Replaced feels like a side story in Cyberpunk 2077 at first but quickly sets itself apart through strong visuals and good storytelling.

After playing a demo of the latest build at Gamescom I was thoroughly impressed with what was on display here. In short it’s a side-scroller starring a pixelated protagonist called R.E.A.C.H, an AI who’s been forcibly uploaded to a human body.

As an AI he has no idea what it means to be human, as he’s essentially experiencing life for the very first time. He feels the cold, pain from wounds, and later on what it feels like to end a life, and it’s total confusion. That’s already an interesting premise for a game and when I was told the game was heavily inspired by Bladerunner it made a lot of sense.

While R.E.A.C.H and other characters are 2D sprites, mu

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