Cloudpunk

 PlayStation 4
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 4 out of 20
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  1. syncan
    Oct 26, 2020
    0
    While the concept and overall visuals are nice, the console edition is current unplayable due to a progress/mission bug. This bug causes you to lose all your current progress and start receiving your first missions all over again. The developer/publisher has acknowledged the issue, but haven't provided any recent updates for a patch. A side note, the visuals stutter and tear. Thankfully,While the concept and overall visuals are nice, the console edition is current unplayable due to a progress/mission bug. This bug causes you to lose all your current progress and start receiving your first missions all over again. The developer/publisher has acknowledged the issue, but haven't provided any recent updates for a patch. A side note, the visuals stutter and tear. Thankfully, PlayStation allowed me to return this lemon. Avoid at all costs until there's a patch for the mission bugs!… Expand
  2. Lana_Evyrgryn
    Jul 18, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The controls are clunky and slow. The sound design is good and the graphics are fine, but the voice acting and story are subpar.

    One thing that annoyed me the most was the virtual-signalling and SJW talking points that were sprinkled in here and there.


    One such occurrence was a side mission involving a photographer who made advertisements for different brands. He notices the MC's lapel - which is a flower - and proceeds to ask whether he can use it for one of his photoshoots. The reason for this is because he liked the look of the flower and thought it would look good. But, of course, the MC is a raging Leftist, and proceeded to lambast the man, calling him a racist, and claiming that he was trying to "appropriate her culture," which is absolute nonsense. This really took me out of the game

    Another issue I have is with the story, which kind of plays second fiddle to the side missions, which are numerous and repetitive. Now, while I never finished the game (mainly due to the SJW bullsh*t that kept pulling me out of the game), I could help but notice some glaring issues with the setting.

    Apparently, the story is setting 10,000 years after the fall of humanity (somehow), where "global warming" caused the oceans to rise until they were in the upper atmosphere (this is the reason why the game is set just above the clouds and why there is nothing but water below the clouds). They somehow know what videogames are, despite the fact that they are illegal in the world of Cloudpunk, and nobody has made video game since the fall of humanity, and since everything is below the water, and has been for thousands of years, how, exactly, did some random Pakistani woman come buy "video game artefacts," and how does she know so much about them with no prior knowledge of them... Considering that they were outlawed before she was even born?

    I haven't finished this game and don't expect that I will, especially considering the themes around "colonialism," "racism," "sexism," and "cultural appropriation," as well as the weird Queer/Bi stuff that constantly gets referenced (alongside feminism and SJW movements), making my experience one of an observer, rather than a player. This is especially true as those ideologies and movements wouldn't even exist in the world the Devs imagined for their game, mainly because they live under a Fascist dictatorship, which would be an environment where political movements like feminism and the LGBT (whatever else is on the end), as well as ridiculous ideas of colonialism, racism, sexism, and cultural appropriation wouldn't exist, because they would be stamped out.

    Overall, I rate this game a 3/10. I got three points for the sound design, graphics, and for being playable.    … Expand

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64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. GamingTrend
    Nov 24, 2020
    40
    Cloudpunk started off unique and interesting; you’re new to its world and are exploring it alongside the main character, Rania. Eventually, you’ll realize it’s only a cyberpunk delivery simulator with cringey voice acting and an even worse script. By that point, the game loses any redeemable qualities and becomes a burden to play. Just like the main character, and the mechanics, the game has little to no substance to offer.
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  2. Gaming Age
    Nov 16, 2020
    50
    It’s surprisingly touching, and the way the tension slowly ramps up makes for a really interesting experience. Interesting enough to make up for all the ways Cloudpunk is lacking, though? Your mileage on that will obviously vary. For me, it was, if only barely. There’s some engaging stuff going on here, but you need to dig through some pretty iffy stuff to get there.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    70
    Regarding this catastrophic failure of infrastructure, a wearying, cynical malaise of ‘Eh, what can you do about it?’ pervades Rania’s early forays into the city and proves just a little too real for us. The game’s own answer to this question is ‘carry out individual acts of kindness’, as with each one Rania makes Nivalis a slightly less miserable place for at least one person she encounters on her rounds – and sometimes that’s enough. [Issue#182, p.156]
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