Hacker Evolution Duality Reviews

A hacking game where you hack computers by repeating the same several actions and their associated minigames over and over and over and over.

Let's take a look at a simple mission in the open world. You can choose your target to attack, then choose whether to hack into it or damage it (that takes like two clicks). If you were lucky, you will take victim's money and buy some +stats. Now you may choose your next target to attack. After a few attacks, everyone attacks you and tear you down. In the single player, there's a little more to do, but there could be really more content!

I wanted to give my opinions on why Hacker Duality has so many negative reviews. I personally like the game and appreciate it for what it is. Clearly the developers wanted to try something new. Let's face it the Hacker Evolution formula is rather old and hasn't changed at all really since the very first classic Hacker game. I believe HED simply just didn't find a demographic to market to and that one of any significant size doesn't exist at all. Yes, whether a game is good or bad is subjective and as a result to rate a game good or bad relies on an average consensus. I believe HED is a rare instance where the conensus is wrong and I will explain why. HED was marketed toward hacking game enthusiasts and considering the fan following exosyphen had already most buyers of HED would have to be fans of previous HE games. They probably expected a game that was at least similar in gameplay to previous HE games. HED is not. It is a hacking game, yes, but it is so vastly different from previous entries that it caused dissapointment for the vast majority of buyers. It doesn't help that HED is much more complicated in scope compared to previous Hacker games. This also would of scared away anyone new to the genre. With that being said, I find the game to be highly rewarding once you understand it. Is the game hard? Sure, but that's ok because it is fast. In game theory there is this thing called balance which is important. Take Super Meat Boy and maybe Dark Souls for example. Most people would be put off from a game that has you dying over and over again but it's ok as long as there is something else that balances those failures. Super Meat Boy has short levels and fast level restarts. Dark Souls balances with rewards. HED balances with smooth, fast missions. IS HED fun? It is for me. I enjoy it. It is challenging but not impossible. I appreciate the new GUI interfaces while keeping still keeping consle commands(by the way, if you can't complete the Hacker Bootcamp, you overlooked the console). At first I was not so crazy about the mini games but then I realized if I had a choice between waiting minutes doing nothing for a password to crack or playing a minigame that brought much faster results, which would I rather? The mini games take away any boring downtime. You are never waiting for any significant length of time for anything to finish. You are constantly engaged and time is of the essence. Knowing you need to keep moving provides a rush. You need to make quick decisions. HED isn''t just a hacker game; it is a hacker game, a puzzle game and a strategy game all in one. I "know" it is fun. Either I am right or I am crazy. I believe the developers knew it was fun before they released it and simply marketed it to the wrong people.

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I’m a sucker for hacking games, yet another reason I swooped this one up when it was on sale…and have constantly regretted it. The worst part is there’s nothing inherently wrong that this game does other than just being derivative and generic. It tries to accomplish what Uplink did and with an admittedly better interface…but just comes off as uninteresting and kinda boring. I mean, I’m not even sure exactly how else to put it. You’re doing the same thing over and over again, which is what you’re doing in most hacking games, but this one doesn’t seem to be as lively or interesting as other hacking games, so…yeah. I guess it’s hard to explain exactly WHAT is wrong with it, but it just comes off as boring.

I bought this game really cheap, but free is the only fair price for it. It is really bad. First of all it starts on my second display which is my TV, took a while to realize it. Second, there is a bug where you can't read messages (gives some file not found error), apparently the dev knows about this since Jan or Feb or something and it still isn't fixed. There's a dude that posted some workaround with converting mp3 files to ogg and changing some text files around to make it work, this way you can actually read mission objectives. The game it is kind of crap, it is not very intuitive what you need to do, in fact in the tutorial the AI hacked me down to 0 firewall and 0 integrity and I had no idea what would I need to do to counter it. Don't be mistaken by the name the game has nothing to do with actual hacking or IT skills, it's just a theme, so it's not about me not knowing what a computer is (I do, working since 15 years in IT). I know now it's a rather old game and it's not a big financial loss to try it, but if I knew what I know now I wouldn't have paid even 1 euro for it. Angry birds is more fun and an actual game that works compared to this (I don't play angry birds, never undestood the fascination, it's a really stupid game).

This game is absolute garbage. It's not "open world" and it sure isn't full of amazing anything. I'm sure you're thinking "Oh man this looks just like Uplink!" and you would be right it does LOOK like Uplink which suckered me into buying this hunk of digital crap. This game is nothing like Uplink and is utterly disappointing to play.

Basically the same level of gameplay as a free flash game. If you want a fun Hollywood-style hacking sim, ignore this one and grab Uplink instead.

I played the first Hacker Evolution and I loved it. So when I heard that there was going to be a sequel, I jumped at the chance to purchase it! However, this game has little to recommend it, and doesn't much resemble the original at all. The original made you feel like an actual hacker, typing commands into a console. This game is a GUI based point-and-click. You don't get the feel of being a hacker that you might expect from the title. Not only that, but the gameplay is boring, and a lot of the tools at your disposal are arbitrarily difficult to use, and the time limit placed on you just makes things stressful and not fun when the tools take almost as long or longer than the time allotted to you. Do not buy.

Uplink, the 12-year old "hacking simulator", is possibly the finest game of its type yet created. But it is definitely showing its age and I'm not averse to trying something new. On the face of it, Hacker Evolution Duality looks to be an excellent successor to that beloved classic. But first appearances are frequently misleading. Hacker is not a game; it is a collection of dull and fiddly mini-games. While it has an excellent presentation, the gameplay itself is nothing more than pushing a button at the right time; an uninteresting race against the clock that you need to repeat dozens of times in each mission. It looks great - it has the appearance of Hollywood hacking nailed - but it quickly degenerates into uninteresting repetitiveness. And just to make things even less fun, the controls were stiff and unresponsive; just the thing for a game that demands quick reflexes. Despite its stylish gloss, the game fails to engage on almost every other levels and ultimately is not particularly fun.