Cyber Manhunt: New World Reviews

CM2 builds on the strengths of CM, with some quality-of-life improvements (not having to copy *every single detail* into the SQL and Cracker apps, eg), some excellent storytelling with off-platform optional objectives (the separate downloadable game brought me to tears), and the return of some fantastic characters like Ashley, Aogesi, and Van. Not to mention the unstintingly realistic portrayal of modern-day digital dangers. Even the dreaded mini games have been somewhat improved. They're less of a complete slog (though the final battle was my least favorite part, and the instructions are still terribly confusing). The hacking and social engineering aspects of the game have seen a boost since CM as well, and I really enjoyed the sound design. Overall, this game gets a 9/10 from me, with a little boost from CM3 being teased in the final chapter. Looking forward to seeing what else this studio releases.

Total playtime around 10-12 hours for 0-5 chapters. The searching method is getting boring as usual but developer did add new method to increase the feeling to become a hacker. erm, it do some typing and some little feeling about typing simple command. Overall, i still prefer and recommend this game for interesting storeline, puzzle and fun. Existing story is complete to me and hopefully next series will focus on new story.

10/10 would recomend for any Puzzle game enthusiast Personal Note: Finished the Tutorial after 20 hours.... coincidentaly same time as i finished the game

It's super fun, sometimes kind of daunting, but still a good time. Don't feel bad if you gotta use a walkthrough.

(This Review contains no spoilers for any games mentioned) So, I just played the last chapter of this game after waiting for it for MONTHS, and I don't think it was worth the wait on its own. Don't get me wrong, the entire game as a package is incredible, but I think that the last chapter doesn't do anything to meaningfully up the ante in terms of gameplay nor in terms of self-contained plot events. Seeing the end of the story that I've been following for over a year now is very gratifying, but it seems like the ending got much more of the focus of development compared to Chapter 5. Overall: What I love about the game is that it will sometimes have a convincing emulation of what it's like to conduct OSiNT, with strategies from Cyber Manhunt (both of them) helping me in my real life research and mild cyber-stalking (don't act like you don't do it, too). However, between those moments of down-to-earth effectiveness is depictions of hacking fit for a CSI episode. Every single minigame is cartoonish and breaks the flow of investigation most of the time, even the ones that take place post-investigation are so tonally incongruent that it takes me out of the mindset of a 'master hacker' and into "what does the game want me to do to progress". In terms of difficulty, I am terrible at puzzle games, and usually I resort to using a guide to do it for me, but I thought that Cyber Manhunt 2 was decently well paced (aside from chapter 5, which was way too easy), and that the gradual introduction and removal of mechanics was well done. However, I will preface this with the fact that I did play Cyber Manhunt 1 first, and I watched a streamer play the first chapter of 2 before I played either, which gave me an idea of how the game expected you to interact with it. Now, here's the somewhat icky bits: The translation of this game is significantly better than the first (the phrase "artificial retard" comes to mind), though it does still get in the way of comprehension in some areas. Despite being an L2 speaker, I've been using English in my day-to-day life for over 10 years, and I will still get tripped up by the translation in some places. I can imagine someone less comfortable with English (much less Chinese) and struggle with this game because of that. As well, the voice quality is definitely not the greatest. I absolutely love the voice of Van, but that's not because he's doing a good job. There also seem to be some AI voices in the mix, the two that I can think of are the voice of AdminX and the ending newscaster, as they say things in a way that, just, no human would. I personally do not like generative AI, as a musician and programmer, and there are much better ways to get a 'robotic' performance than to use a robot. After playing the first couple of chapters of Cyber Manhunt 2, I played Orwell during the wait for chapters 4 & 5, and I think that it's the perfect game to compare against. In many ways, it's a proto-Cyber Manhunt, with a less expansive cast and with less mechanics that each do more. In comparison to Orwell, I think that Cyber Manhunt 2 improves a lot in the core gameplay loop of investigating and finding the truth. I also love how Cyber Manhunt's chapters have their own self-contained stories with their own characters, with these small stories interconnecting to form a massive web of connections to comb through. However, it's very hard to get attached to the characters because they only show up for one, maybe two stories. Of the characters the player comes to form a connection with, it seems like they have a forcefield that nothing bad can penetrate. Meanwhile in Orwell (no spoilers), you follow the same group of characters for the entire story, and if something bad were to happen to one of them, it would feel devastating. Devastation is not what I ever felt while playing Cyber Manhunt 2, it was at most sadness or a dispassionate "oh well that's not good". It might seem like I hate this game, but no, I just like it so much that I want to see the devs improve for whatever lies beyond, as long as it's not fucking Cyber Manhunt 3 because it feels like this shit is done to death. Just let Him rest, Aluba, His story is over.

Great story, easy to use functions, it could get boring if u get stuck in one place, however simply lovely game.

Surprisingly dark and touching story that had me captivated throughout. Very fun gameplay though a little frustrating at times

This game is genuinely fantastic. It is just like the first one, but they have found a way to make it even more immersive. This game gets a hell yeah from me

Great game. After playing Wandering Sword, I decided to play another one of this company's games. I have really enjoyed both games. This one is very thought provoking. It is a hacking simulator game with an excellent plot. I think of the chapters (which there are 5) as being short stories about how AI can affect our lives with an overarching story that ties them all together. The content for these stories can be heavy, so be warned. Some of the stories can be pretty depressing, but the story as a whole is about hope in the midst of a changing world.

Its the best game i ever played so far..story line interesting, immersive experience and also the cute cat ;) Looking forward for part 3 if there's any, I definitely will buy!!!!