OSLO:2084

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"OSLO:2084" is a selection of minigames wrapped in political propaganda from Norway. The plot follows the developers imaginary cyberpunk girlfriend, Embla, in a cyberpunk dystopia controlled by an AI (don't worry, the game doesn't have any AI slop that I can tell). What do you do in the game? Get politically indoctrinated while playing a selection of minigames like block placement/orientation puzzles, platforming, endless runners... it's like a Fischer-Price activity set for people who like terrible gaming experiences. Whether we may or may not agree with the cause, it's my firm belief that politics of any kind has no place in gaming. It does no service to gamers at all for political or social agenda to be shoved down our throats, no matter which side is doing the shoving. We're here to have fun, not get indoctrinated. Because the primary purpose of this product is totally unrelated to gaming, this really just makes gaming worse, and does nothing to further the developers political crusade. This is one of those things that gives amateur developers such a bad name. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in …

This feels like Cyberpunk for Kids. All the same beats about cybernetics, AI, corporations controlling everything, etc, but in a JumpStart! format, down to the levels being named after famous books and authors in the Cyberpunk tradition. I'd give this to a 10 year old or younger if I wanted to introduce the basic ideas of the cyberpunk in a kid-friendly format, but its not that fun, or well made; it feels like a student's high school project turned in just under the deadline, rather than a fully-developed game. I give it a tepid recommendation.

A short game with its fair share of flaws but ultimately well worth the price, and not afraid to say something to boot. It is easy to tell that this was a labor of love by a small team. The gameplay is choppy at best: I had a number of the minigames glitch out (though not really gamebreaking) and the core platforming loop is at best functional. There is a section later on that I found to be more frustrating than difficult thanks to the way the floating platforms bounced (something in the way they pull back to their original position had me uncertain of every jump, though not in a good way) and all for a character to warp me back to the beginning again, though it at least progressed the story. The story is very simple for a cyberpunk setting: you have the thing that can fix things, amp it up with some plot shenanegans, stick it in the "solve problem" slot. But there is a certain hope that shines through all the ill will, the lovecraftian corporations, the widespread apathy, the degradation of life, in the setting. You survive by showing and receiving kindness from others, by showing the world the good that can be if we let it. You succeed by retaking the ability to choose aw…

i finished the game but zero achievement???? hahah weird

I loved this game and every concept in it. Oslo2084 is a game with deep concepts about society with the fun aspect of a platformer. You must navigate through the city of Oslo2084, collecting Cryptodisks (data shards with jumbled phrases detailing deep concepts) in order to put a stop to a final event that prevents an important goal from being achieved. It is a well developed, retro style game that sends a message. It blew me away with the concepts and I HIGHLY recommend playing it.