Song of Farca

 PC
Metascore
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
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  1. Multiplayer.it
    Aug 20, 2021
    72
    As a detective game, Song of Farca works quite well, with good mechanics and characters. It doesn't fly too high, and that's not a bad thing.

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  1. PublicNuisance
    May 26, 2023
    7
    Song of Farca was a bit of a roller coaster. I started out really not liking the main character of Izzy. She just got on my nerves being anSong of Farca was a bit of a roller coaster. I started out really not liking the main character of Izzy. She just got on my nerves being an idealistic idiot who criticizes people for things she does herself. There was no dialogue options available to me that made her more likeable to me. This started to change a little as the game went on and by the last chapter I’d say I had really made her into something I could be happy with. The last few missions of the game, about the last hour and a bit, are simply fantastic from a story standpoint including some great twists. That is despite me not liking any of the endings very much. I will also say some of the politics of the story seem forced and shoehorned in to make it seem relevant to real world issues without seeming genuine in the game world. Luckily the game play was pretty decent which made me ride out the early issues I had to make it through and see the game mature and grow. There were a lot of goods characters and the game blended humour and drama well. It also had a great cyberpunk type of atmosphere as well as having some good lore built up for the city and it’s history. There is a good amount of variety to the game in terms of mechanics. You have to use drones; bots; hack cameras; all in order to navigate levels and achieve various goals. You also have to know how and when to use pieces of evidence in order to advance conversations and gather more clues. This part was hit and miss as I found some times it felt like the answer was logical and others it felt like trying everything until you found the right combo of items or dialogue regardless of whether it made sense. You also have to figure out navigating vents as well as avoid people or make them go where you need them to in order to access things they were guarding. The game play was pretty intuitive and while simple to figure out there were some decently complex puzzles to solve. One mechanic I didn’t like was the passwords. The first few seemed to be pretty straightforward in terms of guessing them based on clues but after that it seemed to become more and more of a chore that I wasn’t enjoying. The music was well done but a bit repetitive. The art style was comfy and had good use of colour. The sound effects were also well done such as the dog and weather effects.

    I played Song of Farca on Linux. It never crashed and I didn’t notice any bugs or spelling errors. The game auto saves on exit and you only have one save slot that keeps overwriting itself. There are no graphics settings aside from choosing a resolution. Alt-Tab didn’t work.

    Graphics Engine: Unity
    Game Version Played: 1.0.2.15
    Disk Space Used: 1.9 GB

    Resolution: 2560*1440
    GPU Usage: 4-14%
    VRAM Usage: 336-400 MB
    CPU Usage: 2-5 %
    RAM Usage: 4.7-6.8 GB

    Overall Song of Farca is worth playing to me. It has it’s ups and downs but I enjoyed myself enough of the time to recommend it. I finished the story in nine hours and eleven minutes. I paid $22.79 CAD which I think was a fair price, if just barely.

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