Dex

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 104 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 19 out of 104
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  1. destinyfan1
    Feb 8, 2017
    5
    I just had a little bit of money left on steam but i think i better kept it because it feels like copied from other games . Sometimes even boring. I also noticed a lot of bugs. It was sometmes fun , i admid that but those moments were way to few
  2. Dracoblack
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    A small Indie gem in the cyberpunk genre. The game has good music and ejoyable voice acting. I found the story a classic but enjoyable, with different endings too. There are a lot of interesting concepts like the hacking that is not really enjoyable at first, but gets better with some experience and some extra points in the skill.

    It's not very long but also not short for and Indie    A small Indie gem in the cyberpunk genre. The game has good music and ejoyable voice acting. I found the story a classic but enjoyable, with different endings too. There are a lot of interesting concepts like the hacking that is not really enjoyable at first, but gets better with some experience and some extra points in the skill.

    It's not very long but also not short for and Indie game, I found a perfect balance and it didn't get boring.

    The NPG don't have the best AI but they are quite strong especially near the ending of the game so I didn't got bored of killing them.

    Atmosphere and art fell are good and is what a cyberpunk fan expect.    … Expand
  3. Matseb2611
    Jun 22, 2015
    8
    To start off my review, I want to say that Dex is a really fun game and I would most certainly recommend it. However, there are a number of bugs and gameplay issues that can hinder the overall experience, and although I enjoyed the game, I can't help but to feel some disappointment in the final execution. To put it short, if you want a casual experience just to enjoy the story, this gameTo start off my review, I want to say that Dex is a really fun game and I would most certainly recommend it. However, there are a number of bugs and gameplay issues that can hinder the overall experience, and although I enjoyed the game, I can't help but to feel some disappointment in the final execution. To put it short, if you want a casual experience just to enjoy the story, this game might not be for you.

    Now to break everything down. Dex takes place in a really cool cyberpunk setting. As a fan of sci-fi and cyberpunk, I think the game captures the cyberpunk feel perfectly. The art is truly superb. The character sprites look great, and the environments are very colourful and beautifully done. Dex proves to us that you don't need a game to be all grey and brown to show a gritty setting. This is complemented by a lovely musical score. Music playing in every area was fitting to the setting and memorable. Most notable one is the main theme, which has become one of my personal favourite main themes in gaming.

    The story has its good points, but overall it's a pretty standard cyberpunk story. Hackers, gangsters, evil corporations, secret experiments - all this stuff makes an appearance. To me most issues come in the gameplay.

    The gameplay consists of a mix of stealth, combat, and hacking in cyberspace. Hand-to-hand combat was really well done. The fighting was smooth and each impact was felt. By contrast, gun combat was done rather badly. For some odd reason, it's not possible to walk with your gun out. If you want to shoot, you have to stand absolutely still. If you make so much as a step, the character automatically holsters the gun. This can become extremely annoying during fight sequences, where each second can mean a difference between shooting the enemy and them taking off half of your healthbar.

    The platforming aspects such as jumping and climbing were fine enough, although at times it was very hard to tell where you could jump onto and where you couldn't. At times it seemed like you could jump onto something, only to see your character fall through it and to their death. And because you cannot save when you want, this becomes annoying.

    Hacking... ugh. I just didn't like it at all. It was nothing more than a basic pixel shooter and your sole job is to click, click, and click. What annoyed me more than the hacking mini-game itself is the fact how often the game forced you to play it. Most times there were no alternatives. Play the darn hacking mini-game or make no progress. I signed up for a cyberpunk sidescroller, not a cyberspace pixel shooter.

    The game also had some balance issues. Like for example, there was no permanent cheap/free heal anywhere in the city. So if you were out of money and low on health, there's probably nothing you can do about it. Likewise, there was never any place where I could grind for money and/or experience.

    The game had plenty of sidequests. Most were pretty interesting and I attempted to solve each one of them. However, quite a few of them I never managed to solve due to things not being clear. Maybe I just needed to do more exploration or simply to get lucky, but I think a bit more direction would've been nice. What was nice though is how some main quests and sidequests had nice multi-branched paths to accomplishing your goal and at times you had to make important decisions.

