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Data Hacker: Corruption

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46%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics
46% User Score Based on 65 reviews

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Data Hacker: Corruption is a single player role playing game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by New Reality Games and was released on October 22, 2014. It received neutral reviews from players.

Data Hacker: Corruption is a retro-inspired JPRG set within a virtual realm and a simulated Online Game. It is a narrative-driven game that questions the value and definition of life and its inherent value. The game features two completely separate storylines and partial voice-acting.

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46%Audience ScoreBased on 65 reviews
story10 positive mentions
optimization4 negative mentions
  • Engaging and complex narrative with dual story paths, adding replayability and thematic depth.
  • Strong atmosphere combining retro pixel art with cyberpunk JRPG aesthetics and a memorable soundtrack.
  • Large cast of recruitable characters, extensive crafting system, and diverse gameplay including minigames and a card game.
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues including game-breaking glitches, lag, crashes, and poor optimization.
  • Clunky menus, awkward controls, and some confusing or poorly explained gameplay elements and story progression.
  • Performance problems such as slowdowns, stuttering, and a broken fullscreen mode that detract from overall experience.

  • story

    45 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 71% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The story in "Data Hacker: Corruption" builds on its predecessor with a deep, multifaceted cyberpunk narrative featuring dual storylines that offer contrasting perspectives and encourage multiple playthroughs. While praised for its ambitious world-building, emotional depth, and plot twists, some players find the narrative occasionally overcomplicated, dragged out, or hindered by unclear progression and technical issues. Overall, it is regarded as a strong and engaging JRPG story, especially for fans willing to navigate its complexity and prior installment.

    • “Developed by New Reality Games, it serves as a sequel to Data Hacker: Initiation, expanding on its predecessor’s foundation by offering a deeper and more multifaceted story alongside enriched gameplay mechanics.”
    • “Each faction’s storyline is well-developed and offers unique missions, character interactions, and moral dilemmas, which enhances the emotional weight of the player’s choices.”
    • “This branching story system immerses players in a cyberpunk-inspired tale of technological control, artificial intelligence, and the blurred lines between reality and simulation.”
    • “Even though the game has two storylines, real and virtual, the story is almost nonexistent.”
    • “The real storyline only has a story in the very beginning and end while the virtual storyline only has a 'go to this place' quest repeated over and over until you reach the ending.”
    • “The story progression in the real storyline is also unclear.”

  • music

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    55% positive mentions, 18% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its evocative and immersive qualities, effectively enhancing the atmosphere and emotional impact of key scenes. Many players describe the soundtrack as beautiful, memorable, and a standout aspect that complements the story and visuals, often enjoying it even outside of gameplay. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a major strength that elevates the experience despite some technical issues.

    • “The soundtrack honestly carries some scenes harder than it has any right to.”
    • “The sound design complements the visuals with an evocative soundtrack and well-executed effects, which help to set the tone for the game’s darker and more mysterious moments.”
    • “The music that has been scored for DHC is beautiful and manages to both evoke the SNES era that RPG Maker represents, while also sounding a fair bit more in tune with modern abilities to make an electronic sounding soundtrack.”
    • “Ambitious sequel with good writing and music, but bugs, poor performance and unpolished game design hurt gameplay.”
    • “The music that has been scored for DHC is beautiful and manages to both evoke the SNES era that RPG Maker represents, while also sounding more in tune with modern electronic soundtrack capabilities.”
    • “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”

  • optimization

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    18% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 36% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant optimization issues, including frequent bugs, crashes, stuttering graphics, and poor default performance that detracts from gameplay. Despite ambitious content and good writing, its unpolished design and performance problems such as lag and broken fullscreen mode frustrate players. While some fixes exist, overall the game feels poorly optimized and unstable.

    • “Ambitious sequel with good writing and music, but bugs, poor performance and unpolished game design hurt gameplay.”
    • “Although it has a lot of dungeons to explore, it has a lot of game-breaking bugs and performance issues in it.”
    • “There are bugs, weird balancing issues, awkward menus, random performance drops, and moments where the game feels held together with duct tape and old forum posts.”
    • “Reports of performance issues such as lag, occasional crashes, and bugs have been a recurring point of criticism among players.”
    • “Extremely poor default performance, with a flat out broken fullscreen mode.”

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The game features distinctive retro visuals and a cyberpunk aesthetic that create a unique, immersive atmosphere rarely seen in modern RPGs. The masterfully crafted sprites, tilesets, and backgrounds combine nostalgic charm with clear, polished graphics, enhanced by evocative sound design to complement the darker narrative tone. While generally appealing, some users note occasional stuttering issues on certain hardware.

