Citizen Sleeper

Its alright, This game is a story book masquarading as an rpg, the only choices that matter are the final ones on each ending, early on the survival mechanics are grim and interesting creating the feeling that every day of survival is a blessing especially when your medicine runs out or when you start getting pursued by your corporate owners, however later in the game the mechanics tend to drag with you having way too many resources and no agency what so ever

Really well made game. The mechanics mirror narrative beats in a way that makes the whole experience extremely emotionally compelling 10/10. Took me a little over 7 hours to finish the base game, but there's also 3 dlc included!

Amazing game, narrative, and characters!

A work of art and a milestone achievement in gaming in terms of storytelling, character development, and narrative choice gameplay. Makes you feel things without a word of voice acting and some of the best music ever made for a game. Short 7 hours to complete my first play and wish i could experience it again for the first time.

In terms of story, it's truly excellent. An interesting premise, lots of poignant storylines and a really fleshed out setting. Well worth experiencing. Purely as a game, it's mediocre. It works best when you're under the dual pressure of your condition breaking down and being hunted by the employer you escaped, but both of these are rather easily solved quite early on. As a result it becomes more of a visual novel than a game, as there's no risk to take when you can simply reroll your dice or wait a new day for better outcomes. The few timers you do get put on before the end are very generous. On the other hand, the game really shines with the 3 epilogue episodes, which put you on tight timers, have lots of things for you to juggle, and require high rolls. The game warns you this is late-game content, and you should heed the warning or you'll kinda bone yourself. In other notes - resources are simply too easy to come by. At the end of the game I was sitting on 7 stabilisers and about 500 cryo. The constant moving back and forth with slow animation (main area <> greenway <> hub) is also somewhat grating when you're trying to get somewhere. Finally, while not exactly a linear game, quite a few of the storylines are things you'll more or less have to do to get upgrade points, clear your timers etc. As a result replayability is not exactly high, which kinda sucks when there's no manual save and mutually exclusive achievements. There's little challenge in the game, but go into this expecting a high quality visual novel and you won't be disappointed.

I've made terrible choices and I would do them all over again for Mina. She deserves a life better than this. Addition: I finished the DLC. I'm crying. I'm crying tears of utter joy and bittersweetness. It has been a while since a game has touched me like that. [spoiler]Rest in Peace, Riko. Godspeed, Tala. Nothing but the best, Lem and Mina. The Gardener and the Navigator will guide the Eye now. Rest in Peace, Sleeper.[/spoiler]

Incredible story that had me hanging on every word, every choice. The dice and the hard choices are executed in a way that makes them meaningful yet without too much FOMO. Highly recommend.

Había escuchado tan buenas cosas del juego que siempre lo había tenido como pendiente. E indudablemente es un buen juego, con un lore muy interesante e historias que se aprovechan muy bien de ello. La mecánica también tiene su qué y acaba haciéndose disfrutón, pero ya a la que has terminado un par de historias que llevan a los créditos, creo que pierde fuelle y ya lo acabas completando para ver lo que pasa, más que por lo divertido que es.

Recommended if you enjoy games that have great stories and interesting settings. Also if you enjoy it when your decisions matter. You won't miss the combat of other games in this one, and it's short enough that you don't notice its absence. Citizen Sleeper has a complex narrative hidden behind what first looks like a simple interface. Decisions matter and there are multiple endings. Some are good and some aren't. The story does a great job of interrogating what it means to be a synthetic lifeform that's a copy and of value in different contexts. Can you beat out planned obsolescence? Is it possible to beat out corporate greed? Why are you being hunted by cosmic horrors deep within the net? The world is lived in and the characters all have unique personalities and motivations. It's cyberpunk through and through. There are 3 classes, each with a different way of doing things, but that can eventually expand out to be far more functional. Self-modification becomes integral to getting things done. The music is not overpowering and adds atmosphere to important scenes without being too much or distracting. Also, condition and energy are different values, but both are modified by tasks, sleeping, and eating. Run too low on condition and you will be unable to roll dice to complete actions. Run low on energy and you start to starve, which affects just about everything you do. Finding out how to manage them is key. it's an interesting take o the idea of a synthetic lifeform that often would be depicted as running on a battery or unable to consume food. Botany is incredibly important here. The interface itself is easy to use but hard to predict. Dice rolls add unpredictability and tension when on a timer to complete goals. Despite having up to 4-5 options in dialog at times, sometimes there is no good answer. While most of the gameplay ends up being mouse clicks and traversing maps, it feels like more than that. it's easy to sit down to play and lose 5-6, hours but the game only takes 10-12 to beat if you do absolutely everything to reach the end of the expansion content (not including trying to get all the endings). There's no user directed combat either, although there is violence. I played this originally back before the expansions came out and it felt very incomplete. The story just ended unless you took one of the early endings. Some things were looping back then without a clear idea of what you were getting out of it. Even feeding the stray cat didn't have a dedicated outcome. Now that the game is finished and the expansions are all in place, everything you do and everyone you meet now has a purpose (even the stray cat) in the end. Nothing is left hanging. The art is wonderful as well, with a style that fits the setting. The only issues I had were that, in the later expansion content, there are some grammatical issues like missing quotation marks. It makes it harder to tell what is being said versus being thought. It's relatively minor. There are also a few spots where there probably should be a drive entry for waiting to see what will happen so you can see the countdown without having to change maps. It can make you question if you selected the right dialog option at times. Also minor.