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The Big Con
76 Score
Adventure

The Big Con

Mighty Yell  /  August 31, 2021  /  Rated Unrated

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Released

2021

Publisher

Mighty Yell

Time to beat

~4 hrs

Community

212

Hustle through the 90s in THE BIG CON, an adventure game where you’re an awkward teen hustling to save her family video store from gangsters.
Play as Ali, a high school junior gone AWOL from band camp to seek revenge on the loan sharks that threaten her mom’s video store. (Fighting with your mom is YOUR job. No one else gets to do that.) Maybe you’ll profit from the latest collectible plushie craze, and make an interesting friend or two along the way.A Con-Artist Adventure GameSneak around, wear disguises (and too much plaid…), pickpocket, solve puzzles, and rip people off to save the day as you and con your way across a weird and funny America.Hustle Your Way Through the 90sPlay as Ali, a teen con artist in the 1990s, on a journey to save her family video store from loan sharks.A Coming-of-Age ComedyFight with your mom, be awkward, seek revenge, invest in some quality collectibles (they’re bound to pay off later, right?), and make an interesting friend or two along the way.FEATURES Narrative adventure game with puzzles and open exploration
Pickpocket, sneak, wear disguises, and con people
Talk your way into deals, hearts and trouble
Meet NPCs from all walks of life, rip them off, and sometimes help them if you feel like it
Call home and argue with your mom
Ride the Hormipillar as much as you want
Made by a crew of devs with credits ranging from Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Jill Murray), to Jazzpunk (Dan Rodrigues), Guacamelee 2 (Saffron Aurora, George Degenkamp) and Runbow (Dave Proctor)

The Big Con is an adventure game developed by Mighty Yell and published by Skybound Games. It was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on August 31, 2021. A Nintendo Switch version was released on June 1, 2022. Versions for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were released on August 31, 2023. Set in the 1990s, the game follows Ali, a teenager who works at a video rental store owned by Linda, her mother. After learning that her mother owes $97,342.18 to loan sharks, she meets Ted, a con artist. They travel across the United States, earning money to save Linda's store. The Windows version of The Big Con received favorable reviews, while the Xbox Series X/S version received mixed reviews.

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