Blacksad: Under the Skin
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad! Based on the noir comic series by the same name. The game features a…
Blacksad: Under the Skin is an adventure developed by Pendulo Studios, released 5 November 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What Blacksad: Under the Skin is
Blacksad: Under the Skin is an adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and released in 2019. It was published by Maximum Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2018.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1950s New York, Joe Dunn, the owner of a humble boxing club is found hanged. At the same time, Robert Yale, his protege and greatest hope, is reported missing. Although overwhelmed by these terrible events, Joe Dunn’s daughter, Sonia, decides to continue working towards her father’s dreams: she takes over the boxing club and calls on John Blacksad to investigate this mysterious disappearance. It’s the eve of the fight of the year and the club, which is in serious financial difficulties, will not survive Robert’s withdrawal. The investigation will lead John Blacksad to the very heart of a world in which corruption reigns supreme.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Blacksad: Under the Skin holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 76 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 (3GHz) or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and AMD R7 260X / Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2 GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Blacksad: Under the Skin launched on 5 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds and Disco Elysium. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Blacksad: Under the Skin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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