Dex

You can feel the love that went into making it. It helps make the rough spots more forgivable, but they are still there. Combat is awkward and unsatisfying. However, the visuals are beautiful and the music is atmospheric and helps set the mood. The ending feels rushed and too much like Deus Ex, but the characters in the game are all fully voiced decently. The story is solidly mediocre. A lot of familiar cyberpunk themes are worked into something engaging but easy to nitpick. Pick it up when it's on sale, lower your expectations, and there is enjoyment to be had.

What I really liked about this game was: - music - really suits the "climate" - and if we speak about "climate" - for majority of the game it was great - dark, corpo owned etc. - a lot of lore items, that you could read (pity there were no audiobooks). What I really didn't like: 1) hacking 2) fighting. 3) lack of tutorials ad 1 - this strongly reminded me Shadowrun series. God, I hated it so much back then, And here it same, it has nothing to do with RPG, it's rather some "dexterity" repetitive element, that you need put a lot of time and resourcess into although you find no enjoyment in it at all. ad 2 - AI of enemies is terrible (like really really, they even do not know how to jump), resources are scarce, after short time it become frustrating. ad 3 - I don't like when game huide you by hand on every occasion but this game do not explain you almost nothing, and when you try to find i.e. controls you will get only basic ones. And then you need to search web. In general, most of the fun I had was in the first hours - when I was travelling around the city (or sewers), reading books, going to various places, doing quests. But then with repetitive fighting, repetitive hacking and story "erupting" in a quick manner I had less and less fun.

Dex captures the cyberpunk look and feel (and sound!) really well. I didn't run into major technical difficulties like other reviews report. However, being a small game developed by a small team, Dex inevitably has it shortcomings. Controls feel rather stiff and most game systems are underdeveloped. Hacking is probably the most fleshed out here and I think making it a shoot'em up mini game was a clever idea. But just as with combat, stealth and platforming the execution is only mediocre. Writing is mostly good with some exceptions. Like a receptionist giving out confidential information because "women must stick together"? Give me a break... All in all, I'd say Dex is a fairly priced game that I would recommend to fans of the setting. Just don't expect too much from it.

Unity phoning home causes overheating of junction of GPU to 104C. Fan whirred up to full speed, checked temperature immediately, it said 104C at Junction GPU. Have seen this in other Unity engine based games; was fixed when the developer disabled the unity phone home analytics/telemetry.

Disclaimer: I got this game for free. - Game mechanics are straightforward and easy to understand - Graphics are ok, for a small budget game - Cyberpunk atmosphere - Voice acting is ok, for a small budget game - Game rewards exploration - Character development is simple and offers enough variety I enjoyed the game and 13.69€ is a fair price for it.