Remember Me Review | D+PAD Magazine

Remember Me Review | D+PAD Magazine

Simeon Paskell|13 years ago|PC

D+PAD Magazine writes:

The cyberpunk science-fiction genre is one frequently misunderstood; its visual trappings of cyborgs, robots and neon cities are a useful visual tool for game design but as a complete genre, much media ignores its themes. Central to cyberpunk is exploring the limits of technology, not in a reductive sense of debates about “playing God” but about considering the effects of progress on society, the effects of modern industrialisation on social class boundaries and most importantly the role of the counterculture and protest movement in a connected, surveillance state. This is where Remember Me stands out – it is a game which, if not breaking new ground in its plot, shows the most capable understanding of its genre.

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