    Finally to round it off, the ending was extremely disappointing and felt rushed. Without giving any spoilers, the game forces you to do your "final fight" in cyberspace. That's right. Hacking again. And the ending cutscene lasted a total of 10 seconds. I really wish there was more to the ending than what I've experienced.

    I know this is a tonne of criticism, but I am glad to have played through this game, and it is a promising game. It's just, it's currently riddled with too many small issues, which pile up and hinder the enjoyment.    … Expand
  4. sifis172
    May 12, 2015
    10
    one of the few cyberpunk games these games. dex doesn't inspire
    to become the next cyberpunk 2077 (it's not out yet :P ). but what it sets out
    to do, it does it really great. a great atmosphere, nice quests, non-linear gameplay.

    all in all it's a 2d rpg, with good character development, that is a strange
    combination, but it comes out wonderfully.
  5. will2357
    May 9, 2015
    9
    I loved the story, setting, aesthetic, characters, voice acting (mostly amazing - was one or two questionable but I've yet to play a game where that is not the case), and game play (I primarily did stealth - which was a blast).

    However, on release day there were a few bugs, but they released a 30MB+ patch within 24 hours to address some. The main ones I experienced were some minor    I loved the story, setting, aesthetic, characters, voice acting (mostly amazing - was one or two questionable but I've yet to play a game where that is not the case), and game play (I primarily did stealth - which was a blast).

    However, on release day there were a few bugs, but they released a 30MB+ patch within 24 hours to address some. The main ones I experienced were some minor controller issues (text scrolling sometimes required a mouse in menus) and an end game saving issue.

    Aside from those two bugs, I really loved the game. A lot. Especially if you're a Gibson or Stephenson fan, buy this game. Some of the best $20 I've ever spent, and I can't wait to see what these guys do in the future.    … Expand
  6. Zulgot
    May 8, 2015
    10
    Really great game, nice voice acting, nice soundtrack, great visuals. Gameplay decent, AI decent, story decent. Developers work with the community and are patching bugs. Overall good indie game.
  7. Adast_Adamov
    May 8, 2015
    10
    Wow! First cyberpunk game in a veeeery long time! Cybernetic implants, evil corporations,the feeling of decadence...Makes me remember System Shock 2 and Deus Ex series. And, what's more important, this game is damn good. Keep it up, guys!
  8. Damtitus
    Oct 12, 2019
    7
    Quite a fun little game in cyberpunk setting - I enjoyed a few evenings with it :)
  9. harykeogh
    Sep 24, 2017
    9
    That was pretty surprising, and pretty fantastic game. My second real trip into platform games (the first was steamworld dig a week or so ago), after 20 years of strategy and rpg.
    So, this was great cyberpunk rpg experience with a lot of action and a bucket full of atmosphere. I'm not sure it can even be included in "platformer" category - probably no.
    The quest were interesting, some of    That was pretty surprising, and pretty fantastic game. My second real trip into platform games (the first was steamworld dig a week or so ago), after 20 years of strategy and rpg.
    So, this was great cyberpunk rpg experience with a lot of action and a bucket full of atmosphere. I'm not sure it can even be included in "platformer" category - probably no.
    The quest were interesting, some of the even suprising. The effect of choices somehow limited, but still you saw some of them. The gameplay entertaining, however fighting part would benefit with a little more variance. The lack of melee weapons was also visible. Character building elements also interesting. And the series of twists at the end - it gave me an impression of reading a well writen cyberpunk novel.
    Combine this with watching Blade Runner, Jonny Mnemonic, Minority Report, and reading some of Gibson novels - you have a very atmospheric trip into cyberpunk!    … Expand
  10. Broyax
    Feb 2, 2018
    0
    L'indé daubé du jour veut se la jouer jeu de rôle, rien que ça ! et "cyberpunk" avec ça, y en a vraiment qui ne doutent de rien... mais quand on a pas de moyens, pas de pétrole et encore moins d'idées, comment voulez-vous déboucher sur quelque chose à part un étron pas vidéo ni ludique pour un sou...

    On a donc une espèce d'ersatz de "jeu" tout en 2D, de la 2D plate comme la main comme    L'indé daubé du jour veut se la jouer jeu de rôle, rien que ça ! et "cyberpunk" avec ça, y en a vraiment qui ne doutent de rien... mais quand on a pas de moyens, pas de pétrole et encore moins d'idées, comment voulez-vous déboucher sur quelque chose à part un étron pas vidéo ni ludique pour un sou...

