
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61 reviews found100
The A.V. Club
Feb 11, 2014
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Giant Bomb
Feb 7, 2014
It's a rare, but fantastic thing to find a game that feels like the result of a singular artistic vision. To find one that also happens to be a genuinely comic vision is like tripping over a unicorn. Playing Jazzpunk, from developer Necrophone Games, was like tripping over a unicorn who just happened to share my particular appreciations for goofy puns, technological ephemera, and Saul Bass. This is a clear and coherent vision of absolute nonsense, a work of pure absurdism glued together by a consistent, deadpan delivery and a perfectly curated visual style.
100
TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit
Feb 7, 2014
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Digital Trends
Feb 6, 2014
Necrophone Games does interactive comedy right in Jazzpunk, a surreal adventure in which the laughter is its own reward.” - Hilarious writing - Wonderful audiovisual presentation - A game unlike any other you’ve played - Repeating minigames feel out of place with so many one-hit jokes - Freeform gameplay isn’t for everyone Jazzpunk feels like the video game love child of an unholy union between Family Guy and Sun Ra.
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PC Gamer
Feb 6, 2014
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Eurogamer
Feb 10, 2014
This game made me laugh - not gently or under duress of slow realisation, but in staccato outbursts which alarmed and unsettled passers-by." The game's about two to three hours long, fairly linear, and the ending is exactly as silly as you would imagine.
90
Eurogamer Germany
Feb 10, 2014
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90
Edge Magazine
Feb 7, 2014
Games are so rarely funny by design, but Jazzpunk is much more than a funny videogame. It’s a comedy, and one that wouldn’t be possible – or anywhere near as powerful – in any other medium.
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Games(TM)
Feb 12, 2014
Anarchic, baffling, sometimes downright silly, and often inspired, Jazzpunk works tirelessly to make you laugh and gasp. The frequency with which you’ll do both is a testament to a bold new talent, and Necrophone Games deserves all the plaudits that will be thrown its way in the coming weeks.
90
Hyper Magazine
Apr 9, 2014
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