Review - Citizen Slipper made me fall in love with cyberpunk again

The Citizen Slipper is a small indie gem that you must recover, especially if you have a cyberpunk problem.

If you think about it Cyberpunk, As a gamer, you can immediately think of a title developed in Poland, characterized by the main presence of fluorescent yellow and unforgivable bugs. With its launch Cyberpunk 2077What was supposed to be a love letter for a board game of the same name and a whole narrative vein had the opposite effect, hurting everything and everyone. Especially cyberpunk, which now seems to have reached the point of no return to manyWhich simply It is limited to quotationism and excessive violence.

Review – Citizen Slipper has made me fall in love with ordinary cyberpunk again

We have The Ascent has tried and reviewed such a gameA very interesting and disgusting headline, where you will shoot your opponent with increasingly complex and sci-fi weapons. It’s an explosion A title that, while tied to cyberpunk, uses it as a mere frame of an isometric genocide. Nothing problematic or it will in any way affect the perception of the neon giant’s title, which we have largely promoted. But the suspicion really began to grow inside me: is cyberpunk over? Then I played Citizen Slipper, and I got high hopes back.

Citizen Slipper’s plot

I accidentally came across the Citizen Slipper, One of the many searches in the chaotic maze of the Steam store, where unforgettable products, baby checks and scams are endlessly alternated. Having a penchant for science fiction, boasting of a relatively large collection of cyberpunk songs (Philip K. Dick is my favorite author), and reading irresistibly positive community reviews, I decided to try the title. A few hours after my request, the game arrives, I started it with a bit of a skepticism. Which quickly disappears.

Developed the video game Jump over the edge And published by Companion Puts one of us in the shoes SlipperA human consciousness transfers the whole of a worker Robotic. Awareness is the rest from the horrific and traumatic transition, the hardware is owned by the corporation that made you. You belong to them andYour only goal is to pay off your debts by workingUntilObsolescence Does not prevail and it is decided that proceeding with scraping and recycling is more economically advantageous.

Maze and dice

From the point of view of gameplay, we come across a formula HybridThose who catch fish with both hands Table games. In fact, every day, in our opinion ConditionAs obsolescence has advanced and you may or may not have paid for food, we are waking up with a new cycle. Dice from 1 to 6. Based on the work we do using dice, we will be able to get a result Negative, Neutral o Positive. The more dice there are, the more we will be able to get away with it without breaking anything, and perhaps collect some very valuable chips, the accepted bargaining chips from all over the world.I.. An interesting formula for inserting Dell Chaos in our cycle, does not disappoint us in any way.

The goal is to move forward, make a name for ourselves, make money and not be noticed by the corporation because we work for a purpose other than mere physical labor. That idea is interesting Many actions and reactions are performed with a timer, Which is filled from cycle to cycle, and for which we must be prepared if we do not want to experience unpleasant situations. E.g. To pay the bills of a corrupt agentAnd then A killer is ready for arrival Came to kill us personally.

Feelings in space

Citizen Slipper, despite not having a production on Triple and not being proud of the 200-person studio behind the project It immerses me in the story of the first second. The Graphics While it is absolutely delightful and able to run on virtually any platform, despite the very accessible minimum requirements, it provides a general feeling of great quality. Eyes simple but refined, dark and light color without cloning periodically, Design Among the characters edited by designer Guillaume Singelin, very interesting, the game interface is intuitive and the general outlook is fantastic.

Absolutely amazing then the soundtrack of the game. The accompanying background is accurate at every moment, and it further enhances the quality of an unforgettable product. Amos Roddy’s music is really catchy, and can cause anxiety when we wait for the results of a roll of the dice or take us to another level while exploring the hidden web of the eye.

Some errors

AlsoItalian absence And the truth is that we’re faced with a task that, for the very least, for good or for bad, the game has no major flaws. However, it should be emphasized that, at a certain point in the adventure, it is possible to find one Serum Rather than allowing us to stop obsolescence, and thus always be able to be extremely fit and have a very high dice at the beginning of each cycle. Although the cost is not particularly low, this possibility exists It alleviates some of the fears and anxieties you feel in the first hour of playWhere we feel cursed fragility and fear of dying at any moment.

A pleasant awakening

Citizen Slipper A breath of fresh air, enriching the world of video games and cyberpunk storytelling. The authors realize, perhaps more than others, that cyberpunk clich নয়s are not the message, but the only means by which fluorescent neon and cybernetic odors can slam the message into our mouths. Not to mention future problems, But millions of people each day bring to life bloody true stories close to what they feel on their skin, the title is more substance than form. And it manages to reflect on me My present fear, not the fear of a possible future that I never see.

We will meet many characters who will ask us for help, who will offer us work or who will find us Versatile, profound and believable. Even without recorded conversations, but the text sft through many walls, the joy of discovery continues. The events are never told educationally, Everything flows biologically, without useless explanation. And also the inevitable and necessary fetching quests that usually carry even the best RPGs, are performed quickly with dice here, in interaction.

And so caring for a little girl when her dad breaks her back in search of an intergalactic passage, with just 2 clicks and a few dialogues, is incredibly more touching, intimate and memorable than blowing up criminals ’dormitories via adrenaline-pumping FPS. Session and very violent. From a strictly humorous point of view it is certain that the second option is richer, but it is correct to point out: How a story is told, what it means and how it is told. And Citizen Slipper does it efficiently. Now I really want a sequel …