NOLA Is Burning

NOLA Is Burning

By Choice of Games LLC

  • Category: Games
  • Release Date: 2014-05-02
  • Current Version: 1.1.9
  • Adult Rating: 17+
  • File Size: 23.67 MB
  • Developer: Choice of Games LLC
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 11.0
Score: 3.73077
3.73077
From 26 Ratings

Description

Your boss, The Bull, the most dangerous gangster in New Orleans, has a job for you. Rescue your kidnapped lover--officially The Bull’s lover, but unofficially yours--before dawn. Slaughter everyone who stands in your way, including other gangsters, cops, and the Triad, as you slink across the underbelly of New Orleans. "NOLA Is Burning" is a blood-soaked interactive noir thriller where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and powered by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Will you outwit your enemies or take it to the mattresses with your trusty sawtooth? Will you earn respect as NOLA’s most infamous headcrusher, or will you retire to Mexico on a huge pile of cash? To be honest, you'll probably die. But in NOLA, death is just the beginning. • Make deals with the cops, a Voodoo priestess, the leader of the local Triad, or a fallen priest. • Mix old world magic and advanced technology in a fight to the death, and beyond. • More than 70,000 words of interactive fiction, 15,000 words on every run through the game.

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Reviews

  • Just plain awful

    1
    By TalisRaye
    The dialogue and attempt at lingo is cringey, the random cyborg leg is stupid, every character is a one-dimensional stereotype that isn’t even ironically funny, and exposition comes out of nowhere for no reason. The MC has little to no personality no matter what choices you make and the choices themselves don’t seem to actually affect anything. $2.99 is 3x too much for this crap. Hope this review keeps others from wasting their cash, excuse me, “juice” on this. Whoever wrote this should be ashamed it was published. Yes, that is mean.
  • Meh

    2
    By Jadennikki
    Love COG games but this has to be one of the worst ones Ive played over all. It was short, felt like the plot was bland, couldn't even connect to the characters, and I could barely get replays out of it. Honestly if it was free I wouldn't be mad but it just wasn't worth the price.
  • Payments and free things

    3
    By Łôgàñ
    I wish your games were free like they used to be. It was a lot more enjoyable than having to see “oops the free trial is over. Pay now or you can’t play anymore” it’s a shame and I really wanted to play the rest of this game but you make everything cost money
  • How can a game in which you can become a voodoo cyborg dragon be so bland

    3
    By Magic Kingdom Zeal
    Well, because the voodoo cyborg dragon route plays exactly like the plain voodoo route, the plain cyborg route, the bullet-shooting crucifix peg-leg route, and the demon route. Also because the hallucinatory barrage of text you just read follows a dead-serious gangster thriller. I can't tell if we're supposed to presume it's all a dying hallucination or what. What's the point of feeling remorse, feeling no remorse, wallowing in blood, avoiding conflict at every turn, etc. if it's just all going to end in a bizarre mishmash that sounds like a thirteen-year-old's ideal action sequence? Also, in order to get anything other than the Demon ending, you must choose first to go for the kneecaps when captured by the Pitt's men, then save the one choking on his sandwich. He will pass you drugs that will enable you to survive what follows. Having four out of five options locked behind a very specific sequence is... dubious game design. The good part is that you can select your gender, the Bull's, and the Bull's spouse, as well as what career you take up if you make it to Mexico - or decide to take the city instead. That was a satisfying ending. Additionally, the game subverts the usual Chinese-gangsters cliches in most amusing fashion. IF failure wasn't mandatory midgame (leading to the bizarre endgame), IF your behavioral choices made more difference endgame, and IF there wasn't that utterly jarring off-tone sequence in endgame, this would get five stars. Instead... uh... I rate it voodoo cyborg dragon/5. Judge whether or not you'll purchase this game accordingly.
  • Okay but not as enjoyable when it goes to second half

    3
    By Vincent Luong
    This is the second COG game I have played. I think this is not a must-play game. The story is kinds of strange at the second half and defiantly not as catchy as the beginning. It is okay to play with but there are other better options out there.
  • Amazing and replayable

    5
    By Pkboy567
    I've played this "game" over and over to try and get the best ending. I love these types of games and I love the replayability aspect you get from these types of games that you don't get from books or video games. There's something about the hybrid between the two that strikes a perfect balance.
  • Weird

    3
    By HiddenWolf23
    This game is just weird. I'm not used to stories like this.
  • Disappointing

    1
    By Abby Lizz
    I'm kind of regretting buying it, honestly. There are much, MUCH better COGs out there, and I would recommend most of them over this one any day.
  • Reasonable for publication

    3
    By Unidraconus
    This is another one of those app books that in the days of my youth would have been printed and picked up by me from the local library. It's good enough to be published and read and enjoyed but it is very basic. It's a bland story that lacks emotional connection to the reader and depth of character and atmosphere. Plus as with all choice games a short short ending. I didn't care enough to re-read the story but still have it for the next time I need a timer killer app to read. Ages 8-13 would enjoy this book more then most I think.
  • Scenario is Cool.

    2
    By TruckdriverButters
    The world is obviously thought out, a lot of characters even if they are all pretty unidimensional, I appreciate the Kubrick reference starting out, even if it feels out of place. But the thing is... The author is to in love with the scenario, some of the choices simply don't seem to matter, characters (dragon-lady) are just thrown in there and spout backstory for no reason and unasked, I hit the paywall and quit, so I don't know if the game gets really good after that. If you're looking for that Noir fix, this isn't it.

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