(CriticalIndieGamer) Despite its issues, Candestine has a lot of promise. Not only does it sport an original concept, with its realtime dual play styles, it captures the atmosphere of Uplink and Wargames, to make you feel like a hacking pro. It’s just a shame that, at present, the same attention hasn’t been lavished on the action aspects of the game. The barebones are there, but it just doesn’t feel fleshed out enough to be as enjoyable as it should be. With time these issues will be fixed, and that’s why you should wait for a few updates before pulling the trigger on this one.
Welcome to the wonderful realm of espionage and hacking with Clandestine, the indie release by Logic Artists. The game closely resembles that of Watchdogs with it’s database hacking and file grabbing objectives and that of Metal Gear Solid with it’s stealthy and espionage based gameplay and uses these aspects quite well throughout the story of the game.
Ian Howarth: "Clandestine is an asymmetrical cooperative stealth/infiltration game that requires one person to control Katya, the ‘boots on the ground’ whilst the other controls Martin, the hacker. The game is heavily reliant on patience, communication, and execution of strategies. Teamwork is crucial, which is also why I opted to play with a friend that I could call, instead of relying on the text-chat functionality for online play (although this may also be due to the fact that I never once found a game to join). The story kicks in as the two protagonists (or at least the protagonist and her side-kick) are brought in to help a private intelligence agency gain intel on a missing agent in Mexico, who is found out to be currently undergoing torture, thus turning the plan into a recovery operation. When they return and are commended for their success the real plot begins. It might be interesting and it certainly sounded pretty deep but the terribly animated cutscenes, boring voice acting, and convoluted ‘intelligence’ jargon-riddled dialog will rip you right out of it and beg that you skip straight to the mission."
Dtoid:
You monster, Flew under the radar. 2015 was a fantastic year for video games. There were so many great games vying for an opportunity to occupy your time.
A lot of interesting titles I haven't heard of before. Only one that rigs a bell would be Telepath Tactics, which was featured during Indie Month.
Refreshing article among the ton of GOTY articles that all list the same games (Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Fallout 4 etc).
