If you want to get me invested in a dialogue-heavy game, there's worse ways to do it than invoking Monkey Island's insult battles. Techno Banter, freshly launched on Steam and GOG from Berlin-based indie outfit Dexai Arts does all that and a bag of chips, riffing off the man-about-town adventuring of the Yakuza series, and channelling the weird, rough-edged universe of Bojack Horseman. Hell of a mix for a game about being a humble Berlin techno club doorman.
Techno Banter is a first-person RPG about Nill, a burly dog-headed guy, back working as the bouncer for the Green Door club after being fired from a cushy corporate security gig. Each night, he stumbles out of his shitty apartment to spend some time chatting with the locals on the streets of alt-universe Berlin before you begin your nightly battle of wills against a procession of would-be club patrons. Eye them up, assess their vibe, and let them through if they seem legit. Or try to turn them away, which initiates a multi-choice battle of banter.
