You assume the mantle of a prominent hacktivist, ‘Data’, who recently got doxxed and has been targeted for blackmail by a shadowy branch of government.
You interact with the virtual environment through your home terminal that requires nothing more than your keyboard.
> HANG YOUR [H]AT
Will yo...
You assume the mantle of a prominent hacktivist, ‘Data’, who recently got doxxed and has been targeted for blackmail by a shadowy branch of government.
You interact with the virtual environment through your home terminal that requires nothing more than your keyboard.
> HANG YOUR [H]AT
Will you respect others’ privacy and bank accounts, or leave no stone unturned? Midnight Protocol allows you to play as the hacker you want to be. Help the police track down a rogue hacker, or blackmail a desperate husband trying to recover… dubious pictures. Gain black, grey, and white hat reputation to change the direction of the story based on your choices.
> I[M]MERSION OVERLOAD
Midnight Protocol’s design focuses on immersing you in a world of digital warfare without complicated hacking mechanics. Your keyboard is your weapon, type commands to eliminate or evade security programs, letting your keystrokes become part of the soundtrack.
> NICE [D]ECK
Cracking a digital safe or extracting classified data requires careful planning. Pay the troll toll, use digital jackhammers, cloaks, and daggers to combat cybersecurity. Buy new programs or hardware on the black market, and customize your deck to fit your playstyle.
> DI[S]TRACTIONS ABOUND
Take on dozens of sidequests filled with easter eggs and references, gather additional intel on your targets before you start a mission, and play some hacker chess to wind down. Midnight Protocol is jam-packed with optional missions, providing hours of additional content.
The game starts of fairly good, though not realistic in any way.
However as you progress, Sysops are introduced; these are essentially enemy players, with the same number of actions as you.
Sysops are supposed to have random movement and scan around to find you, meaning it takes away an action to scan.
However, while they do that sometimes, they seem to be psychic about where you are located.
Half the time they'd have no reason to know where the player is, they will ignore scanning completely and go STRAIGHT to the players location.
At a certain point, they added 2 sysops to a tiny system in a storyline mission, making it impossible to beat!
Another downside is that you can never go back to a system you've finished or failed.
That's not how computers work!
I do NOT recommend buying this.
If you want a good, fun and fair hacking experience, then buy Hacknet.
This is probably as close as we are going to see to a Sprawl Trilogy themed game. if you're a fan of old school cyberpunk and this game's spiritual predecessors, you'll probably love it.
I definitely can recommend buying that game. The sale price is quite a bargain for at least a couple of evenings with a good thrill playing this game.
It took me not too much effort to dive into the - in comparison - not so modern gameplay at first, since it's a round based game / story mostly played console-like. However, I caught on quick and was intrigued by the ideas the developers put into the design of both story and game.
If you are enjoying some strategic puzzles and decision making in you free time as well as some hinted ideologically questions about black, white or grey hacking and AI dont hesitate trying out .
