Conglomerate 451

 PC
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Feb 28, 2020
    It goes back to the game seemingly utilising cyberpunk as an aesthetic, and an excuse for computer-magic, without really exploring the human concerns involved. There’s a billboard in the intro cinematic that literally just says ‘Neon’. Another advertises ‘Hack Cola’. I don’t want to make a joke about an AI writing a cyberpunk script for fear of falling into some sort of terrifying Rococo’s Basilisk-esque logic hole, but you get the picture.

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. Cogneter
    Mar 1, 2020
    7
    I really enjoyed the first half of the game (up to week 30 out of 75), loved the setting and the progression options. However, as the gameI really enjoyed the first half of the game (up to week 30 out of 75), loved the setting and the progression options. However, as the game dragged on, it became hopelessly and needlessly repetitive. It doesn't help that, even after completing the game's main objective (defeating the corporations), you are still forced to play until week 75, even though you've already unlocked everything and there's no motivation to continue.

    However this game has only been recently released and the devs are super responsive on the game's Steam forums, so I hope they can tweak the game so it ends on a high note, instead of a senseless long mission grind to pass the required time.    … Full Review »
  2. jseph1234
    Jan 5, 2023
    9
    What an EXCELLENT Cyberpunk Turn-based Tactical RPG. Beautifully depicted it uses the First-person Grouped Squad System like Grimrock.

    I    What an EXCELLENT Cyberpunk Turn-based Tactical RPG. Beautifully depicted it uses the First-person Grouped Squad System like Grimrock.

    I have played through the tutorial and my first and second missions and was succesful and it wasn't that difficult to figure out the systems and the Tutorial was very helpful to spell out the basics.

    Definitely Recommend this game for purchase 9/10    … Full Review »
  3. inktomi
    Oct 27, 2021
    3
    Cyberpunk, more like cyberjunk.

    Like another reviewer said, this game gets very repetitive after a few hours into it. As much as I wanted    Cyberpunk, more like cyberjunk.

    Like another reviewer said, this game gets very repetitive after a few hours into it. As much as I wanted to like it, I just got bored after awhile going through the same dungeons, fighting the same enemies and practically using the same rotation of skills.

    Worse yet, there really isn't a lot of coverage or support for the game. There is a Wiki, but it is very sparse and not much information to be had. The Youtube videos are limited in their scope as it seems that streamers and Youtubers also lost interest in the game.

    What is good is the art style and aesthetics. The cyberpunk genre always attracts the eye with pink neon lights and futuristic settings. Until it get's to a dungeon, where you can see that seedy and rainy underbelly of a world built on corporate greed and control. Even that get's old after awhile too.

    Another reason why I gave it a three and not a two is that there is a surprising amount of depth when it comes to developing your characters through upgrading their skills and adding SPU's into your equipment to raise your stats. I was hoping that SPU's would add new skills that would further synergize with others. I wasn't able to find any, so many of the stat upgrades seemed a bit samey.

    Conglomerate 451 is a game that suffers from a great idea with not enough variance in gameplay to keep players engaged. While the permadeath mechanic does add some excitement and risk, you know that you will end up doing the same thing to do the same thing again. Which takes all the risk out of it, even if it a well developed character.

    To leave it off on a positive note, I only paid $5.00 for this game with cryptocurrency I mined, so it was, in essence, a freebie for me - a very cyberpunky thing to do.    … Full Review »
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