<s>
Norco	B-Device
is	O
a	O
2022	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Geography	O
of	O
Robots	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Raw	O
Fury	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
released	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
in	O
May	O
and	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
in	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
version	O
of	O
Norco	B-Device
,	O
Louisiana	O
,	O
and	O
follows	O
Kay	O
,	O
a	O
woman	O
who	O
has	O
returned	O
home	O
after	O
her	O
mother	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norco	B-Device
received	O
several	O
award	O
nominations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
version	O
of	O
Norco	B-Device
,	O
a	O
town	O
in	O
Louisiana	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
other	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
state	O
around	O
New	O
Orleans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
Kay	O
,	O
a	O
woman	O
who	O
has	O
returned	O
to	O
Norco	B-Device
after	O
her	O
mother	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuts	O
spent	O
his	O
childhood	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
his	O
later	O
life	O
in	O
Norco	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growing	O
up	O
,	O
Yuts	O
was	O
"	O
frightened	O
yet	O
transfixed	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
landscape	O
in	O
and	O
around	O
Norco	B-Device
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
shaped	O
by	O
the	O
petroleum	O
industry	O
and	O
hosts	O
a	O
major	O
Shell	O
facility	O
which	O
has	O
twice	O
experienced	O
catastrophic	O
explosions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
multimedia	O
project	O
was	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
robot	O
attempts	O
to	O
enter	O
a	O
refinery	O
in	O
Norco	B-Device
;	O
this	O
game	O
became	O
Norco	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
earliest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuts	O
has	O
said	O
Norco	B-Device
will	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
influences	O
on	O
Norco	B-Device
include	O
the	O
games	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
and	O
Snatcher	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuts	O
was	O
also	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
fictional	O
city	O
Midgar	O
from	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuts	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
New	O
Orleans	O
doing	O
GIS	B-Application
work	O
,	O
has	O
cited	O
Mike	O
Davis	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
have	O
compared	O
Norco	B-Device
to	O
Disco	B-Application
Elysium	I-Application
,	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Kentucky	B-Application
Route	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Tapsell	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
written	O
for	O
Eurogamer	O
criticized	O
Norco	B-Device
as	O
"	O
overwritten	O
,	O
in	O
places	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
Kentucky	B-Application
Route	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
or	O
Disco	B-Application
Elysium	I-Application
could	O
be	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Vice	O
,	O
Cameron	O
Kunzelman	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
having	O
also	O
achieved	O
the	O
"	O
great	O
accomplishment	O
"	O
of	O
Kentucky	B-Application
Route	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
and	O
Disco	B-Application
Elysium	I-Application
:	O
their	O
creation	O
of	O
"	O
lived-in	O
worlds	O
where	O
people	O
tried	O
to	O
make	O
do	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuts	O
views	O
comparisons	O
to	O
between	O
Norco	B-Device
and	O
Kentucky	B-Application
Route	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
as	O
fair	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
sees	O
Norco	B-Device
"	O
as	O
very	O
different	O
mechanically	O
,	O
thematically	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexis	O
Ong	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
grouped	O
Norco	B-Device
,	O
Kentucky	B-Application
Route	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Night	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Woods	I-Application
in	O
a	O
"	O
small	O
but	O
vital	O
group	O
of	O
hyperlocal	O
narrative-driven	O
point-and-click	O
games	O
"	O
which	O
emphasize	O
economic	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norco	B-Device
won	O
the	O
inaugural	O
Tribeca	O
Games	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
2021	O
Tribeca	O
Film	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
and	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
included	O
Norco	B-Device
on	O
their	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
of	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
