Datascape

Инди-головоломка с элементами исследования, где игрок погружается в цифровой мир, решая задачи и открывая секреты. Плюсы: Захватывающий визуальный стиль — яркие неоновые локации и креативный дизайн уровней; Интуитивное управление — легко освоить базовые механики; Разнообразие головоломок — каждая задача уникальна и требует логического мышления. Минусы: Ограниченное количество уровней — игра может быть пройдена за короткое время; Некоторые головоломки могут показаться сложными — требуют много попыток для решения; Повторяемость механик — некоторые задачи могут показаться однообразными. Итог: понравится любителям логических головоломок и креативных игровых миров — впечатляет визуалом и разнообразием задач. Может разочаровать из-за краткости и повторяемости игровых механик.

"Datascape" is one of those hacker sim games, but this one gleefully discards any attempt at realism to go with a "Tron fan-fiction" meets "Cyberpunk fan-fiction" theme that's really off putting and unengaging. And that fits really well with the very weak gameplay, which is really off putting and unengaging. What do you do in the game? Trivial minigame stuff with various imaginary "hacker" tools at cringe level, and clicking through badly written cyberpunk fan-fiction writing. The graphics here are particularly awful, really ugly minimalist 2D nonsense, so bad that it actually stands out as one of the worst looking games on Steam. Quite an accomplishment. It's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. On the important matter of pricing and value for gamers, there's a lot going on here with monetisation, so this really shouldn't be considered a truly free product because of that. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $5 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. They also have their hand out for a $8 USD "donation" for this as you're expected to give them money from buying empty DLC from Steam... digital panhandling. Like the homeless guys who splash dirty water on your windscreen at the traffic lights. No thanks. Even as a free game, this couldn't find an audience. With a peak of [b]only 9 players[/b], it's clear the Steam community took one look and walked away. They literally couldn't pay people to spend time playing this. Since free games don't contribute to your game collector badge and other profile stuff, is this a worthwhile addition to your Steam library? Nope. There's no up front cost here, but I still feel like I got ripped off, and I didn't even spend any money. That's how bad this is.