Release Date: July 11, 2016
Replica is an adventure-logic game in which, working for the national intelligence bureau, we try to extract as much information as possible from the acquired smartphone. The fate of its owner, as well as our future, are determined by our actions and decisions.
Replica is an original adventure and puzzle game, in which our task is to hack into a smartphone and get as much information out of it as possible. It was developed by indie studio Somi.
Replica allows us to taste the life of an associate of the national intelligence bureau. Our principals have given us a smartphone, which we have to hack in order to obtain as much information as possible from it, throwing a shadow of suspicion of terrorism on its owner. Both the fate of this man and our future depend on what data we manage to obtain and the decisions we make. The story told in the game has 12 different endings.
Gameplay in Replica takes place entirely on the screen of a smartphone. In order to get as much information from it as possible, we have to read messages, view photos and browse through the phone settings. But that's not all, because we also have to get passwords, which will allow us to hack into social network accounts. Besides, from time to time we have to make decisions; although it's only up to us whether we answer a given call or reply to incoming messages, it's worth remembering that our actions will shape the further course of the story.
Graphics in Replica is in a colorful, pixel art style.
Platforms:
PC Windows July 11, 2016
PlayStation 4 April 5, 2022
Xbox One April 5, 2022
Nintendo Switch November 7, 2020
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System Requirements for Replica Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD or better, 240 MB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8.
Game Ratings for Replica Video Game.
Nindie Spotlight: 6.2 / 10 by Justin Nation
Games like Replica, where the entire game experience roughly revolves around you working with someone else's phone are interesting as a different and very modern form of a puzzle game...
GameSpew: 7 / 10 by Kim Snaith
Perhaps console isn’t the best place to play, then, but Replica is a game very much worth your time. Costing around the price of a cup of coffee, you’ve got a dark and mysterious experience that will undoubtedly get its claws in you. Snooping around someone’s data is always more alluring than it should be, and you’ll be on the edge of your seat each time you discover a new password, wondering what incriminating evidence awaits. Replica is uncomfortable from start to finish, but if you think you can hack it – figuratively and literally – it’s well worth playing. Just consider grabbing it on Switch or PC instead.
Digitally Downloaded: 2.5 / 5 by Matt Sainsbury
I wanted Replica to say a lot more than it did. We're living in a time where governments are becoming more aggressive in snooping into people's lives and for the first time since McCarthy, being branded as a "communist" is shifting from being someone who the right-wing impotently laugh at to someone who could be in some real danger. Replica does the right things in many ways, name-dropping real-world events and giving it enough context that the game is clearly anti-fascist in tone. Unfortunately, it lacks the intelligence and emotional resonance to be the interactive Orwellian experience that it wants to be.
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