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Create widget. Space Hack sticks with the classic hack-and-slash formula of most action RPGs and provides at least a decent action experience. The action is very similar to the original Diablo with all actions being controlled with just a click of the left mouse button. It is also really easy to look around the 3-D environments since you can rotate the camera with just a spin of the mouse wheel. This all makes for a rather simple and easy to use interface that action RPG fans will be instantly familiar with.
As you take Hack, the main character, on a one-man rescue operation to save your ship from hordes of aliens there are plenty of areas to explore and creatures to smash providing you hours of playtime, nearly , which is nice especially considering its low price.
There are also plenty of weapons for you to choose from, ranging from a simple light bow or club to magnetic guns and ice rays. Then there are bio chips, which are similar to magical rings or necklaces in fantasy RPGs, which give boosts to your abilities or resistances. Gaining the ability to equip and use some of the more powerful weapons gives a huge incentive to keep playing and get Hack to higher and higher levels. Yet there are several issues which can detract from the addictiveness of this title.
For starters, the story and dialogue unfold mostly through dialogue boxes and, besides Hack's grunt when he takes damage, there isn't much in the way of character voices which all adds up to a tale which is hard to get into or really care about. Also, the combat can get a little repetitive since you seem to just be fighting the same aliens over and over as you search through the ship. This is where probably the biggest problems arise in that the pacing of the game seems a bit awkward.
You'll find many items that you just won't be able to use since it takes quite some time to level up and you only get 5 points to allocate between your different skills, which means it can take some time for you to have the 45 strength to swing that particularly good sword. Is his full name Dr. Hack Slashmore, Professor of Badassology? Who the heck names their kid Hack anyway?
Did they expect him to become a bad novelist? Space Hack is essentially a one-trick pony that's learned its one trick to near perfection. Bashing monsters to the point of absurdity is engaging for a while, but after a bit of hammering away, you'll start to pick up on the flaws of the game.
Energy cells, for example, serve extra duty as currency and as a power source for your technological gizmos. If you're in a panicked situation with aliens coming at you from all sides, it can be quite tempting indeed to whip out a laser rifle and shoot your savings away.
There's a huge variety of high- and low-tech weapons in Space Hack, but some of them I'm thinking in particular of the slingshot aren't very useful at all. Additionally, some enemies you'll encounter are glowing bright green for no obvious reason.
These count as the analogues to Diablo 2's boss monsters, and they will hand you your severed butt on a platter. These seem to act as roadblocks mostly, preventing your progress until you've pumped enough points into your levels to be able to go head-to-head with them.
Additionally, the game's simplicity is both a major benefit and its primary curse. Hack is clearly meant to be a dumb grunt, so getting him to the point where you can use the interesting plug-ins is like kicking water uphill. To do this, you'll have to divert skill point resources away from his primary interests of being big and beefy, which will make killing things with a flick of your wrist even harder. From there, it can be seen that you need to level up even more, which requires killing even more things.
Yet it can be downright fun to stomp around smashing the heck out of the gooey exploding aliens. Thus, you can see that there are a few flaws inherent in the Space Hack system.
I can't say that I wouldn't pick it up just because it's a nicely shaped sci-fi-flavored potato in the big sack of Diablo clones. I will hazard to say that games like Phantasy Star Online or Restricted Area bring the same thing to the table in different forms, but admittedly none of them have the direct simplicity that Space Hack does.
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