Neuro

(NE Part 1) This title is from a bunch of Russian game developers that was never released in the West and explores the mind, flaws in governmental agencies, and the essence of human nature. This is a tall order for any artist or thinker to deal with, much less put it into an easy to digest and entertaining format like a video game. This game was made in 2006 and never translated to English, yet a couple of years ago a Taiwanese company got a hold of this game, went line by line translating exactly from Russian to English, and made this game run on a modern operating system. This is a miracle in video game form that not many people even know about. Enjoy! {Editors' Note: Huge shout out to Tehsnakerer on youtube for letting me know about this one. Check him out and show him some love because he is one of the few good ones left on that platform. And while you are there, tell him to get his blimey ass over to Rumble. Tell him I sent you} {Post Editors' Note Note: Give this game a chance, y'all. I know the voicework and the delivery of every spoken word of dialogue is painful but trust me, this is solid gold.}

(NE Part 2) James Graveson is the character we are inhabiting for the entirety of this game. You can judge him how you wish, but he is an idiot. A low IQ simpleton with the rank of Psi-Fighter in "The Bureau." I'm going to assume the Brueau is the space feds. Craig Richards is the cocksure and arrogant superior officer that is leading James by the nose (sort of because he needs that and partially because James is a combat trained warrior in his own right). He might not admit it, but Craig is glad to have James with him.

(NE Part 3) Ramone is a slippery bastard, and with a list of crimes a mile long, it is better to deal with him some kind of way than let him walk free. Time to stop screwing around and take him down. {Editors' Note: I know the voices of the characters are just so weird, just deal with it. English is probably these voice actors' third language and they are translating from Russian. This will pay off, I assure you.}

(NE Part 4) Getting a hold of Ramone's financial trial to freeze his assets seemed like a longshot when Craig mentioned it, but he has a man on the inside to help us out with that. He owes Craig a favor so he is calling that favor in now. Who knew it would be this simple? I would think Ramone would have covered his tracks a little better, but I guess not.

(NE Part 5) Hi, Craig's ex! How are you? Hope all is well. {Editors' Note: I apologize for dying so much. This game is much more difficult than it looks like to play. It's really clunky and slow, and the gameplay is about as janky as the dialogue.}

(NE Part 6) If she finds out you are on the run from the Mafia and the police at the same time, and she not only is ok with it but she helps you, just marry her. She's a keeper. (Editor's Note: This game is way more difficult than I was lead to believe. Either that or I am getting worse at video games.}

(NE Part 7) I would like to mention how great the companion A.I. is in this game. There are a lot of games with a way bigger budget and development team that do this part of gameplay worse. It is such a boost to the quality of the game and the feeling of it to have a companion that just does what they are supposed to do without you having to babysit them. Huge plus.

(NE Part 8) Well, that ended in a fiery explosion. That happens sometimes. Move on quickly before you are consumed by the flames, too.

(NE Part 9) I need another take for that one. So Craig sold us out and got Kate killed in the process. Now what?

(NE Part 10) Kate is gone, Craig is a backstabber, and a huge shipment of chemical weapons is being offloaded to a criminal. If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.