{"id":464,"date":"2022-06-27T22:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theratlabs.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2022-09-13T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T09:21:52","slug":"short-review-citizen-sleeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theratlabs.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/short-review-citizen-sleeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Review: Citizen Sleeper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Citizen sleeper is a fantastic combination of a survival RPG and choose-your-own-adventure visual novel. With a world full of incredible art, loveable characters, and an ear-massaging soundtrack. Before I get deep into the review, if you enjoy a good narrative story in a post-capitalistic world, go ahead and buy this game.<\/p>

After picking a character from 3 presets, you wake up on Erlin\u2019s Eye, a cold, rusted space station at the edge of the universe. Immediately you are greeted by Dragos, a scraper who sees potential in your rusted body. You play as a sleeper, a person who gave up their organic body in exchange for a metallic one and a job. How you arrived at this station is all but a blur, and your goals are for you to decide. You spend your first few cycles (the game\u2019s equivalent of days) figuring out the primary gameplay mechanics and meeting the initial cast of characters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mechanically the game mainly consists of making sure your body isn\u2019t in disrepair by using scrap and a specific life-sustaining drug to restore your health as it slowly drains with each cycle. At the beginning of each day, you are given up to 6 rolled dice, each containing a number 1-6. You use your dice rolls to perform specific actions, with higher rolls increasing your chance of a successful outcome. The amount of dice you have each cycle is based on how much health you have. At the start of the game, you start with 13 out of a maximum of 20 health, forcing a sense of desperation upon the player as they desperately try to find a way to recover before their health hits zero. The system is incredibly simplistic, but I believe that was an intentional design decision to make the player focus more on the game\u2019s characters and the other threats against your survival.<\/p>

Your body is corporate property, and as a result, there are bounty hunters hired to return you to the Essen-Arp megacorp. Your ultimate goal is to either build a new life for yourself or escape into the infinite cosmos. In this pursuit, you find friends in the different districts of the station, often needing your help to survive as much as you need theirs. Also, if you spend too much time lurking around the station\u2019s deep nets, you might find some foes clocked in darkness. For the sack of spoilers, I won\u2019t discuss any specifics but let\u2019s say the cast of characters is terrific. Each character has a storyline of hope, despair, revenge, and freedom as they call on you for help. In my pursuit to 100% the game, I did come across some genuinely heartbreaking story moments where I entirely faded into the world of Citizen Sleeper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The music is one of the clearest highlights of the game. The eerie synths and doppler-like sound effects combine with a calm drumline that perfectly promotes a feeling of melancholy and despair. As you first boot up the game, the soundtrack instantly greats and almost perfectly describes the kind of adventure you are about to embark upon. I don\u2019t know if ill ever gets to go to space, but if I do, this is the perfect soundtrack for those long nights in zero gravity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I\u2019m not a game reviewer, and this review is short for a game that\u2019s so amazing, but honestly, there is nothing I can write down here that can truly encapsulate how much I loved this game. The good is, though, that even though I\u2019ve completed every storyline and ending, there is a roadmap of upcoming content that I can not wait to try. You should play this game.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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