    • “The combination of retro visuals, lonely digital environments, and that old-school internet aesthetic gives the game a weird charm that modern polished RPGs sometimes completely lack.”
    • “Data Hacker: Corruption is a distinctive JRPG that successfully combines nostalgic retro aesthetics with a complex narrative set in a futuristic, cyber-dystopian world.”
    • “The art style captures the retro JRPG vibe while still providing a clear and immersive atmosphere that fits the cyberpunk theme.”
    • “Stuttering graphics like in initiation while movement.”
    • “Intel Core i5-3317U 1.7GHz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000 - may struggle to run the game smoothly.”
    • “[h1]graphics[/h1]”

  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay of Data Hacker: Corruption blends traditional JRPG mechanics with modern twists, featuring deep crafting and recruitment systems that add strategic complexity. However, technical issues, performance problems, and some unpolished design elements occasionally disrupt the experience, especially in later stages. Despite these flaws, the game offers a compelling and satisfying challenge for well-optimized parties, though some sections may rely on repetitive tactics.

    • “Developed by New Reality Games, it serves as a sequel to Data Hacker: Initiation, expanding on its predecessor’s foundation by offering a deeper and more multifaceted story alongside enriched gameplay mechanics.”
    • “On the gameplay front, Data Hacker: Corruption incorporates traditional JRPG elements with some modern twists.”
    • “The depth of its crafting and recruitment systems also provides satisfying gameplay complexity for players who enjoy strategy and customization.”
    • “These technical hurdles sometimes disrupt the flow of gameplay and can detract from the overall experience, especially during later, more demanding sections of the game.”
    • “Ambitious sequel with good writing and music, but bugs, poor performance and unpolished game design hurt gameplay.”
    • “Given you import your character from the first game, it's all high-level gameplay, and if you optimized your party pretty well, you can kill all of the challenges of the game like I did, at least until the very end, which has one tough optional final dungeon; the rest can mostly be handled by spamming the same commands.”

  • stability

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs, crashes, and progression-blocking glitches, particularly in late-game areas. These technical problems often hinder gameplay and detract from the overall experience, making it feel unfinished and unpolished despite its ambitious design.

  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is extensive, featuring multiple simple minigames and a basic crafting system that can be tedious and buggy. Although importing progress from the previous episode reduces some grind, the overall experience remains highly grind-heavy, especially compared to typical RPG Maker games.

    • “Extreme grinding compared to most RPG Maker games.”
    • “Importing from the initiation episode lessens a lot of burden, but that was equally grindy.”
    • “There is a crafting system to get better stuff - but it's very basic, tedious, and very buggy - can easily crash the game if you don't do it in a very specific way.”

  • replayability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers strong replayability through its dual narrative perspectives and additional scenes available in New Game+, effectively providing two distinct experiences in one title. This dual approach enriches the story and encourages multiple playthroughs.

    • “This duality not only broadens the scope of the narrative but also provides players with the option to experience the story from two contrasting perspectives, adding a layer of replayability and thematic depth that is uncommon in many JRPGs.”
    • “As for replayability, the game has additional scenes that you can enjoy in New Game+.”
    • “Essentially, there are two games in one, which adds a nice bit of replay value.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere effectively blends a retro JRPG art style with a clear, immersive design that complements the cyberpunk theme, creating a surprising and engaging experience.

    • “What surprised me most was the atmosphere.”
    • “The art style captures the retro JRPG vibe while still providing a clear and immersive atmosphere that fits the cyberpunk theme.”

  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's emotionally engaging storylines feature well-developed factions with unique missions and moral dilemmas, deepening the impact of player choices. Additionally, strong voice acting effectively conveys the intended emotions.

    • “Each faction’s storyline is well-developed and offers unique missions, character interactions, and moral dilemmas, which enhances the emotional weight of the player’s choices.”
    • “Some voices are great and are acted with proper emotional cues.”
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Data Hacker: Corruption is a role playing game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Data Hacker: Corruption include science and indie.

Data Hacker: Corruption is available on PC and Windows.

Data Hacker: Corruption was released on October 22, 2014.

Data Hacker: Corruption was developed by New Reality Games.

Data Hacker: Corruption has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Data Hacker: Corruption for its story but disliked it for its optimization.

Data Hacker: Corruption is a single player game.

Similar games include Data Hacker Initiation, The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut, The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep, Skyborn, Beyond Divinity and others.