What a shocking display of honesty and fairness! What a novel concept! Likewise, although this game does apparently have a DLC called “City Of Ghosts”, it actually seems to be a proper “expansion pack” DLC with extra missions, story, characters etc… rather than a lazy cash-grab. Yes, you actually have to get in-game currency by playing the game. All of the main characters get a reasonable amount of character development as the story progresses too. Likewise, “Control” is an intriguing – and mildly mysterious character too. from her pet robotic dog called Camus, who serves as both her conscience and as comedic relief ( a little bit like a certain robot from “ Dreamfall: Chapters: The Final Cut” (2017) ). Rania comes across as a realistic person, who gradually becomes more weary, cynical and morally-ambiguous as she acclimatises to living in Nivalis. For example, if you’re a fan of the classic sci-fi sitcom “Red Dwarf”, a mission involving a company staffed by androids ( whose human CEO went on a business trip a… very… long time ago) and another one involving a very… rhythmic… artificial heart will certainly make you grin. As well as a wealth of background details ( from NPC dialogue, background announcements, item descriptions etc…), there are also a few fun – but subtle – sci-fi references scattered throughout the world too. Seriously, whilst the amount of world-building in this game doesn’t quite reach “role-playing game” levels, it’s fairly close and – by the end – you’ll probably be fairly immersed in the setting. It is a game that is more about giving you a “slice of life” in this complex futuristic cyberpunk city than anything else. You get a lot of delivery missions and virtually all of them include lots of well-written conversations, either over the radio or with other characters. She is assigned an absolute rust-bucket of a “HOVA” – a flying car – and greeted by a friendly old man over the intercom.Īlthough there is… sort of… a main plot – taking inspiration from games like “ System Shock” (1994) and “ Deus Ex” (2000) – the game’s story is much more about the characters, world and side-plots than anything else. She ends up working for “Cloudpunk” a semi-legal delivery service that is famed for not asking questions. You play as Rania, a woman from the Eastern Peninsula who had to flee to Nivalis in order to escape debt collectors. Set in the distant future, the game takes place in the ultra-tall cyberpunk mega-city of Nivalis. Given some of the economic themes in the game, it’s reassuringly consistent that the developers didn’t just restrict it to people with the latest and most expensive tech 🙂Īnyway, let’s take a look at “Cloudpunk” 🙂 This review may contain SPOILERS. If I had to guess, maybe 10-30FPS) and still looked reasonably decent too. Plus, despite my computer’s Intel HD 2500 integrated graphics being below the “minimum system requirements”, I was delighted to find that the game had the option to use a 640 x 480 resolution 🙂 And, with several other graphical settings turned down a lot, the game ran at a playable speed ( not exactly “a buttery 60FPS”, but still playable.
Seriously, it has been way too long since I last played a game that was in the cyberpunk genre 🙂
Since it had been briefly reduced to a little under seven quid and, like a much older game called “Crime Cities” (2000), it seemed like a playable version of the awesome flying car segments from one of the best films ever made – “Blade Runner” (1982) – buying a copy was an absolute no-brainer. Although I’d heard of “Cloudpunk” when it was released a couple of years ago, I’d almost forgotten about it until a DRM-Free edition of it appeared on GOG back in February. Well, I thought that I’d take a day off from horror games to review an interesting cyberpunk sci-fi game called “Cloudpunk” (2020) that ended up completely distracting me from playing “Painkiller” (2004) for about three evenings.
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