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To Hell With The Ugly

88% positive of 134 Steam reviews

Released: 2023
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by La Poule Noire, ARTE France. Published by ARTE France.

About the game

To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.

Tagged by players

Noir
Detective
Conspiracy
Turn-Based Combat
Interactive Fiction
Investigation
Point & Click
Dark Humor
Capitalism
Comedy
Stylized
Puzzle

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
absolutely bizarre, love the investigation, hate the ending, love the message, hate the himbo, very nice game both the art and the limited controls
3.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Well, hello, good adaptation of a book and not of a movie for once! Not that I've read Vian's original novel, but I went ahead and skimmed through it. Naturally, the English translation (which according to Vian's mystification would be a backwards translation of a French translation of a novel by an American author Vernon Sullivan), par ce que mon Francais n'est pas si fantastique. My brief familiarisation with the…
3.4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I was excited when this game went on sale as I was very intrigued by the animation style, unfortunately it did not live up to expectations. If you are looking for a game with a similar story arc and gameplay I highly recommend playing Unforeseen Incidents instead Cons: - The English written dialogue had a considerable amount of grammatical mistakes, and was just odd and clunky at times, which not only took you out…
4 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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