Gamedec

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This article is about the video game. For the short story collection that inspired it, see Marcin Przybyłek § GAMEDEC Saga.
Gamedec
Gamedec steam store cover screenshot.png
Developer(s)Anshar Studios
Publisher(s)Anshar Publishing
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseSeptember 16, 2021
Genre(s)Adventure, Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gamedec is an indie point-and-click adventure role-playing video game published by Anshar Publishing and released for Windows on September 16, 2021. The game takes place in Warsaw and features a cyberpunk universe and themes of film noir, tech noir, and transhumanism. Players control a "game detective" or "gamedec" and participate in solving mysteries related to virtual-reality games, collecting clues and making deductions in order to drive the story forward.

Gameplay[]

Gamedec features a protagonist with customizable appearance and background.[1] The player may choose from a variety of starting personalities which influence their beginning number of points in each of the game's four personality categories. These points, earnable through dialogue choices,[2] may be spent on skill tree nodes which will enable new dialogue options when interacting with the game's characters and various scripted events.[3] Dialogue choices are permanent, as are "deductions", which are a core element of the game's progression system – players are presented with irreversible choices based on optional evidence, where the number of choices is fixed for each deduction, but the choices' availability is determined by progression.[4] In this system it is possible for a player to select an answer without having examined the entire field of clues or unlocking every answer available, yet the story will continue regardless.[5]

Premise[]

The game is based on a collection of short stories by Polish science-fiction author Marcin Przybyłek, which portray the adventures of a "gamedec"—short for "game detective"—a private detective tasked with solving mysteries related to a variety of full-sensory-immersive virtual reality games.[4]

Reception[]

Gamedec has received mixed reception from online critics, currently featuring a 72 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic.[11] PC Gamer described it as "A cybersleuth RPG that wastes its great premise.", citing bugs and "inconsistencies" as part of the criticism[3] and Rock Paper Shotgun noted that the translation and in-universe terminology can make the dialogue difficult to process at times.[12] Tom's Guide called it "… a fun and engaging decision-driven RPG", hailing its positive aspects as being "decisions that matter", "beautiful art design" and "plenty of replayability".[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Morton, Lauren (2021-07-02). "Cyberpunk detective RPG Gamedec shows off branch-y investigations". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  2. ^ Daro, Catherine (2020-11-17). "Gamedec Dev Diary Shows off Character Creation". GameSpace.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Brown, Fraser (2021-09-16). "Gamedec review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. ^ a b Macgregor, Jody (2020-09-11). "Gamedec aims to be cyberpunk Disco Elysium". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  5. ^ Erskine, Donovan (2021-09-16). "Gamedec review: Cyberpunk P.I." Shacknews. Retrieved 2021-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Gamedec for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Erskine, Donovan (16 September 2021). "Gamedec review: Cyberpunk P.I." Shacknews. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ Bowling, Audra (25 September 2021). "Gamedec". . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  9. ^ Tekaia, Pascal (4 November 2021). "Gamedec Review". . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  10. ^ Brown, Fraser (16 September 2021). "Gamedec review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Gamedec". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  12. ^ Khee Hoon Chan (2021-09-16). "Gamedec review: a great cyberpunk concept undone by a bloated script". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  13. ^ Palmer, Jordan (2021-09-16). "Gamedec review". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 2021-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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