    On a donc une espèce d'ersatz de "jeu" tout en 2D, de la 2D plate comme la main comme on en faisait au début des années 90... encore que même l'Amiga proposait en son temps des trucs plus jolis que ce machin-là. En dehors des 256 couleurs et des personnages tout pixélisés, la direction artistique est simplement dégeulasse, générique et fade.

    Le gameplay est foireux et très limité, l'histoire est très neuneu, les dialogues sont risibles ; les voix en anglais sont d'un amateurisme effrayant et la musique vient de sortir d'un ascenseur en panne. En outre, je ne sais pas ce que branle le jeu pendant qu'on essaye de "jouer" à ce bidule mais il trafique le disque dur. D'ailleurs, l'une des mises-à-jour sur GOG tyrannise le disque dur pendant un quart d'heure, et ça avant qu'on ne l'annule, car on craint pour la santé du disque, vu les bruits qu'il fait... j'ai pas installé Stacker 4.0, que je sache... putain !

    Voilà, c'était le petit étron indé du jour qui se prenait pour un jeu de rôle (lol), bricolé par deux mains gauches et programmé avec les pieds. On aura tout vu !    … Expand
  11. grammarye
    Jan 1, 2018
    10
    I didn't really know what to expect from Dex. An unusual mix of side-scrolling, RPG, and cyberpunk that nonetheless not only works, but is enormously good fun.

    Once you get used to the side-scrolling controls, Dex takes you into a world that is perhaps a little cliched, even predictable in places if you're familiar with the genre, but we get so little in the way of decent cyberpunk, I    I didn't really know what to expect from Dex. An unusual mix of side-scrolling, RPG, and cyberpunk that nonetheless not only works, but is enormously good fun.

    Once you get used to the side-scrolling controls, Dex takes you into a world that is perhaps a little cliched, even predictable in places if you're familiar with the genre, but we get so little in the way of decent cyberpunk, I can't help but fall in love with it. It simultaneously manages to take me back to old days of Beneath A Steel Sky and more recent and more combat-oriented games such as Deus Ex or Shadowrun. That alone is to be appreciated. Some potential is unrealised, but that just speaks to the emotional investment in wanting more from what is a great little game.

    The characters and voice acting are well done, particularly for such a small studio, and the game helps you build your blue-haired protagonist & beautifully voiced Dex your way. Do you favour stealth and alternative entrances or combat and out-and-out slugging? Silver-tongued dialogue or brute force? The missions are nicely varied both in content and approach, giving you a real chance to tailor the resulting experience to a given style and role. The soundtrack is wonderful, and really helps build that dystopian vibe. While small, the wonderful world built has nothing spare about it - everything ends up having a purpose, which is a joy to encounter as you progress further into the game and go 'oh, so that's what that is for'.

    I'd like to see more of this, please, Dreadlocks. Even just more of the same would be just fine.    … Expand
  12. AndyDune
    Dec 11, 2017
    10
    The game surprised me. It is really cyberpunk which I love. Dex has enough content to give pleasure and not to get bored. Simple pixel graphics make me do more attention to story.
  13. Berzeger
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    If you like cyberpunk and RPGs, you will like Dex. It really got improved in the course of the previous months and I spent very pleasant 18 hours with it.
  14. Captain_Chaos
    May 20, 2017
    8
    Dex is a free-roaming cyberpunk action-adventure, a bit like Deus Ex in 2D- and it's the only 2D game I can recall that has a fast-travel system, a welcome convenience when carrying out the many, many sidequests, which account for the majority of the game's content. You take the role of a seemingly average blue-haired, latent street samurai, Dex, living in the urban mess known as HarborDex is a free-roaming cyberpunk action-adventure, a bit like Deus Ex in 2D- and it's the only 2D game I can recall that has a fast-travel system, a welcome convenience when carrying out the many, many sidequests, which account for the majority of the game's content. You take the role of a seemingly average blue-haired, latent street samurai, Dex, living in the urban mess known as Harbor Prime. Like many a cyberpunk protagonist, she suddenly finds herself wanted by armed thugs working for mysterious corpro-government interests. Fleeing for her life into the streets, Dex meets an assortment of colorful characters and must acquire various gear and eventually cyborg implants to stay alive and ahead of the game. Flexible character progression allows for melee, gunfighting, hacking, persuasion and cyborg enhancements like super-jumps and cloaking.

