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Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Cogmind is a early access, traditional roguelike and atmospheric game
developed and published by Grid Sage Games.
Released on October 16th 2017 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 1,792 reviews of which 1,726 were positive and 66 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP SP3+
- Processor: 1.8Ghz or faster
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Anything
- Storage: 80 MB available space
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In terms of Traditional Roguelikes, Cogmind is one of the best I've ever played, alongside Caves of Qud and Path of Achra. The gameplay of managing health, power, heat, and matter, is very reminiscent of Battletech's combat systems, which translate remarkably well to a roguelike. It's difficult, but incredibly rewarding to learn how to play the game well. Listing the positives, we have: - Amazing atmosphere and environments. Not usually a focus for roguelikes, but Cogmind is tense and cold. You feel very alone when you don't have allies with you, and even when you do, the oppressive atmosphere keeps you alert. - Versatility and viability. There are several methods for approaching the game's challenges, all of which are viable for completing the game. You can focus on stealth and hacking, you can fight every bot you see, or you can do a mix of both. - Strong gameplay loop. The mix of shooting, hiding, hacking, and configuring is very satisfying. The branches off of the main path allow for players to make runs unique, going to different places and meeting different robots that help you out. I do have one problem with the game. It doesn't provide much help for the moment to moment gameplay. Most of the incredibly useful hacks are expected to be learned by picking up data found randomly in runs, or talking to robots- also found randomly in runs. You can go for several dozens of hours without knowing anything about hacking (I suppose unless you read the manual?) and just avoid doing it, which kneecaps your gameplay *hard*. The game is brutal for good reasons and for bad reasons- there are some things you just won't know until way later, despite the information being critical to your survival. With that said, the game is a masterfully made roguelike by a very passionate developer. If you enjoy roguelikes, it's worth a try. If you enjoy Battletech, it's worth a try. I wouldn't recommend it as your first roguelike, but if you've played something like Caves of Qud, this is an escalation that you'll enjoy.
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Kind of a crime I'm doing a review this late but yeah, this game is good, very good. The way it looks its cool, the sound design is amazing, guns actually sound powerful, the explosions are music to my ears and the sound my enemies make dying to those are my favourite in the game. So you can imagine I'm very pleased because you can blow up hundreds of robots per run, probably get to a thousand or two once good enough. And there's many other ways to rack up your kill count if explosives are not your thing, go equip a stupid amount of guns, if they are lasers, enemies will melt down. Use electromagnetic weapons and they will begin to corrupt from the inside. Wack them or slice them cause we use melee weapons too. But hear this, you don't even have to kill enemies, this game has deep stealth system and it's just as fun! I adore how dynamic gameplay is, most of parts found are temporary, they will inevitably get destroyed or swapped for another. And that's the best part of the game, you are not stuck to one build or playstyle, you have the freedom to use and combine anything you find. However, If you do want to force a certain playstyle or use certain items, there are many tools and tricks to do that too, so you are not at the mercy of random luck. There's many different ways to play this, so many that with almost 300 hours I'm still doing new things and finding new places, and it will take me much longer to master any of them. While it's hard to get good at Cogmind, it's deceptively easy to get into. The game gives you so much information about the items and enemies you find every time you examine them. And if you put some hours and still feel lost there's great manual in the options. Last thing I want add is that Cogmind doesn't waste your time, you will always be 10 steps away from finding an item, a machine, maybe your next fight. Never a dull moment, this game keeps you focus and it will never let go. So if you think this game might be for you, please get it, It's worth it.
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I made the critical error of buying this game right around the beginning of my exams. The idea being I'm not the biggest roguelike fan so I'll be playing it a bit here and there... and then I proceeded to clock in some 50+ hours in span of like two weeks. If risking one's academic progress due to how great this game is, isn't an endorsement, I dont know what is. But to elaborate further, I have to say, I dont think im qualified to review this game in it's entired given my lack of experience in the genre as a whole, but between all the possbile builds, unique setting, easter eggs, paths, hidden bits lore, etc. this is at the bare minimum one of the most unique game/roguelike I've had the priviledge to play. I dont think I even have anything to complain about gameplay-wise, game is fun and surprisingly approachable to new players allowing you to do quick saves (on lower difficulties) to help you understand the complexities of this game. One thing that could be improved (in my unqualified opinion) is the option for demo version, as I think it's bit of an hard sell to new people who never even heard of this game to shell out 25 bucks, although I cant stress this enough the game is fully worth it.
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Always remember: - The best defense is never getting spotted in the first place. - Staying away from the center means staying away from things that can spot you. - If you need to fight, try and force a one-on-one. - Always have a launcher, for the situations where you can't. - The only HP that matters is the last. - Conversely, know when it's time to make a tactical retreat. - A retreat isn't very tactical if you don't know where you're going. - If there isn't a way to get where you want to go, make one. - An empty slot is a wasted slot. Find something. - Always Read Everything. - Always keep your Mind on the Cog :D
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This excellent NERD game unexpectedly does not support Linux systems! But I will still leave my thumbs up. 这个优秀的黑客游戏竟然意外地不支持Linux系统！但我还是给个好评。
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Cogmind is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
Cogmind is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
Cogmind received 1,726 positive votes out of a total of 1,792 achieving an impressive rating of 9.15.
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Cogmind was developed and published by Grid Sage Games.
Cogmind is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Cogmind is not playable on MacOS.
Cogmind is not playable on Linux.
Cogmind is a single-player game.
Cogmind does not currently offer any DLC.
Cogmind does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Cogmind does not support Steam Remote Play.
Cogmind is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Grid Sage Games
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Grid Sage Games
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16 Oct 2017
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