City of Chains
Astronomic Games · 2015 · Indie, RPG, Adventure, Strategy, Cyberpunk
PC
Mostly Positive76% · 160
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About City of Chains
✦ AI summary
City of Chains is a tactical action RPG where you lead four imprisoned rebels through a dystopian metropolis using combat, hacking, stealth, and crafting to survive against government forces. Every choice shapes your journey and your team's morale, with non-linear paths letting you approach each challenge through direct assault, clever bypasses, or anything in between.
Holt Allaway is a skilled engineer, specialising in the construction and programming of robots. When the government approached him to sign up for a military programme to create battle machines, Holt declined, not wishing to create weapons of war. He expected this wouldn’t go down well, and he was right. Shortly after, the officials fabricated a story that he was conspiring with underground movements against the government and convicted him of a crime he did not commit.
Upon being arrested, Holt is taken to a temporary holding facility where all arrested criminals are brought for an interrogation, as well as a verdict that decides their fate. Some are executed, and their organs are harvested and sold. The others are taken to high-security prisons and used as labourers or test subjects.
Shortly after an interrogation, the holding facility is attacked by corrupted machines, and chaos ensues. A scout bot that’s remotely controlled by a mysterious individual calling himself Cai sets Holt free and instructs him to escape. Holt joins forces with a smart scientist Chloe and an assassin Lorelei, both of whom were also imprisoned. Following Cai’s lead, they flee the facility.
However, their ordeal has only started. With no allies, few resources, and government police on their heels, they must find any means to survive and escape this condemned city - a City of Chains.
GENERAL FEATURES:
- A dark sci-fi set in a large, dystopian city.
- 4 leading protagonists, each with their own skillset.
- No levelling up or experience points. Acquire skill points by making progress and use these to learn new skills and passive bonuses for each character.
- Enemies can be approached with direct combat, taken out with a grenade, or bypassed altogether.
- Non-linear and semi-linear locations. Use hacking, lockpicking, charisma, and wall smashing to find alternate routes to your goals.
- Choice and consequence – your decisions will have impact on the world around you.
- Grenade crafting and Medicine making. Use ingredients to create various grenades and medicinal pills.
- Watch morale of your teammates! Morale makes your allies more efficient in battle and out of battle.
- 3 difficulty modes – Casual, Hardy, and Dystopia.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Looks terrible and boring as hell. Don't even bother.11 found this helpful
It's another jank RPGMaker game, but it has some entertaining values. Although I'd rather choose neutral over positive. [b]Story:[/b] Feels like a B-rated movie, not really good or memorable. While your choices have some impact on the story, it seems you can obtain all endings no matter the choice you made earlier. [b]Visual/Audio:[/b] The overall visual it's just okay, where some assets either look ugly or somewhat good. The audio is just your typical RPGMaker game. [b]Gameplay:[/b] The combat is passable, without grinding requirements or spamming attack nonstop. I managed to avoid many combats by craft and buy lots of standard and plasma grenades (that are thrown while walking) and learn certain passive skills. But boss HP is very bloaty, where it took at least 5 turns to beat the boss with best items and skills I could obtain. So it's not surprising many people gave up quickly and even left negative review.4 found this helpful
City of Chains, developed by Astronomic Games and published by New Reality Games, is a dark, choice-driven RPG that takes the familiar structure of an RPG Maker title and pushes it toward a more narrative-focused, consequence-heavy experience. Set in a dystopian sci-fi city defined by control, surveillance, and systemic oppression, it places the player in a world where survival is uncertain and morality is rarely clear-cut. While its mechanical foundation is recognizable, its ambition lies in how it frames decisions and allows player actions to shape the course of the story. The narrative follows Holt Allaway, an engineer imprisoned after refusing to assist in a dangerous government project. His escape from captivity marks the beginning of a journey through a fractured and hostile environment, where alliances are fragile and trust is difficult to earn. Along the way, the player encounters a cast of characters whose fates can shift depending on the choices made. The story places a strong emphasis on consequence, often forcing the player to weigh immediate survival against longer-term outcomes. Rather than presenting clear right or wrong decisions, it leans into ambiguity, allowing …1 found this helpful
Получил удовольствие от прохождения. Хороший сюжет, интересные персонажи и ощущение, что каждое решение действительно имеет значение.
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