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Is >//:System.Hack worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want a cyberpunk RPG centered on hacking systems and upgrading technical abilities
- Simulation fans who prefer choosing between corporate employment, freelance work, and company management
- Players who enjoy repeatable procedural jobs alongside fixed story missions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear campaign may find the open-ended career structure and repeatable work too loose
- Players who prefer fixed character limits may not enjoy uncapped software and skill ratings
- Players looking for a purely combat-focused RPG may find its hacking, programming, and business systems too central
Our take on >//:System.Hack
The defining structure is an open-ended hacking career: dynamically generated jobs continue alongside story work, while income funds increasingly complex software, hardware, and professional choices.
What is >//:System.Hack?
Set in 2049, this simulation RPG follows a programmer entering a criminal hacking career.
Players design software by combining subroutines, improve skills, upgrade a cyberdeck with chips, and enter cyberspace to attack systems protected by hostile IC. Jobs include story missions, special operations, dynamically generated hacking work, bank robberies, and data theft. Career choices include working under a sponsor company with quotas and commissions, becoming a freelancer, or founding a company and hiring hackers. Money can fund better hardware and software or repay debts. Regular jobs scale with character growth, while story and special missions retain fixed difficulty. An Overwatch mode places the player alongside mercenaries, handling preparation and hacking support during criminal operations.
How >//:System.Hack plays
- 01Custom Program Building
- Programming tools allow multiple subroutines and negative elements to be combined into more complex hacking software.
- 02Cyberdeck Configuration
- Hardware upgrades and swappable chips change the avatar's cyberspace statistics, including stealth and resistance against IC.
- 03Flexible Career Paths
- The character can remain with a sponsor, work independently, or establish a company that employs other hackers.
- 04Generated Hacking Jobs
- Regular assignments are created dynamically and can continue indefinitely alongside story and special missions.
- 05Mercenary Support Runs
- Overwatch missions involve preparing operations and assisting a mercenary team during facility infiltrations.
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>//:System.Hack: platforms & release
Is >//:System.Hack worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want a cyberpunk RPG centered on hacking systems and upgrading technical abilities. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear campaign may find the open-ended career structure and repeatable work too loose.
Where can I download >//:System.Hack?
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What platforms is >//:System.Hack on?
Windows only.
