In motion it is often nothing short of spectacular. The screenshots give you some idea of how good looking this game is. Playing Cloudpunk ‘s PS5 iteration on our 4k set was nothing short of revelatory. The voxel graphics do a great job, even on a standard 1080p set that this reviewer was stuck with a couple of days while our usual set was packed for a move. At any rate, what a gem we missed back then. Though we recall the games release slate felt rather barren while the industry held its breath and waited for the PS5 to launch, Ray’s The Dead being our focus at the time. Perhaps it was due to the usual rush of releases around that time or limited marketing budget. This also extends to some of the collectibles mentioned, though we’ll spare you the details so you can find them yourself.Ĭloudpunk came out on PS4 back in October 2020 and somehow entirely passed this reviewer by for whatever reason. Perhaps that’s down to the distinctly English flavour of the script, the country that is, rather than the language. Personally, the higher we flew, the more of a Mega City One vibe we got from the crumbling city of Nivalis. The key to traversal is to try and stick to the lit highways where possible as they allow you to travel that bit quicker than if you decide to zip between buildings. In essence, it’s a hovercar just like in countless scifi works from The Jetsons or any number of similar dystopian futurescapes. In essence, Rania has fallen on hard times and finds herself with no alternative but to drive a HOVA, there’s a backronym for that that comes up in conversation as we recall. It reminded us a little of The Fifth Element, though your courier named Rania that works for the titular courier agency is rather more ladylike than Bruce Willis. There’s another cinematic feel we got from the way traffic interacts with you and flies at multiple levels. Cloudpunk, from Berlin-based developer Ion Lands and publisher Merge, is very much aping the neon lit vibe of Blade Runner. Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Augin PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cloudpunk / ion lands / nivalis / not blade runner honest by Ian
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