Blacksad: Under the Skin

 Xbox One
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Nov 16, 2019
    7
    Blacksad: Under The Skin is avery interesting game that took me a little while to get into, first scene with the rhino that charges in the office is very cool, that leads on to some delicate choices to make on the investigation of the daughter of the leopard that died possibly by suicide. Its a crime scene that takes you on a great adventure that gives you 2 options to play it either theBlacksad: Under The Skin is avery interesting game that took me a little while to get into, first scene with the rhino that charges in the office is very cool, that leads on to some delicate choices to make on the investigation of the daughter of the leopard that died possibly by suicide. Its a crime scene that takes you on a great adventure that gives you 2 options to play it either the serious way or a more relaxed comedic way where your in for the laughs,to be honest with a few to many bugs that forced me to restart the missions a few times that hopefully will be sorted over time. The investigating aspect of the game is the best part with the strong personnalitys that the caracters have and some hard puzzles to help solve the crimes and very cool clues to keeps the game intriguing. Although you’ll have to do plenty of environment combing for documents and other clues, there’s no inventory. Instead, you’ll be told when you’ve gathered enough info to make at least one new deduction. Set in the 50 's in downtown New York it adds a great vibe and some awesome music to the approximate 10 hours needed to complete the game . There's a few bugs and glitches which should be ironed out in the 1st patch, but this game has a lot of potential, just missed the mark by a little repetitive questioning that relate to the crime and protagonists , enjoyable and fun and something worth looking into for your Xbox One library. Vey unique game to say the least.… Expand
  2. Age_Atomic
    Apr 7, 2020
    4
    As much as I enjoyed the story and the characters, which were both great, I can't score this more than a 4.

    This has to be the carelessly made, poorly optimised, ugly game I've played this generation. It's clearly wasn't QA'd properly before launch. Game crashing bugs, textures not rendering properly, out of sync audio, controls like a PS1 game, lazy puzzles and general waste of a great    As much as I enjoyed the story and the characters, which were both great, I can't score this more than a 4.

    This has to be the carelessly made, poorly optimised, ugly game I've played this generation. It's clearly wasn't QA'd properly before launch.

    Game crashing bugs, textures not rendering properly, out of sync audio, controls like a PS1 game, lazy puzzles and general waste of a great IP.

    Please, if there is another Blacksad game made. Give it to a developer that cares about the work they do.    … Expand

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69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. GameCritics
    Mar 9, 2020
    70
    It’s unfortunate that Blacksad: Under the Skin fell prey to these foibles because it offers a story worth seeing to the end, even if a lack of optimization gets in the way. With a little more technical polish, these great characters in a great setting will be able to shine.
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  2. Generación Xbox
    Jan 20, 2020
    70
    Blacksad: Under the Skin is a faithful adventure worthy of the excellent comic book on which it is based. Its great atmosphere together with some very interesting mechanics, result in an intriguing story, whose development is quite satisfactory.
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  3. XGN
    Jan 6, 2020
    65
    It might take a while to find your footing with Blacksad, but that's okay. The characters are charming and the story is interesting as well. Unfortunately the game doesn't control that well and the graphics are disappointing as well.
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