Blacksad: Under the Skin

 Switch
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
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  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Nov 18, 2019
    65
    Blacksad: Under the Skin is a true adaptation of the comic album series created by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido but delivers an overall frustrating experience due to technical issues.
  2. Nintendo Life
    Jan 7, 2020
    50
    Overall, Blacksad: Under the Skin is both a faithful adaptation and a frustrating example of modern adventure game pitfalls. Fans of the original comics will enjoy seeing Blacksad himself brought to life so accurately, but some inconsistent performances in the voiceover department and some frustratingly unresponsive controls make it a far less enjoyable experience. There’s a really intriguing mystery to unfold and solve, but with some technical problems and a little too much blurring for our liking, you’ll have to grit your teeth if you really want to crack this case on the go.

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 16 out of 24
  1. fubenalvo
    Dec 19, 2019
    2
    Worst quality Switch game I ever played, or probably I ever played in any platform. The switch version seems like a closed beta version. AsWorst quality Switch game I ever played, or probably I ever played in any platform. The switch version seems like a closed beta version. As its textures popping, sometimes there is no sound, graphical lags like huge FPS drops, but this is not the worst!
    There are several blocking issues. Now this is the third time I said this is it, it's over. I cannot go through at opened doors! I checked the walkthroughs, there are nothing I done worng. I restarted the game several time (which is loooong long time) but no luck.
    Before this, there was a time when I had to restart the game 8 times (which was around 10 minutes/round couse of unskippable cinematics, etc so Summ almost 1,5 hours) to make it load the next scene and not freeze out.

    Sooo its really sad, but I wish to never bought this game to switch. probably the other platform's version are much better. But this is just garbage, unusable garbage which didnt have real QA. I can belive, how nobody played this troughbefore release, which is unbelievable! And yeah... there is no refund on nintendo eShop. Great.

    So I finish the game on youtube. I only miss about 1 hour to complete, but I won't wait for the next patch which MAYBE will fix my problems. ...this is a joke. from the bad ones. If you want to play with it, buy it on another platform, couse the music, the story and the characters are quite ok.    … Full Review »
  2. Persephuck
    Sep 10, 2020
    2
    I cannot express through words how thoroughly disappointed and irritated I am with this game. It is LITERALLY unplayable. Textures won't everI cannot express through words how thoroughly disappointed and irritated I am with this game. It is LITERALLY unplayable. Textures won't ever fully load in or won't stay loaded in, the game lags constantly, there are glitches oozing from every pixel, it's very obviously unfinished, and this was AFTER the hour and 30 minute long update I had to sit through before starting. All of the cosmetics I could and did mostly ignore but what I could NOT ignore was the fact that I only made it 25% of the way through the game before it decided to lock up and keep me stranded in the boxing gym office area with no way to exit and with the only NPC up there banished to the dark realm. I restart just to find that my progress of TWO HOURS has been completely reset, and yes it had saved numerous times. I don't give it a complete 0 because the story was really captivating and the characters were likable. A shame the game part was utterly broken.… Full Review »
  3. jimmymc
    May 8, 2020
    6
    So, in the first 2 hours using the current patch (1.02) the game has crashed three times and glitched badly enough that I needed to close andSo, in the first 2 hours using the current patch (1.02) the game has crashed three times and glitched badly enough that I needed to close and reopen the game once. That’s really bad - worse than any game I’ve seen on the Switch by far.

    Aside from that, it’s often slow to transition between animations, loading times are fairly poor, and textures occasionally fail to load in.

    I’m giving it a 6 because despite all of those failures, there really is a gem of a game underneath all the bugs, and it’s one that I keep coming back despite all the aggravation those bugs cause.

    It’s quite beautiful when the graphics are working properly, the soundtrack is exceptional, the writing is excellent and the acting is decent. There’s a story and a world here that I absolutely adore. The gameplay mechanics are well thought through too. If it were less glitchy and better optimised, this could be a classic - and slow as the patches are, they’ve already announced the third one to be released so it is being worked on. If they can fix the game, this could be a 9/10 for me. As it stands, it’s impossible to recommend to someone unless they know exactly what kind if frustration awaits them. I hope they are able to fix it, because it really is worth fixing.    … Full Review »
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