HackHub: Free Trial

[Note: Considering the overwhelmingly positive reviews, I may be missing something. But at the moment it remains true that I wouldn't recommend this to any hacker-adjacent friends] I'm probably still in the 'intro' section of this game, but the word I'd use most in describing it is "tedium". There is the experience of tricking machines into doing what you want ("hacking"), and then there is the mechanics of doing the trick. This game replicates the mechanics, instead of the experience. If there is a 'cool part' of hacking (I think there is), it's about the "tricking machines" part. I can't say I've seen any game so far quite pull that off very well, but this one isn't the close yet. NOTE: I might update my review after I've gotten further, but I'm not expecting a sudden shift in the experience. WEIRD SIDE NOTE: The music in this thing is pretty good! Better than the game, to be honest.

Enjoyed the demo, it's a good representation of linux, terminal CLI doesn't do too much hand holding. You'll have to think and troubleshoot some problems. However I can't get passed the StealExamQuestions mission because certain steps of it don't get ticked off. I did the last step of the mission and finihsed but step 5 of 10 is glitched. Started a new save and same thing but diffrent step in that mission.. You would think it would be coded to be all clear if you achieve the goal. Soo I got to giveup and would make me weary to buy the full version

Will definmitely be purchasing the full version of the game based on the free trial.

This game is really cool has nice in game features and gives a cool hacker vibes , you take on jobs for others and then are rewarded for them so it is a must try . :D

Good for the trial

I really wanted to like this game. They use linux even though it is a make believe OS flavor; they use some real hacking tools from simple ones like nmap to more exotic like hydra; you can bump electronic music from a Spotify-like program (its not bad); and they use realistic-ish command line in terminal. HackHub was fun at first but the more progression I made the more of a slog it became. There was extensive hand holding for each mission, and I came to understand that this was absolutely necessary because the game is incredibly linear. You have to accomplish all the goals in order and only in the exact manner they require in order to make progress. All the information you must glean from your target is the only information available anyway. There is no hunting through directories or scanning accounts for exploitative info because its all right there served up. The real pain came down accomplishing mission tasks that wouldn't progress because of capitalization for characters or putting in dashes for phone numbers! When hacking into bank accounts, you can't turn on your employer and transfer the money into your own account instead of theirs. There is only one way to do things. T…