NORCO

 PC
Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Edge Magazine
    Mar 24, 2022
    70
    The sense of having travelled somewhere that games have never taken us before. [Issue#370, p.116]
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  1. Eurogamer
    Mar 30, 2022
    Norco is a beautiful, surprising, human, and utterly magnetic debut. [Eurogamer Recommended]
  2. Polygon
    Apr 14, 2022
    Norco ends on a visceral note that will speak to Louisiana’s staunch hangers-on, but also to anyone seeking a beautiful, oppressive, and ultimately hopeful story. The past and future compound, and my reaction was unbridled. As I heaved and sobbed over my computer screen, I thought once again about faith — the kind it takes to stay here. If you don’t understand that faith, Norco may very well convince you.
  3. Vice
    Mar 31, 2022
    The strangest curveballs make sense here, and these moments of utter plain future hellscape are punctuated by strange moments of beauty.

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#93 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 66
  3. Negative: 13 out of 66
  1. t_bone
    Apr 28, 2022
    10
    Stellar: a must buy. Seriously, get it.

    Pros: - graphics are beautiful - story is.... amazingly thought provoking. There's so much to    Stellar: a must buy. Seriously, get it.

    Pros:
    - graphics are beautiful
    - story is.... amazingly thought provoking. There's so much to talk about, so many ideas that it deals with intelligently, that just throwing them out here would do you a disservice. Seriously: the game speaks for itself. And beautifully so! My translation of it's ideas would just be muddying things.
    - minigames are fun.
    - the amount of side-missions that you can stumble into are really neat and range from hilarious to depressing.
    - a lot of earnestly funny moments

    Cons:
    - too short
    - not meant for people who want a lot of fast-paced action, or dislike reading
    - not a game for people who don't like stories or complex narratives
    - the ending is very philosophical and interesting, but as the reviews show, it can definitely go over some people's heads.    … Full Review »
  2. bancandrei
    Apr 25, 2022
    4
    This one is overrated. Yes the writing is pretty good, at least not banal, at least in the beginning. But I had no fun with it. The atmosphereThis one is overrated. Yes the writing is pretty good, at least not banal, at least in the beginning. But I had no fun with it. The atmosphere was good enough, but the story was not.… Full Review »
  3. Yallmae
    Apr 15, 2022
    9
    For me the best Writing since Disco Elysium. If you enjoy great writing/Story in Videogames thats must buy.
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