Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum is fucking fantastic.
Someone called it "Deux Ex meets Hotline Miami", but it's so much more than that.
So what is it? Well, it's an immersive sim! It has actually good hacking! You can hack your own toilet and remotely flush it! It has randomly generated... everything! And all of this comes together so brilliantly, all neatly packed into a singular title, embroidered with a great aesthetic, and delivered to the tune of a lovely OST, to make an absolutely solid shooty-hacky-jokey-game-thing. Shit, I forgot to mention the writing! The writing is a joy to consume with my eyes and brain. I've probably gushed enough!
Oops, I haven't, though. You ever have a game in your head for a while and you think, "man, there is no way I could make this, and there is no way it could work, but I would love to play it"? Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum is that game, for me. I want to rant about how the hacking system works so well, and properly supports the more action-y side of things without slowing the experience down. I want to rant about the surprising variety of skills, abilities, weapons, missions, dialog options... I want to rant! I just don't have time.
I have no time, in fact - the year is almost over!
So, quickly, I ask:
- Do you like immersive sims?
- Do you enjoy feeling like a 1337 H4CK3R?
- Do you wish there were a game that was simultaneously relaxing and difficult, and allowed you hijack murder robots in order to steal data and unlock cool skills?
- Do you also wish that game had bullet time? What about bullet hacking?
Oh yes, that game exists, and it's been receiving a steady stream of juicy updates since its inception. Deadeye. Deepfake. Simulacrum. I owe 20 million dollars to my corporate overlords, and I will not stop.
-insert picture of JC Denton smiling here-