    It's got passable music, excellent spritework, pretty good voicework, and notably, a free DLC that adds extremely useful alternate outfits, most notably the Armagear Invisisuit, which allows you to stay cloaked indefinately provided you do not reveal yourself by attacking or interacting with objects.

    There's lots of people to talk to and items to find, and in true RPG fashion, most NPCs have problems that they need some peppy go-getting hero to deal with. Doing most, or all of these, as well as finding Memory Chip items, can see you reaching the level cap before the game's end, or at least being able to max out two of the six-tier skill trees: Endurance, Melee, Ranged and Hacking. The rest of the skills have only two tiers: Charisma, Augmented Reality and Barter. Endurance in particular is valuable because investing in it not only increases your health but also the maximum number of cybermods you can install, all of which have more dramatic effects then your skills.

    The persuasion mechanic is more opaque then in other games, even Deus Ex; Human Revolution, and there's really no way to know which dialogue option will result in success. I recommend saving before conversations- and pretty much anything else, as manual saving is an option. Dex is a game with a lot of choices to make, both in character progression and in dialogue, and three possible endings. My advice is to ask people a lot of questions, and explore the environment thorughly, especially once you aquire the high-jump legs. Often times you can discover new things and get more info, and money, out of a lot of the NPCs. And, as always, save, save, save, and if you don't like how things turn out, reload and try again. In this manner, and with some helpful guides, I was able to obtain all of Dex's achievements, one of the few games in which I could do so. But that says as much about the game as it does about me- Most of Dex's achievements are very obtainable if you know what you're doing. None of them are particularly tedious or grindy. It makes the entire experience feel better put together. Dex is one of the better cyberpunk games out there, maybe one of the better action RPGs, and it is well worth your time to check out the demo and see for yourself.    … Expand
  15. Mindurbidniss
    May 28, 2021
    3
    The game is simply not good. Most of it plays like Galaga or a generic space shooter due to the horrid hacking mechanics. It's not a true RPG either, no real sense of choice. So many games have done the Cyberpunk genre better, Snatcher, Gemini Rue, Shadowrun. All are much more satisfying Cyberpunk titles
  16. QuatokyTonberry
    Jan 23, 2019
    7
    Gameplay: - Good
    Story: - Good
    Visual: - Good
    Music and sound: - Normal
    Average time: -12 H
    Score: - 7 (Good)
  17. capernic
    Sep 7, 2019
    10
    Game made with dedication and love. Got a lot more than expected – it's a real RPG in side-scrolling format with a nice story, different ways to finish quests, moral choices, character customizations etc.
    Best characteristic I can give – it kept me up till 2 a.m. at night, which is rare for a guy with 20+ years of gaming.
  18. 2I2l1a
    Dec 7, 2022
    6
    Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
  19. 1Shorzz
    May 26, 2023
    5
    SHORZZ / Dex: Dex can be a good choice if you are looking for 2D RPG Game. Gameplay-wise it was pretty good, but I also had some ambiguity while playing. In short, it wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. RPGamer
    Nov 11, 2016
    70
    Overall, Dex is a worthwhile game featuring a compelling, beautifully rendered universe and setting, a well-paced immersive story, and deep characters. It offers a very enjoyable experience that will keep players driven to explore its world and progress in its narrative. The core foundations of its gameplay styles are fun, and chock-full of potential, even if that potential isn't fully realized in some areas. In many ways, Dex's main flaw is that the game doesn't deliver more of the possibilities promised by its strong foundations, and that is not the worst flaw for a game to have.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    Oct 1, 2015
    60
    Dex has a lot of ideas and mechanics, but ultimately feels unfocussed as a result. [Oct 2015, p.64]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Sep 16, 2015
    75
    Its retro-style gameplay may be a bit too simplistic for its own good, but, nevertheless, Dex manages to depict a detailed cyberpunk environment and tell a well-written story.
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