Jack Move Reviews

Great cyberpunk turn-based RPG. My only complaint is that it left me wanting more!

Overall a short (<10h) and slightly boring single party member rpg. Despite being set in a dystopian world the game feels way too cozy. And the turn based battles are too repetitive to be interesting. The pixelart is pretty good at times, especially the animations. And the german translation ist sehr gut und oftmals richtig witzig. But that doesn't save it from being boring.

The little athmospheric game, with beatiful pixelart, good soundtrack, interesting plot. Great for deck. Love/recommend it.

Presentation. is. everything! I very much enjoyed this game. The music is boppin, the art is kinda cute (I'm not big on pixel art generally, but it's done well!), the animations are fluid and great. The writing is so hammy that it's adorable, everybody is talking like 90's hackers. Very much plays up the corniness of cyberpunk, and it's goofy enough that it works. Any time it tries to get emotional it's eye-rolling, but it's not a big deal. As a game though? It's pretty unimpressive. It does very little to differentiate the gameplay of a jrpg. It only has 2 gameplay hooks to sell: the eponymous Jack Move, your super move that your super meter builds, is pretty bare-bones. It does a little 3-move d-pad rhythm minigame, and then does a big bout of damage in one of the 4 damage types. And your RAM loadout. You can only have a few skills equipped at a time, and you have to either spend a turn swapping them out in combat, or do so out of combat. And you can upgrade how much RAM you have with in-game currency. Kinda interesting, but I never had to use it much until the very final dungeon. Every other game mechanic is pretty bog-standard for an RPG. Which is, acceptable, not every game can push boundaries. The great presentation can make the lackluster gameplay acceptable. But I was left a bit wanting. The only real COMPLAINT I can have about the gameplay is that several sidequests feature items people give you, but there is no inventory to view these items, only the actual capital-i Items you use in combat. This made completing a few quests confusing because I would talk to someone, realize a few minutes later that I already had the item they needed, and need to go run around to find them again. The game's short, so this wasn't an enduring problem, but it was a minor annoyance.

excellent jrpg with a cyberpunk flare to it. I do wish the overworld screen was in widescreen though. with how small the sprites are, it makes it a little hard to see. besides that I adore this game.