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Watch me interrogate a teenage perv in cyberpunk detect ‘em up GamedecI swear, officer, we only had a few bubblegum flavoured vodkas
I swear, officer, we only had a few bubblegum flavoured vodkas
For the week that’s in it, and this week has huge gaming digi-ventPAX-X-EGXin it,Gamedechas a free demo for you to try. Which I have, in several times.Gamedecis, y’see, a) a detective game that is b) a text heavy RPG without combat and c) offers multiple routes to solutions. As a Venn diagram of my interests, it’s almost a perfect circle (although it does have a futuristicBlade Runner-y cyberpunk setting. I can’t have everything).
In Gamedec’s world, people spend most of their time inside very advanced video games called virtualiums, in expensive chairs and suits that give you all over haptic feedback and suck all your wee out so you can stay in for days. The ideal! Except obviously, other aspects of life have moved online as well, includingcrime. That’s where you, a gamedec, come in. You’re a game detective. You solve cybercrime. And in this casecybercrime. Eyebrows eyebrows.
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You can choose from several builds that affect what clues you’re able to pick up, and how. I played through a couple of times to test this and it really did make a difference. The Infotainer, for example, is basically an influencer. You know loads about brands and are more charming. But you could also be a Scalpel, who’s got more medical knowledge. My favourite was as a Glazier, a cool hacker type who was better at working with machines and computers. Which, you know, seemed a sensible life skill for a gamedec.
Timmy has an emotional state, and you can choose to be either good cop or bad cop. Being friendly will unlock different secrets to being cold and pushing him to be scared instead of relaxed. It’s a cool system, and one that actually requires you to pay attention. You can also see the different options you might have had if you’d chosen a different character build.
My approach in the video above is just one option. You’llalsohave different things to ask about if you investigate the office a bit first. And, if you don’t get enough info out of Timmy, there’s a woman that they brought into the game with them who’s stuck as well. You might be able to bring her back to reality, or ask her questions in virtual reality.
