Just wondering...any of you heard of uplink?

slicer15 · 03-10-2003, 05:02 PM

I was just wondering 'cos I haven't heard anything posted about it before, though I guess it's a bit old now, or 'cos Ironworks focuses more on RPG's or related games. So, has anyone played it? I like it, I got really far, past that virus crisis thing but I had to format my PC

, so I lost all data and backups.
Anyone else?

Animal · 03-10-2003, 07:12 PM

Extremely addictive game. I quite enjoyed it for it's difference than your run of the mill shoot em up or RPG. I'm surprised it didn't do better.

Bruce The Aussie · 03-11-2003, 04:06 PM

i've never heard of it. what kind of game is it? other than an FPS? is it just a run of the mill "bang he's dead, i'll go kill the next guy" or what?

andrewas · 03-11-2003, 04:20 PM

Uplink is kind of unique. Or at least I've never run into anything quite like it before. Ive seen tons of shoot em ups, sneak em ups, beat em ups, but never a hack em up. Thats hack is the computer sense, not the maniac with a sword sense.

Definately worth a look if you fancy a change.

Sigmar · 03-11-2003, 04:21 PM

Far from it Bruce, it's a game where you play a hacker, and must break into various computers and systems and stuff of that ilk. It is actually pretty good, and a breath of fresh air

slicer15 · 03-11-2003, 04:56 PM

Yeah, Uplink has nothing to do with rpg's, shoot-em-up's or anything like that. It is a hacker game where you work for the Uplink co-orporation and fulfill missions for other companies. Your interface is basically a different PC (called a gateway) and your missions vary from simply deleting a company's data files for a rival company to chnaging people's criminal record and getting them arrested. You have to be careful, though, 'cos if you don't cover your tracks the company catches you and that game user is game over and you have to start from scratch. You can make back-ups of a user file, though, by just copying it and removing the copy from the uplink folder. When you get caught just delete the obselete file and copy over the back-up.

PS: You also do not need the CD after installing the game, but you have to enter a different code each time you create a new user from a small black wallet inside the game case.

03-10-2003, 07:12 PM	#2
Animal Gold Dragon Join Date: March 29, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 2,534	Extremely addictive game. I quite enjoyed it for it's difference than your run of the mill shoot em up or RPG. I'm surprised it didn't do better. __________________ It\'s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...then it becomes a sport.<br /> [img]\"http://members.shaw.ca/mtholdings/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

03-11-2003, 04:06 PM	#3
Bruce The Aussie Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Chaotica (london,england) Age: 37 Posts: 1,798	i've never heard of it. what kind of game is it? other than an FPS? is it just a run of the mill "bang he's dead, i'll go kill the next guy" or what? __________________ [img]\"http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/bruce.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Have a nice day <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br />cloudkingdom.co.uk<br />\"be calm, be happy, be stoned\"<br />The person currently speaking is(tick appropriate): Me/My inner child/the voices in my head/my inner demons

03-11-2003, 04:20 PM	#4
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	Uplink is kind of unique. Or at least I've never run into anything quite like it before. Ive seen tons of shoot em ups, sneak em ups, beat em ups, but never a hack em up. Thats hack is the computer sense, not the maniac with a sword sense. Definately worth a look if you fancy a change. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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03-10-2003, 05:02 PM	#1
slicer15 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 12, 2002 Location: Banstead, Southeast England Age: 37 Posts: 1,162	I was just wondering 'cos I haven't heard anything posted about it before, though I guess it's a bit old now, or 'cos Ironworks focuses more on RPG's or related games. So, has anyone played it? I like it, I got really far, past that virus crisis thing but I had to format my PC , so I lost all data and backups. Anyone else?

03-11-2003, 04:21 PM	#5
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	Far from it Bruce, it's a game where you play a hacker, and must break into various computers and systems and stuff of that ilk. It is actually pretty good, and a breath of fresh air

03-11-2003, 04:56 PM	#6
slicer15 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 12, 2002 Location: Banstead, Southeast England Age: 37 Posts: 1,162	Yeah, Uplink has nothing to do with rpg's, shoot-em-up's or anything like that. It is a hacker game where you work for the Uplink co-orporation and fulfill missions for other companies. Your interface is basically a different PC (called a gateway) and your missions vary from simply deleting a company's data files for a rival company to chnaging people's criminal record and getting them arrested. You have to be careful, though, 'cos if you don't cover your tracks the company catches you and that game user is game over and you have to start from scratch. You can make back-ups of a user file, though, by just copying it and removing the copy from the uplink folder. When you get caught just delete the obselete file and copy over the back-up. PS: You also do not need the CD after installing the game, but you have to enter a different code each time you create a new user from a small black wallet inside the game case.

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