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Blues and Bullets

Eliot Ness, the former leader of the legendary Untouchables, wished only to spend the rest of his days working in his diner, not dwelling too much on the cesspit of corruption his city, Santa Esperanza, had…

71 22 July 2015

Blues and Bullets is an adventure developed by A Crowd of Monsters, released 22 July 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Blues and Bullets is

Blues and Bullets is an adventure game developed by A Crowd of Monsters and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Eliot Ness (voiced by Doug Cockle) is the agent who jailed gangster Al Capone. In this new episodic game, Ness is a retired cop who runs a diner called Blues and Bullets. One day someone tells him that Al Capone needs his help to find his kidnapped granddaughter. His former nemesis is the only man he trusts to get her back.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Blues and Bullets holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 4 GB RAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it launched against

Blues and Bullets launched on 22 July 2015, within three weeks of Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, N++ (NPLUSPLUS) and God of War III: Remastered. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, N++ (NPLUSPLUS), God of War III: Remastered.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Blues and Bullets — frequently asked questions

When did Blues and Bullets come out?
Blues and Bullets was released on 22 July 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Blues and Bullets?
At minimum, Blues and Bullets needs 4 GB RAM, 4 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Blues and Bullets?
The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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