C. Kane

The only problem about this game is... They are not selling the OST, and it can't be found in the game folder. The Music of this game is a Masterpiece, everyone should listen to it :D

C. Kane is an... interesting game to review. From a gameplay standpoint, the game stands. The RPG mechanics are clear, present, your party is small and every character has a decent amount of strengths and weaknesses (except Leland, who has no weakness), and the bosses have some interesting gimmicks at times. It's challenging, but never too insanely difficult -- I think I died once in the entire game while fighting the hidden end game boss. The game is only about two to three hours long if you choose to explore the world, less if you just run through. When it comes to writing and story, C. Kane is a love it or hate it. One thing that would DEFINITELY increase your enjoyment of the game is seeing the film Citizen Kane, as there are a few amazing references to the film and world. However, the writing occassionally gets a little flat, and just starts seeming weird for the sake of being weird. I wish there was a little more substance to the story, as I felt like it had potential that it d...

It's a game where you play as Charles Kane. Hence, it's the Citizen Kane of videogames by virtue of being a videogame based on Citizen Kane. That's the joke. However, even though this is a blatantly flippant joke game, it's tightly designed to achieve what it sets out to do without overstaying its welcome. The RPG gameplay is minimalist to the point of its own minimalism being a running gag. The world map is not only so tiny it fits in a single screen, the overworld music itself is a rap track about all the locations on the map (there's about 6). There are no random battles, and of course, the battle music has some vocals about wanting to fight some monsters. Acquiring better gear and expanding characters' spell and ability repertoire is stripped down to the bone, yet still satisfying. The small amount of battle situations that occur in the game's 2-3 hours have just enough variety and call for strategic planning - usually by exploiting elemental weaknesses or smart usage of stat debu...

The Citizen Kane of video games.

Since the dawn of time, man has asked the question: “What is the Citizen Kane of video games?” While some games out there try to be a groundbreaking title that affirms video games as an artistic medium, C Kane instead takes the themes and character of the classic film and repurposes them for a Japanese-styled RPG adventure. Built in the OHRRPGCE engine, C Kane is a rather old-school turn-based RPG. Most battles come down to attacking/healing/buffing/debuffing but are never mindless. The solution to each battle is usually very puzzlesque and figuring out the tricks to each enemy encounter is satisfying. The game is only 2 or 3 hours but has a satisfying arc of engaging in fights, discovering weaknesses, and leaning new abilities. There are no random encounters, only deliberate battles, and I think that's what pushes me over the line into recommending this game. The story is not really important. C Kane is a game that acts as a vehicle for jokes. The quality of those jokes is deba...

See Game, C. Kane, for a Good Time If you are looking for a short, cheap game that is loaded with satire, comedy, and a ton of cultural references, then this game is really for you. However, it isn't a perfect play...I loved the fresh music, but it can get repetitive after a while...I also didn't like the choice to make the game in monochrome...although I understood it as being a reference to the movie, Citizen Kane, it didn't make it less bland to look at. Also, some of the things in the game seemed to be nonsensical for the sake of being nonsensical rather than providing any sort of humor. Those smaller gripes aside, it is still worth a play for everybody looking for just a casual, fun game that doesn't take itself seriously...especially for a price less than a Mtn Duck soda!

Much can be argued about what makes an RPG an RPG, whether it's story-rich, battle-heavy, or fit with a cast of essentric characters (who all somehow get lumped into the category of hero, even though they may not wish to fall into that trap). C.Kane attempts to boil all of these RPG tropes down into a simple format and lean message about what actually constitutes the hero's journey and questions whether the hero is even really a hero. Charles Kane is just your average RPG hero, well, media mogul with an absentee father if you want to get technical, who goes around town and listens to the pleas of townsfolk who wish him to locate their junk for them. Along the way, he fights monsters and bosses, as that's the only way he can please the people. But as he journeys from one corner of a post-apocalyptic United States to another, he gradually comes face-to-face with the greatest moral questions that an RPG hero can face: Is he doing the right thing? C.Kane isn't just a game about killing m...

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A complete satire game of old 16-bit RPGs, with some Citizen Kane references included. It's worth it if you remember 16-bit RPGs from the Super Nintendo era. Maybe you won't get the jokes otherwise.

"Forty-nine thousand pixels of nothing but scenery and statues. I'm lonesome." - this dude Turn that frown upside down I'm yer rosebud, Huckleberry! literally the citizen kane of rpgs it has a talking shark and singing trees just like in the orsen welles film "Mr. Kane is finishing the review you started - he's writing a bad notice. I guess that'll show you." - este wey