Cloudpunk gog full#
There's even a hint of Douglas Adams, with a few explicit (if niche) references to the Hitchhiker books, and one job in particular about a tower full of androids that poked a bit of fun at bureaucracy while layering in some jokes about robot logic. Story characters tend to have sad stories, but a lot of one-off side characters are there just for a gentle joke. Tonally, it charts a narrow and difficult course between depicting a cruel hypercapitalist future, and being a place that's enjoyable to inhabit. That story isn't outstanding, but it's been interesting enough to keep me invested. It's very much about the story and the strangely cozy ambience of the world. This is not a survival game, nor a simulation. Fuel and repairs quickly become affordable even if you're a careless driver, and food is rarely necessary. You can kit out your car if you like, and the flat you almost never visit, but my natural stinginess mostly took precedent. Occasionally work will take you to exclusive, or plain abandoned areas with their own culture.ĭespite the worrisome talk of debt collectors and how harsh life in the city is, Rania doesn't have much in the way of expenses. The story has got me curious, which is impressive given that the city is such a draw. I invariably run off into the hills in most games, but in Cloudpunk I've gone straight after the next delivery, after the next conversation with the next person.
But I've not even explored much, which now that I think of it is surprising.
Cloudpunk gog free#
Some of these can be used to repair lifts, opening up another little pedestrian area or convenient shortcut, while others are used in the one-off side jobs you can pick up by talking to certain NPCs.Ī photo tour would be wonderful, although slightly tricky as the free camera mode only works when you're stationary. Anywhere you can park will have places to buy food and cosmetic items, as well as a handful of other items, and bits of junk lying about on the street. There's a feeling too that the city is absolutely enormous beyond the level you're able to reach as a mostly regular person. Though the highways give a speed boost and there are regular traffic routes, there's nothing stopping you taking shortcuts or flying between or through back alleys and over rooftops, or under bridges, or often both. The whole city (minus some areas that are restricted to residents in general within the fiction, although you briefly visit several) is open to you. Pedestrian bits are all separate islands, but some are a delight to walk around. It's an absolutely marvellous place, and a joy to wander around even if there aren't all that many ways to interact with it. When you're walking, the trains shunt by, the advertising blimps drift along, and occasionally police hovercars will rush overhead. When you're driving above it the foot traffic goes on.
There are lifts and horizontal transport pads staffed by little operator robots (I assume), and they move about whether you're using them or not. Humans and androids alike wander the streets, traffic hums and glows above and below and in the far distance. Their zoomed out perspective, a little uncomfortable at first, puts you at a perfect distance to see the gorgeous city and its multiple, endlessly moving layers, and papers over the cracks of the voxelly graphical style. That's all you'll be doing, and it's a testament to how fantastic the city is that this is enough, however little it sounds on paper.
Cloudpunk gog android#
Android characters tend to be more likeable than the humans. You'll park your cab and head off on foot to collect each package, then head back, and fly off to your destination. It's really as simple as driving from A to B for the most part. You'll drive your flying car around the city, taking orders remotely from a man referred to as Control.
Cloudpunk gog driver#
You play as Rania, a young woman who's just arrived in Nivalis, the one megacity in a far, far future, to work as a delivery driver for an illicit organisation called Cloudpunk. Again, that's not to criticise the characters or story. It's because Cloudpunk is such an enjoyable place to visit that the idea of more of it is very tempting. But that's not because I think it's not good enough. If I wanted to be cruel, I'd say it could have been a lot more than it is, too. It could have been a miserably realistic sisyphean chore. It could have been far too lightweight or by-the-numbers. It could have taken itself far too seriously. Publisher: Ion Lands, Maple Whispering Ltd Release: Out nowĬloudpunk could have been a lot of things, many of them disappointing.
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