After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from within the environment of your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
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Mainlining is a police investigation drama that plays out through the retro style Windows XP desktop of your cyber crimes computer. You pursue criminals and hackers by following leads to websites, hacking into computers, and collecting evidence to make arrests.
The gameplay has you using a faux desktop complete with web browser, downloading files, and using the police instant messenger to coordinate with the other agents (all scripted of course). Arresting a criminal requires several key pieces of information which you can gather through hacking websites and investigating the contents. The game can be a little buggy but has some interesting ideas and the usual twists as you follow the investigation with the stakes constantly getting raised. The story isn't doing anything new and follows the usual tropes but it's a fun ride.
I'm a fan of these hacking simulator games, and playing as a 'good guy' was a nice change of pace. Plus the episode to episode gameplay loop is fun with the desktop graphics and art being a nice change of pace compared to the command line gimmicks every other hacking game wants to employ.
Overall a fun game that doesn't really push the envelope, but its good for one play through if you're into the hacking puzzle genre.
The gameplay has you using a faux desktop complete with web browser, downloading files, and using the police instant messenger to coordinate with the other agents (all scripted of course). Arresting a criminal requires several key pieces of information which you can gather through hacking websites and investigating the contents. The game can be a little buggy but has some interesting ideas and the usual twists as you follow the investigation with the stakes constantly getting raised. The story isn't doing anything new and follows the usual tropes but it's a fun ride.
I'm a fan of these hacking simulator games, and playing as a 'good guy' was a nice change of pace. Plus the episode to episode gameplay loop is fun with the desktop graphics and art being a nice change of pace compared to the command line gimmicks every other hacking game wants to employ.
Overall a fun game that doesn't really push the envelope, but its good for one play through if you're into the hacking puzzle genre.
I really enjoyed this game! The pixel graphics are super charming, the story is pretty cool and I love the humor of it and it's fun to play around this fake OS and kinda fulfill that hacker fantasy. Also the soundtrack was nice, very detective-esque but so chill.
i love me a hacking game,, and this one is an utter joy. the visual switches it plays with is a gem i wasn't expecting and is used in a wonderful fasion
i got it on sale for 1€ and i got what i paid for tbh, not worth getting it at full price, it's buggy as hell, took me 2 hours to complete having to re-do cases a few times because the game kept crashing
Member of British government internet monitoring group attempt to arrest unlicensed software devs before being pulled into internal affairs and murder. Entertaining character details like the dad writing fan fiction and good appropriately ridiculous corporate websites and slogans. Poor arrest and evidence system doesn't fit linear story and can cause some plot issues. Having to type things in the correct way on a fake internet/root directory can lead to some confusing moments.
Nearly broken. Literally had to cheese the game to advance at times. Probably better on pc