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It is also 4€ on steam weeaboo sale.
Is it worth it ?
Is it worth it ?
It is also 4€ on steam weeaboo sale.
Is it worth it ?
It is also 4€ on steam weeaboo sale.
Is it worth it ?
It's a very compact game, when it comes to size of the world and number of quests. But it's very polished, has really nice 2d graphics and soundtrack. The fight system is really simple, I wouldn't mind a new Flashback made by the devs. The RPG elements are light, you unlock the upgrades through the whole plot. I though this would be a mediocre at best, but it's surprisingly good for a first game.
Apparently, the lead designer has passed away:
Dear all,
It is with great sadness that we announce that Jan Jirkovský, the lead designer of Dex, has recently passed away.
Jan was the visionary behind Dex, and his passion for cyberpunk and enthusiasm shaped the game into what it is today.
He will be sorely missed, and our hearts go out to his family and close ones.
https://www.facebook.com/Dreadlocks...61855.159167467481874/955888074476472/?type=3
Oh, and in the true spirit of Desu Ex, which the developer subtly hints as an inspiration with their choice of the name, the game ends with you choosing a press-a-button ending slideshow. Heh.
Oh, and in the true spirit of Desu Ex, which the developer subtly hints as an inspiration with their choice of the name, the game ends with you choosing a press-a-button ending slideshow. Heh.
You get a different ending if you make a different decision in a previous area.
Are there any other platformers as rpg as this? With quests, shops, npc, character development, etc?
Are there any other platformers as rpg as this? With quests, shops, npc, character development, etc?
Nope.
[...]Hacking is not bad. It's really hard at first, but becomes much easier if you train up your skill and buy programs. Like everything else in Dex, it's a system that is really simple to use.[...]
I admit I haven't seen many hacking minigames. The only other one I can remember is the one from the recent Shadowrun games, and I like the Dex hacking minigame better just because it's quick and easy. It fits the style of the game.I'd say it is pretty bad for what a hacking minigame strives to be.
What should a hacking minigame strive to be? I don't really know the answer to that.
They did a good job incentivizing platforming with optional quests & locations in spite of controls being bad, so it's not like they didn't understand the theory.
About the hacking, i had a really bad experience with it, that i already mentioned on page 2 or 3. There is a main quest mission, where you're supposed to navigate a quite large blackhole gauntlet that seemed just impossible until i turned down resolution for some reason (from 1366x768 to something smaller i think). It was weird. Keep it in mind before ragequitting. It didn't help there is no cheat to ignore blackholes (you can survive, but then the 'ship' is stuck)
What should a hacking minigame strive to be? I don't really know the answer to that.
Fun. That's all.
My point wasn't about it being easy nor difficult, but about the minigame being an Asteroids clone. It is boring and uninspired. You just float through space doing pew-pew-pew. In this very video you can see the guy taking pot-shots at the turrets, when they are off-screen.The video Beowulf posted (no offense, dude) is out of context with what hacking is like while you're playing the game. For example, it can become that much of a cakewalk, but it definitely doesn't start out that way. At first you can't do hacking at all, and when you first learn it it's hard as hell to hack anything beyond the first training course you run. As you dedicate more money and precious skill points to it you get better and better until eventually you can hack any system in the game with relative ease. That's not a bad thing.[...]
[...] Games abstract all the time, hell, the whole idea of abstracting fast-paced combat into turn-based tactics would be unthinkable otherwise. [...]
Are there any other platformers as rpg as this? With quests, shops, npc, character development, etc?
Nope.