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Uplink

Posted by michael on from the how-to-be-1ee7-without-attracting-the-fbi dept.

miracle69 writes: "Well, it looks like the perfect convergence for the average Slashdot reader. What we've got here is a game that is approaching the Slashdot Enthusiast's Valhalla. It's released under Windows and Linux, costs a mere 25 USDs, and has no middleman to jack prices up. Of course, that means it's not available in stores, nor will it be seen on TV, but according to Newsforge, it's got great gameplay. So, will 25 bucks, a fresh game idea, and a Linux release make others in the gaming world stand up and take notice?"

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  1. I've played the demo... by eoPh · · Score: 1, Interesting

    and it kinda makes me feel dirty :P

    I mean, it's like a cheap movie. 'Crack Password' buttons, a nice little world map to make connetions through. A storyline of a sort. Everything that I've yet to see in real life...

    Though, the temptation to yell out quotes from Hackers while playing this was unbeleivable :]

  2. Re:Screenshots by matthewn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just as books cannot be judged by covers alone, games cannot be judged by screenshots alone. Based on screenshots, would you ever play this game? No. But you should.

  3. I've played it and it's great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm sure I'll be modded down, but I've got to support this game. I'm not a gamer, it's one of the first things I delete when I need space on a computer. Uplink is addicting, though. The graphics are simple but the game play pulls you in. The music is enjoyable and the price is right. I highly recommend this game. But don't take my word for it: grab the demo.

  4. Tried it month ago. by Jordan+Block · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I tried Uplink out a couple months ago, and was less than impressed. The game didn't run well (it shouldn't take over 2 seconds to drag a windows around on a GHz machine)

    On top of that, the game simply wasn't fun.

  5. Re:Cyber-Terrorist Training Tool? by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    you really should be moderated +5 funny. as I hope that you arent that dense to think that ANYONE can learn to hack from this or anyone could learn to fly from Flightsim.

    "hacking" which is so wrong of a title. is a helluva lot harder than clicking on a button. If you want to hace a target you need to spend weeks gaining information about them.

    I doubt there is a dumpster diving section in the game, or a social engineering section, or the plethora of other skillz needed to sucessfully crack a system. portscanning and brue force attacks or scripts are NOT cracking in any way shape or form. It is just luZers or script kiddiez. If you want to have a nice refrence for hacking? get every technical manual in existance and start reading. Learne electronics, learn how "capt. crunch" started hacking the phone systems, read the back history of hacking (the real stuff not the made for TV crap on the shelves.)

    Sorry, you want a hacking simulator? buy 5-6 computers a couple of routers a switch and install linux windows and BSD, secure them as well as you can from online sources and then hack yourself. THAT is a hacking simulator, not some silly game.

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    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  6. Quick review and advice by Lord_Pall · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Uplink is a phenomenal game. I picked it up a month or 3 ago when i came across the demo..

    I ordered the full version, received it about 3 weeks later, and played the crap out of it.

    Take everything from the demo and amplify it by an order of magnitude.. Not only did they add all kidns of extremely advanced missions, there's a cool as all hell overriding plot line..

    AND.. Its a plot line that you get to dynamically control.. Similiar to the branching fallout did (but a little more freeform)

    All in all a great product.. IF you get it, make sure to dig up the "hidden" development journals..

    And make SURE to get the patch. It fixed a big recurring crash i was having..

    Great game from a teeny tiny developer..

  7. Re:Site down, but google saves! by BlacKat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hmmmmm... someone should make a "google proxy" script to automagically do this for you. :)

  8. I found it dissapointing :( by RenHoek · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I didn't find it that great in the end, I bought it, and it has a lot of bugs in it. Now I found out that in the meantime the makers haven't been fixing bug, but been working on a bonus disc that you _only_ get when you get somebody else to buy the game too.

    I find it rather insulting for me to buy a game, and then not get support, or extra's. Also to be honest I find the copy protection rather stupid.. A black sheet with black numbers printed on it.

    All in all, the game is too short, lot of bugs, no support, you don't get cool stuff when you actually bought the game and the network support we were promised is still nowhere in sight..

  9. Probably a reason for that... by Kojo · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Can you imagine the increased legal liability, not to mention the tremendous negative press, that would come from an "accurate" game of this nature? It would make all the concerns about the FPS genre pale in comparison.
    "The has announced that they are seeking an injunction against the 'Hacker Training Tool' known as Uplink. They claim that this game could be used by terrorists, anarchists and nerdy high school kids who get beat up by football players to abuse and cripple our national information infrastructure.

    Concerned parents groups "We Don't Act, We Knee-Jerk React" and "Why Won't Pop Culture Raise Our Kids For Us?" issued a joint statement outlining a plan to file a law suit against computers in general. "It's the only way to keep our children safe", said a spokesperson.

    Seriously, any commercial game that promoted itself as helping you develop "real-world" cracking or industrial espionage skills would first be sued from here to the 5th Ring of Hell, then promptly banned from here to the 7th Ring.

    Of course, now that I've said that, someone will provide at least 3 counter examples...