Yolo Space Hacker
- December 24, 2020
- BKNLab
"Yolo Space Hacker" is a fast-paced, action-packed space shooter game. As a skilled hacker, blast your way through alien ships and bosses, using an arsenal of weapons and hacking abilities. With procedurally generated levels and permadeath, each playthrough offers a new challenge in this challenging and exhilarating experience.
Reviews
- The game provides an excellent introduction to cybersecurity concepts and real-world hacking techniques, making it suitable for beginners.
- It effectively gamifies the learning process with engaging puzzles and challenges that encourage experimentation and critical thinking.
- The use of real hacking tools and a Linux environment enhances the educational experience, allowing players to gain practical skills applicable in the field.
- The user interface is clunky and can be frustrating to navigate, detracting from the overall experience.
- The game is relatively short, with some players completing it in just a few hours, leaving them wanting more content.
- There are technical issues, particularly with the Linux VM integration, which can lead to crashes and instability during gameplay.
- story26 mentions
- 12 % positive mentions
- 77 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The story in Nite Team 4 is considered barebones and somewhat weak, with a simplistic narrative that struggles to maintain player immersion despite its realistic portrayal of hacking tools and techniques. While experienced players may find the basic storyline easy, the game's navigation and mission presentation can be confusing, detracting from the overall storytelling experience. Despite these shortcomings, players appreciate the engaging gameplay and the challenge of uncovering hidden elements within the missions.
“If you're experienced in info-sec, the basic storyline is probably going to be fairly easy, but there are some hidden challenges that are somewhat more demanding.”
“You use real exploits and real vulnerabilities with real tools in a controlled environment with a silly story.”
“It's a lot more believable than most games regarding how you might perform exploits, but don't expect to maintain your suspension of disbelief story-wise.”
“Displaying all the missions on a single web page that get unlocked as you move in the Myst-like navigation interface is both confusing and terrible from a story perspective.”
“Story is barebones for most of the game and the ending is pretty weak.”
“You use real exploits, and real vulnerabilities with real tools, in a controlled environment with a silly story.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally considered acceptable, with some users highlighting the impressive scenario and technical tools that enhance the overall visual experience.
“Moreover, both the scenario and the graphics, as well as the technical tools used, are awesome!”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay in the latest update is significantly enhanced by the new DLC mission, which users feel deserves more attention from the developers through promotional content.
“It's surprising that the devs have not yet highlighted the DLC mission in a video, because this is a big gameplay update from the first mission.”