2023-10-26 10:30:08
I sat down for a while before starting to write this article, and thought a little regarding the fantasy world of cyberpunk, which represents a mixture of original art and modern civilization, seeking to integrate and enter the appropriate atmosphere for spreading words, and I came to the conclusion that this magical world holds a special place in the hearts of almost all of us. I cannot forget how excited the player community was when Cyberpunk 2077 was launched in 2020 and we immersed ourselves in that wonderful state of art that the game world presented. And if you are a fan of movies, congratulations to you, my friend, because you have enjoyed some wonderful works that will be immortalized in history, such as The Matrix, Total Recall, and of course Ryan Gosling’s masterpiece Blade Runner 2077, not to mention dozens of comics and animated films. It seems that almost everyone has had their fair share of the world of cyberpunk, so what regarding the smartphone users who sit in the far quiet corner waiting for the developers to bless them with a good game from time to time, and dreaming that their mobile platform will get its fair share of appreciation in light of the terrible developments in all… Smartphone components. Well it looks like they won’t have to protest, sign a petition, or look at their home console peers with envy when they see V wandering around Night City, thanks to the fantastic cyberpunk RPG: Cyberika. Cyberpunk game on mobile…a dream or is this a fantasy? It seems that developers have finally woken up from their slumber and a Russian studio called Keffir has succeeded in turning what was a dream recently into a reality that we can touch with our hands on our mobile devices. Cyberika is a cyberpunk MMORPG for mobile platforms that was released almost two years ago. The game is available on both Android and iOS operating systems and, impressively, it is completely free and does not cost players anything at all. Did the game succeed in providing a decent experience that closely mimics the world of cyberpunk on mobile phones? Can we call the graphical experience truly impressive or is it just a poor attempt to attract the largest number of users? They are all logical questions running in the minds of players and fears looming on the horizon, and they are all actually understandable, given that developing a mobile game set in the world of cyberpunk and carefully polishing it requires a great effort from the development team until it reaches the desired shape in the hands of players. Did the game succeed in that? Let’s see…a decent story, far from the usual clichés. Mobile phone games are constantly criticized for their superficiality and shallowness of their storytelling, and even the lack of a story at all in many cases, which is a trap that companies are almost forced to fall into because they are in the process of developing a decent game. It obtains users’ satisfaction, and making it free in the first place and of a decent size does not alienate players, thus making forced sacrifices, the sacrifice of which is the story in most games. Cyberika takes a different approach and makes an undeniable effort to deliver a decent cyberpunk story. You will take on the character of a mercenary in the year 2084. You are lucky enough to work for a microchip company called Makana Biotech, and then brain implants are installed in your brain, where the anthropomorphic “ghost” of the company’s late president appears and gives you the task of solving his murder! Yes, he died five years ago and it was portrayed as a suicide. If you solve his murder, he will release his consciousness from your mind and grant you untold riches, will you accept the mission? Will she succeed in achieving retribution and revealing the circumstances of his murder? All of these narrative lines gradually unfold in the game one by one. The game starts with a character creation screen with customization options that are certainly not diverse but certainly serve the purpose. When you receive your first mission, you will go to your apartment, and you will be given a tutorial on useful tools for your mission. The first-person perspective serves this part of the game well, giving you a full sense of the environment and interactable objects around you. What a lot of similarities to Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t it? A dazzling graphic experience and gameplay that takes the Fallout series as an example! All the typical cyberpunk aesthetics you’d expect are here. We’ve got a selection of some of the best 80s songs playing in the background of every scene. In a particularly inspiring move, each track and artist is rated as it is played. The game’s environments are unique and the world shows a creative artistic touch that only the blind can deny. Although some design aspects of the game world look somewhat similar, there is nothing tacky in the design at all. Note that the graphics level of smartphones is somewhat limited compared to home platforms and PCs. Developers have the required hardware, but they cannot simply launch because there is a large sector of players who own weak and medium phones that will not be able to support that level of graphics, and therefore it was necessary to provide Some kind of compromises on that aspect of the game. Gameplay is fairly satisfying, with a variety of equippable weapons at your disposal, whether combat is close-quarters or ranged melee. Adapting boosts to your character allows you to develop your attack strategy and skill tree. However, similar to its sci-fi predecessors in the Fallout series, most of the appeal here lies in the overall atmosphere, dialogue, and characters. Each NPC is designed with a specific style and dialogue. Although there aren’t a lot of choices in conversations, the focus on crafting each character with a different style is evident. The presence of minor flaws does not detract from the aesthetics of the experience. There are only a few holes in Cyberika’s cohesive experience. Firstly, while there are a fair amount of well-designed buildings and objects, they can be a bit sparse in some sections of the game. Some areas are fully equipped with glowing neon signs and interesting characters. While others unfortunately have large areas with a similar appearance that offer no visual addition. Other than that, my biggest complaint is the tedium of the crafting system. There are many things in your characters’ house that you can get using the in-game market, so what’s the point of searching? Not only do you need to collect different machines and objects to use them, but you also need resources to build and use them. When chasing in-game cash and currency (without using microtransaction options) is something you actually have to work on to advance your character and weapons, it ends up being more frustrating a lot of times. Of course, this may be modified by the developers in the near future, especially with many promises to add more content soon. Cyberika: A promising cyberpunk game “that smells like home consoles.” In general, Cyberika has managed to pack a lot of high-quality content into a game that seems “escaped” from home consoles. It is indeed an experience that deserves praise and criticism to be directed to its developers. However, there are many details that make this mobile game experience seem as if it is a huge project from one of the giant studios, but it is only a project from a studio that is still making its way to the global stage. I think that smartphone users are now in a better position than before, although their counterparts on home platforms have enjoyed the experience of the Phantom Liberty expansion, owners of mobile platforms now have a whiff of the cyberpunk world that they can brag regarding! And other mobile game development teams now have a compelling reason to wake up from hibernation and start new projects in the fascinating world of cyberpunk.
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