What saves Dex is the actually gameplay stuff, which is a lot of fun, and more challenging than I was expecting. Sounds like the devs get a white girl to fake a Chinese accent? Way uncool :- #PS4share /UOIze1wuSQ I apologise if the voice actor was actually Chinese – she’s just not good at annunciating for animated dialogue in that case, but if what I suspect is true, and it really was an accent thrown on by a non-Chinese actor, that nonsense is boardering on racism, so stereotypical as it is. Her English sounded like a white girl was trying to put on a “funny” Chinese accent. The nerd buddy that you meet early on manages to sound like a irritating cliché, and, worse, I bumped into a Chinese restaurant owner who gave me a side quest. Some of the other voice actors are just stilted, but, but others verge on insult. It flows well enough in delivery, but with its lack for depth it is more akin to a trashy page turner you’ll grab to get through a long flight than something that will genuinely get you thinking.Īnd I’d be remiss if I didn’t highlight that the voice acting is embarrassing, protagonist aside. Dex, meanwhile, is adult in a less satirical manner, but otherwise in a similar manner that South Park is it’s adult for the teenagers who think they’re being edgy by watching something adult, but it’s a juvenile kind of adult that’s actually not that mature at all.Ĭharacters are quite flat, and often actual stereotypes, and the plot doesn’t push or question. The thing is, The Technomancer was also incredibly adult, that game is genuinely adult, and it tackles brutally difficult topics around morality, philosophy, and wraps it up in an uncompromisingly violent cyberpunk world. Second hand porn is a quite common ‘reward’, too. I guess what it lacks in monetary value it makes up for in the security it provides. I admit that I did laugh out loud the first time I picked up some loot to discover that it was condoms. As a theme, though, it’s pretty adult stuff. No, you don’t see anything going on, though doing so seems to help you get information out of her that way that helps you complete a side quest. About an hour in you get your first opportunity to pay for the sexual services of a prostitute. From there you should basically know the drill she completes sidequests for the destitute residents of a city that is the very vision of misery, while working through a main plot that involves corrupt power brokers exploiting everyone else for their own ends. Luckily she has a bunch of rogue-types to help her out, and she’s quite the capable fighter in her own right. This ability has made our hero a wanted lady. This girl, we discover soon enough, is also able to drop into and out of cyberspace with a mere thought, which is quite powerful, as most others need to jack their way in via a terminal. there’s a bunch of agents coming to arrest our titular hero before some allies guide her out. As mentioned, this is a 2D platformer/ RPG, which kicks off not unlike the Matrix did – i.e. Well I wont be using my loot on that guy. ![]() And now it’s going to sound like I’m insulting Dex when I say it plays things very safe. As long as the game is playable, I’d rather it shoot for the stars and miss than play it safe. So far, so good.īut The Technomancer was almighty in vision and ambition and if I could fault it, it’s that its ambition was never going to be achievable by a team the size that took it on. It’s also got a cool female protagonist, and a killer soundtrack. This is a 2D platformer/ RPG that makes good use of neon colours juxtaposed against crumbling architecture and slums to deliver the kind of decaying glamour and technological energy that characterises cyberpunk so frequently. Related reading: The other cyberpunk RPG Matt played this week (and reviewed) was The Technomancer.ĭex, on the other hand, looks lovely. It’s just that it’s about as unattractive as it is intelligent in other words, it’s your university professor. And, as a cyberpunk fan I was very happy with The Technomancer, which, for all the negative press it has been getting, is actually a really intelligent game. As a fan of cyberpunk, I’m happy with that. So, I got to review two cyberpunk games in one week.
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