Don’t let the retro pixel art throw you the design of the various interfaces and systems feels highly authentic and futuristic throughout. Nano-mechanical ‘wetware’ devices (which can even be home-grown) are used by the general population to mentally interface with other devices and computers, or even modify brain functions. Likewise, this is a future where the IoT (Internet of Things) has developed at an alarming rate.
It isn’t a plot device designed to shock it’s life and it’s thoroughly refreshing. Charlie – and no doubt the majority of players – is taken aback at first, before quickly pulling himself together and accepting Lao for who she is: his partner and friend. For example – minor spoiler alert – at a certain point relatively early on, Max casually reveals that she was actually born a man. There are a lot of scary negatives about the future portrayed here, but there are plenty of positives too.
Yes, cyberpunk has been done to death… but it’s never been done quite like this. The most exciting thing about Technobabylon is its world. How will the stories of these three very different characters come together? All will be revealed. Meanwhile, Technobabylon’s third playable character – an agoraphobic net addict named Latha Sesame – has escaped her apartment after very nearly being blow to smithereens. Their current case finds them trying to intercept the most likely location of the Mindjacker’s next victim, as predetermined by Central. Governed by an autonomous AI administrator named Central, the law is enforced by the Centralized Emergency Logistics police force: CEL for short.Ĭharlie Regis and Max Lao are CEL agents. The city of Newton is like many modern-day cities, with a huge divide between the rich and the poor. Technobabylon pixel-paints a stunning future world that, much like the world of Blade Runner before it, is beautiful despite its grime and decay.
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Originally released on PC in 2015 to critical acclaim, Technobabylon was released as a Universal App for iPhone and iPad on 16th August 2017.
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Players take control of Charlie Regis and his partner Max Lao, CEL agents hot on the trail of a serial Mindjacker – a criminal who steals people’s knowledge before leaving them dead. Technobabylon is a cyberpunk adventure game created by indie developer James Dearden (Technocrat Games), published by Wadjet Eye Games.
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