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Iain Garner · · 5 min read

Go Kane review: one man’s fight to save his girlfriend, with drugs

I never wanted to be a drug dealer in the real world. The hours are too long and the risk is too high. But thank goodness for computer games, for through Go Kane I have found that there’s nothing more fun than drug-dealing. Go Kane is the latest game from India’s Supersike, and it feeds that drug-dealing hunger we pretend we don’t have.

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In Go Kane, you play the role of Kane, a drug dealer with a heart of gold. Well, maybe polished brass.

After his girlfriend is kidnapped and the kidnappers make their demands, it is up to Kane to get her back, using his magnificent drug dealing abilities. So prepare yourself for a wacky adventure as you attempt to make a fortune in a single night.

(See: Nintento will get you high and kill your kids)

More-ish gameplay

Go Kane’s gameplay is incredibly simple, but with surprising depth. The player controls whether or not Kane takes the drug deals offered to him by selecting either “take it” or “leave it” to the offers made. It’s the players’ job to get as much money as possible within the 25 turns allotted to them, and if you earn less than $125,000, then you fail, and your girlfriend disappears forever.

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Things are made more complicated by the police presence within the game. There are three types of drugs that Kane can peddle: plant, pill, and powder, with each drug type being more risky to sell than the last. Every time you reject a deal, the chance of police involvement increases, and if you are caught, the police will take half of your stash. There are some interesting policing policies in Kane’s universe!

Go Kane demands players balance greed, haste, and luck in a surprisingly addictive way, and it’s great fun, but alas, it’s also far from perfect.

”Unique” look and attitude

The first thing I noticed about Go Kane is its art-style. Go Kane looks like it was drawn by a confused ten-year-old with too much sugar and a bunch of crayons. It’s an odd choice for a game that revolves around drug dealing, but it suits the game’s style perfectly.

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Iain Garner

Iain is a blogger at our sister site, GamesinAsia.