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Genre: cyberpunk point & click adventure game;

Release date: 21-May-2015 ;

Overview:

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Story:

The year 2087 is upon us — a future where genetic engineering is the norm, the addictive Trance has replaced almost any need for human interaction, and an omnipresent AI named Central powers the city. Its all-seeing CEL police force keeps tabs on everyone, including three people who are about to meet their maker.

Charlie Regis, an agent of the city’s all-seeing secret police, finds himself blackmailed with the lives of his unborn children. Pushed to the limits by his deceit and his past, how far is he willing to go to save his legacy?
Latha Sesame, a jobless agoraphobe addicted to the Trance, has become targeted for assassination. Without knowing who to trust, she must face the dangers of “meatspace” and survive a fate that has invisibly ruled her entire life.
Max Lao, a tech-savvy case officer who joined CEL to forget her criminal past. Now she finds herself torn between two loyalties. When she’s asked to apprehend her best friend and partner, she must choose to follow her friend or the law.

As these three struggle to save themselves, they will soon discover a string of conspiracies that threatens not only their lives, but everything they think they know.

The dystopian world envisioned in this game contains things that I'm sure will happen in real life in the future, which is both scary and... no, it's just scary. The point-and-click part is pretty OK, meaning the objects are rarely hard to find. The game is pretty light in moon logic ("twisted logic that seems tailor-made to frustrates you" - urbandictionary.com) and I only got stuck really badly a few times. Even if it looks dated, this is a modern game with good artwork, story, and some interesting characters.

Rating: I for one welcome our new AI overlord!

Article date: 20-Jun-2017

Sci-Fi

Cyberpunk

Adventure

Point-and-Click

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