I was a little worried Norco wouldn’t be very much fun.

Serious is fine, of course.

But beyond Norco’s initial, slightly po-faced outer layer is something odd and adventurous.

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A playful spirit bouncing off its sharply political straight-edge.

Norco review

Still, it takes some time to draw that out.

The premise here is a world of industrial, environmental, and societal decay.

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At times, Norco is a little overwritten.

And Norco also hits with far more of its metaphorical flourishes than it misses.

Playing through it is completely and totally engrossing.

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But it’s also utterly earned.

It’s striking, surprising, novel.

It’s nothing less than extraordinarily beautiful.

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