Before we start this post go check out this weeks episode of Chachi Says the Vidcast called $#@% You Sony!
Sorg was rather creative with the editing this week making it even more hilarious to watch!
Now, During this journey. It has been very rare that i get completely sucked into a game to the point where i stop looking at clocks and i ignore my surroundings and play. However this is one of those games.
Here is a picture. So you can see, that its the “story” and game play that did it.
So as you can see the graphics are quite simple. Nothing too intense. or so you think.
Introversion started off as a indy game maker in 2001, they started as a work from home company, where everyone telecommuted in. They released Uplink and it was highly successful. They actually have 3 games in this journey.
Heres the story for Uplink:
In the game, the player assumes the role of a hacker in the year 2010, who begins work for the Uplink Corporation, which is a worldwide company providing work for hackers. The player amasses money, software, Gateway hardware and skill in the course of performing jobs for various clients, and hacking servers of global corporations for profit. The storyline of the game begins with the player receiving an e-mail from a deceased top ranking Uplink agent concerning the research done by the Andromeda Research Corporation, related to the Andromeda organization which proclaims the destruction of the Internet. It is constructing a computer virus known as Revelation using artificial life research as a base in an attempt to destroy the world wide net. One of the companies, Arunmor, attempts to cross their plans by developing Faith, a counter virus that can purge Revelation. The player can choose between two companies or even ignore the plot in its entirety, concentrating on freelance hacking, in which case the storyline plays out without the player’s participation.
This game pays homage to all the hollywood hacking movies. in both emulating the glamored hacking visuals as well as putting in nods to several movies.
Hackers, Sneakers, WarGames and Swordfish are all references throughout the game, including joke servers for companies such as Steve Jackson Games (which has been raided by the Secret Service) and a nuclear missile control system from WarGames. It also features at least two references to the movie Sneakers, including one which can be found in the first version of the game (and was later removed in an update released by Introversion) which is a cheat code in which the user has to enter TooManySecrets (an anagram to the phrase “Setec Astronomy”) as the username thus allowing him to access a cheat menu. In addition, the voice print sections use the phrase “Hello. I am the system administrator. My voice is my passport. Verify me.” which is similar to the one Sneakers used.
The game has a certain number of unusual features, including an in-game IRC function to talk to other players. This feature is often mistaken for multiplayer by some, due to the fact that in the original versions it was labeled ‘Network’.
I’ve beaten the game before. it takes a long time to play out the story line. however last night i sat down to play at 5. i resumed a game i had previously started. Two and a half hours later, i recieved an in game message telling me that i had been caught hacking into a government computer and that all knowledge of my employment with the company has been disavowed. Game Over.
So i checked the clock, it was magiacally 7:30 pm. Its that type of programming that keeps you coming back for more.
Chachi Says: If uplink is any indication of the time they put into their games making them all enjoyable i cant wait to play the others. Introversion is a company that spent more time making a game fun to play whether than making a game fun to watch and ok to play. Give it a shot, and let me know what you think.
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