An honest game with a lot of charm and a good-ol' dark and gritty cyberpunk atmosphere. You can see the love for the genre in what the dev team did here. Even the story and the characters manage to get gripping and interesting, despite relying on 1-2 cypunk cliche's that many of us have gotten used to. (The fact that the characters grew on me and made me care about them should be proof enough.^^) Gameplay is quite versatile, and lets you choose different paths for tackling most quests. There were a few minuses I could not overlook, though: * Ranged combat is a tad shoddy, and ultimately forces the player to rely on high HP and healing items while shooting baddies. There's little room for strategy here. ** The ending scene seemed a bit rushed. *** If you're the type of player who explores every nook and corner on sight, you might end up solving certain quests by accident before they even show up in your log. (e.g. casually walking into a guarded place and hacking the pc, which HAPPENS to be the key to a quest you unlock muuuch later). I wish the game could let the players fool around with the optional stuff, but still prevent them from spoiling the flow of the main quest. The above three are all that stopped me from giving it 5 stars. I'm still giving this game a 2nd run. Hope to see more such 2D goodness from this team!!
