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As the introduction to Dystopika key , it ’s a tiny game ramp up over a year , exalt by one soul ’s locomotion across Japan , Thailand , and Vietnam and the late nights spend wandering their vast , sky - scraping cities . It ’s a biz with no management , resources , economy , or end goal — you’re just here to relax and build up a cyberpunk Night City of your own .
The “ goal ” in Dystopika is just to make a urban center you enjoy see at .
Dystopika gives you several class of buildings to localise against the shadowy backcloth of your shortly - to - be Night City , allow for you to place randomized or specific edifice from a fairly generous lean wherever and however you want . There are no imagination requirements , placement restrictions , or any such limits on where or how many buildings you could place .
While there are no economical rule or production chains in this city builder , Dystopika does have something of a progression system , unlocking new medal to place around the single-valued function as you increase the numeral of edifice place in your city . This rewards you a picayune bit for building your city by progressively giving you more to place without of necessity overpower you with choices flop at the get-go .
An fantastically interesting way Dystopika accomplishes its destitute - form , aesthetic - focussed metropolis building is by opt to turn out any form of route placement or a ground floor at all .
As you zoom in to the earth level of Dystopika , you ’ll notice that not only is it shrouded in the darkness of the game ’s aesthetic firing alternative , but that it is , in fact , made up of 100 of tiny , barely there yet unmistakably determine construction and streetlights . As you localise skyscraper and other building that would obstruct this mass of presumptively midget menage and businesses , the environs instead form around the inclusion of the new building , take shape to match the nature of the building you put down realistically and forming a little territory right before your eyes .
You do n’t have to worry about snapping to roads or anything because they do n’t exist , at least not in any way you’re able to see . But that does n’t signify your minuscule urban center feels unreal ; the game ’s incredible manipulation of light and shadow just makes it sense like your roads are out of view but still there and functioning for all of your tiny cyber-terrorist citizens .
It ’s noteworthy how well the biz adjust to the freeform placement of building , give almost any placement feel seamless and born , but that does n’t mean the system of rules is completely infallible . At time , you may place a construction in your hacker urban center only to find that it clips every so slightly into another or has a neon holo - hoarding blocked by the placement of another construction .
gratefully , this is never really a problem because you’re able to freely demolish everything , and building can be rotated and move around after being place . Each construction can also be grown , or shrink , which changes the look of the building in proportion to its new size of it , yield every peaceable objective in the plot more like two or three example on its own .
Relaxation is the name of the biz in Dystopika , and the soundtrack certainly helps sell that . Several droning , calm yet unmistakably dystopian and cyberpunk tracks are uncommitted to play as you design your city . I commonly play City Builders game with Netflix or YouTube in the desktop , but I found it hard to pull by from Dystopika ’s grudge and just permit myself roam off to the vibe it want me to feel .
Dystopika need you to bask the feeling of your urban center . Once your city is construct , you may view it with several filters that change the weather and time of day . See your city live on as it move from dawn to twilight ( but not twelve noon ; that would push the aesthetic too intemperately ) and rainfall to strike to inscrutable foggy nights . It ’s a game establish for screenshots , sharing with your friend , or otherwise just sit back and staring in awe at what you ’ve built .
While Dystopika is certainly an impressive game , with cool city - building technical school , a great soundtrack , and visual effects , it is , at the end of the day , only designed to be looked at and appreciated for its artistic values . With no economy , production chain , or really any city - construction mechanics to keep you invested , I see Dystopika as a plot you dally once , mayhap on juncture , but not one that ’s going to necessitate too much time from you , and really , that ’s hunky-dory .
Not every title call for to be a huge time investment funds or really something that you love for more than a few hours on your day off , and for that , Dystopika murder the sucker . However , I would be lie if I did n’t say that I would fuck to see this tech follow through in a more “ serious ” urban center builder . While I do n’t desire Dystopika itself to be alter too greatly , I ’d love to see the developer make more of a city - building title sometime in the future .
The Final Word
Dystopika is a small , loosen game about work up an esthetically pleasing hacker city with no simplicity on where or how many edifice you could localise . While your time with the secret plan may be short - lived , you ’re bound to enjoy it and sense utterly relaxed , which is exactly what Dystopika wants to do .
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