Hack, link, and shoot in a fast-paced top-down cyberpunk shooter. Create devastating chain reactions to outwit enemies, break records and save your childhood mentor from a ruthless syndicate
I'm the composer and I think I did a pretty good job.
I enjoyed my time with it to a point I did most of the side objectives but don’t expect anything groundbreaking. Hacking is a little bit clunky and requires getting used to it. Sometimes it makes things interesting and fun and sometimes it’s easier and faster to ignore it and run’n’gun. When it comes to action Deadwire might look like Hotline Miami...
I'm really enjoying the game so far. The enemies are fun to fight. They are unpredictable, deadly and there's a good variety of them. The hacking puzzles might look simple on paper, but quite a few of them made me stop and think. I know the game is mainly about hacking, but when a level has a banger soundtrack, you just can't help but go in guns blazing....
Wasn't expecting to care so much about the characters and story in an action shooter thing, but it's actually quite the package! The hacking system is a great addition to the Hotline Miami style gameplay, with fun moments like frying groups of gangsters with a well-timed laser or crashing into them through a wall with a runaway car.
Also, there's a...
Great game. The linking mechanik feels really good and motivates to try out different combos. This combined with the soundtrack creates a good flow, played for an hour and it feeld like 10 minutes.