Cyberpunk RPG platformer Dex is free on GOG for a limited time
It’s the latest giveaway in GOG’s current sale.
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GOG.com is having a sale at the moment that is simply called The GOG Sale, with discounts on varied games likeNoita(50% off),Invisible Inc.(75% off),A Plague Tale: Innocence(80% off), and, while we’re on the subject of cyberpunk,Deus Ex GOTY Edition(86% off, making it a steal at 97 cents). GOG’s also giving awayDex, a sidescroller in the vein of Flashback, for free.
Dex was released in 2015 after being crowdfunded onKickstarter, where developers Dreadlocks Ltd said, “The levels and gameplay are non-linear and feature alternative solutions to each problem and obstacle. In other words, the game injects the poison (a problem, an enemy, an obstacle) and offers various antidotes (skills, abilities, equipment). The rest is up to you. In our vision, this is what makes an RPG a true Role Playing Game – the freedom to choose how to do things.” Dreadlocks Ltd also called it “reminiscent of Castlevania or Metroid titles with a smattering of the Deus Ex and Splinter Cell series.”
The setting is Harbor Prime, a city inspired by locations from Blade Runner and Neuromancer, where you can be an assassin, a gunfighter, or a hacker. The hacking system involves swapping to an avatar in cyberspace where you take on countermeasures and viruses to get access to devices you can overload, turrets you can deactivate, and data you can steal.
Here are a few more bargains you can grab from GOG’s sale while you’re there.
You’ve got until 6am PST, 11pm AEST, or 1am UTC on August 29 toclaim a free copy of Dexon your GOG account. And here’s all the otherfree games you can grab right nowtoo.
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