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#CLOUDPUNK MISSIONS SOFTWARE#
The Entertainment Software Rating Board rating is M –- mature. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III - adults. The game contains mature themes, including narcotics trafficking, considerable rough and crude language and a few sexual references. Playable on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows. Yet this represents a refreshing change given how many games unrealistically empower their protagonists to save the day - often all by themselves. Rather, she’s an average person trying to survive in a dystopian world and make the best decisions she can. In the end, Rania isn’t some kind of superhero, able to topple powerful conglomerates and save an entire city. Disappointingly, though, the choices Rania makes do not affect her path through the game. Thus she can choose to deliver potentially harmful substances or see to it that the packages containing them just happen to get lost along the way. Rania herself does have ethical options, however.
#CLOUDPUNK MISSIONS DRIVERS#
He helps Rania learn the ropes, but also ominously informs her that most new drivers don’t stick around beyond the first night.Īs Rania is sent into some dangerous and corrupt situations, such as transporting futuristic drugs, it becomes clear that Cloudpunk is a shady organization operating with few moral scruples. Along the way, she’s accompanied by Camus, her artificial intelligence canine companion - who turns out to be just as lovable as a real dog.Ĭontrol (voice of Mike Berlak) is Cloudpunk’s cantankerous-yet-kindly dispatcher. She meets the owners of seedy nightclubs, hover car racers, law enforcement officers, as well as self-aware androids. But it’s her encounters with the other residents of Nivalis that provide players with real entertainment value.
Rania’s tasks are simple delivery missions. “Cloudpunk” is ultimately about the people of Nivalis, both those who make up the teeming masses populating its lower levels and those who belong to the city’s wealthy elite and live high above the clouds.īehind Nivalis’ dazzling outward appearance, tensions are mounting, and Rania eventually learns that the Cloudpunk corporation is somehow involved in the conflict. Gameplay is quick, taking only about 10 hours to complete.
#CLOUDPUNK MISSIONS SIMULATOR#
What follows is a perfect blend of simulator experience and narrative as Rania seeks to discover what’s really going on in Nivalis. Players take on the persona of Rania (voice of Andrea Petrille), a new hire at Cloudpunk. The game takes its name from that of a delivery service operating within its sci-fi-style setting, a city called Nivalis. But adults may appreciate its attractive artwork and dark cyberpunk atmospherics. The game thus recalls films like Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” (1982) and 1997’s “The Fifth Element,” directed by Luc Besson.įrequent vulgar language and some sexual talk make this visually engaging title unsuitable for young gamers. NEW YORK (CNS) - In “Cloudpunk” (Maple Whispering), players take on the role of a courier driving a hover car around a vertical futuristic metropolis filled with massive video billboards, teeming skyways and outsized buildings.
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