![]() ![]() I also like uplink, and although I haven't played this yet I have a similar fear. I saw someone describe it as a "text adventure" with a Uplink-like interface, seems accurate. There's some nice 90s-00s references to "1337 culture", quotes never hurt anyone. You're left with some basic commands with minimal syntax and automagical binary exploits that are used to gate progress. They took the Uplink's take on the "hollywood hacker" but didn't bring the gameplay along with it. This isn't a sandbox like Uplink, there is no money, there are no banks to hack, there are no upgrades or gameplay choices to be made (at least from as far as I've got). Very basic tasks without much payoff beyond some story progression. I love Uplink and I'm a professional linux sysadmin but this game just feels like work. That branch ultimately leads back to the main path, though, joining CSEC, and not to a completely alternate ending. I like that alternate path, though - if you trace him back to his home computer and delete his x-server.sys he offers you a mission and when you complete it you get access to a new message board that's a little more freeform and some really cool mysterious hacking challenges. I've tried that encounter three or four times and nothing works. ![]() Even if you delete the logs first or visit his home computer before you remove that file (it's totally possible - and, confusingly, he has your stolen x-server.sys on his computer before he hacks in and takes it), no matter what you do or how fast you defend yourself he always gets in and deletes your x-server.sys. It's also useless against Naix, because I think that's a forced encounter. It executes a forkbomb (instant reboot) on any connected computer, so Vinny used it on a computer that he was connected to, and it instantly rebooted his system. It isn't really explained anywhere in game but it's meant to be run on your own home computer after running the "shell" command to defend against intruders.
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