I’ll be honest, I didn’t know much about Mexican history prior to trying out the Steam demo for Mexico 1921: A Deep Slumber, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
My knowledge of the country’s history was largely limited to that bit in Red Dead Redemption that sees Bill Williamson decide to go running to Javier Escuella, and stuff I’d read on Wikipedia about the cultural impact of luchador El Santo. I thought the game’s art style looked interesting, and so I delved in.
Coming out of it, I still hadn’t managed to absorb much about Mexican history in the early 20th century, aside from the names of some people and groups. What I had done was parachuted into the shoes of a detective, who – it’s fair to say – was quite ticked off about the recent assassination of president Álvaro Obregón. Perhaps it was the mysterious circumstances surrounding the affair, or the myriad strings of post-revolutionary Mexico’s political sphere that solving it could involve tugging at. Maybe he was just a bit annoyed to have – as a very serious man – been rendered in an endearingly cartoony form.
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