![]() Most of these take the form of finding objects around Nicalis. Some of the people you meet give side quests that add variation to the standard fare of delivering packages. All of these people are individually voice acted and it’s surprising how much work has gone into this aspect of what is essentially a small indie game. ![]() Despite finding out he’s going to be an apprentice janitor android, he’s still excited for the chance to increase his social standing. He’s on his way to a better area of the town to start an apprenticeship. There’s a talking elevator that only wants to consume people and has gone on strike. There are lots of people to meet, from humans to androids. The conversations had with people dotted around the city are the most interesting parts of the game. He also gathers intel, provides waypoints and adds some light relief into Rania’s dismal situation. Camus, Rania’s canine AI companion, can deliver hints in a comedic manner similar to Doug from UP and acts like a moral compass. Do you take a suspiciously ticking box to its destination and potentially cause harm to innocent people, or drop it into a trash chute and anger Cloudpunk for not completing the delivery? All decisions have consequences that become apparent later into the story, even if any potential effects seem to be casually dismissed at first. Often these conversations present a moral dilemma. Cloudpunk won’t tell her what’s in the box, but sometimes the senders/recipients will do. Despite being told not to ask questions, that’s exactly what she does. Rania rarely knows what’s in the package, and many deliveries are illegal. Cloudpunk Review – What’s in the Box?Ĭloudpunk’s clients are very secretive. I rarely found this necessary, although third person did give a strange impression of the character moonwalking if the environment wasn’t quite lined up squarely with the direction of movement. While all driving takes place in third person, on foot the camera can be altered from third to first person. Rania’s HOVA vehicle can’t be abandoned wherever she pleases it has to be parked in a designated parking spot before she can get out to pick up/deliver packages. Not all your time is spent driving around. Talking and driving is obviously too dangerous, even for an illicit delivery service. The game doesn’t reveal the next location until Rania has finished her unskippable conversation with the dispatcher. If anything, you spend more time than necessary sitting around. Missions certainly never reach the frantic pressure of Crazy Taxi as they’re rarely timed. Despite the oppressive atmosphere of the city, the driving can actually be quite relaxing. A patch has since been released to address this and other pressing issues, and I never encountered the bug after this occasion.Īs a delivery driver, most of the game’s missions involve taking packages from A to B. The bug failed to appear the second time and I continued past the first mission. To prevent any issues further down the line, I restarted my game. The bug didn’t prevent story progression, but it seems I was lucky. ![]() The introductory conversation with her call handler began all over again and the mission was duplicated in her to-do list, but the mission can only be completed once. Her destination is a different area of the city, but on the way there the problems start to appear. After her gruff call handler introduces himself, Rania is dispatched to pick up her first package from Cloudpunk HQ. The mantra to get through the night is to complete deliveries and don’t ask questions!Ĭloudpunk Review – A Bleak City in the Sky Drivers are amongst the many people who are disappearing without trace. Throughout the city, traffic collisions between the many flying vehicles are becoming far more frequent. Unfortunately nobody expects her to survive her first night. Having moved to the city to escape crushing debt, she’s just trying to make ends meet. She’s a driver working her first night shift for illicit delivery service Cloudpunk. To add to the oppressive atmosphere, Nicalis is full of people down on their luck, like Rania. The many neon adverts and bright lights are the only contrast to the bleak grey void that surrounds the city. Maybe in the daylight it’d look a bit more inviting the game takes place on a night when it never stops raining. It’s a voxel metropolis of contrasts, with skyscrapers displaying vast wealth found not far from rundown slums. ![]() Nicalis is one of few remaining cities in the clouds. With Cyberpunk 2077 delayed yet again, are you looking for another futuristic dystopia to occupy your time? Ion Lands’ Cloudpunk might just be the game to fill that gap, albeit for a far shorter period of around 10-15 hours. ![]()
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