So Romantic's Jack Move, the futuristic grid-based RPG where you play as a hacker, will be tapping into our Switch's mainframe on 20th September.
This beautiful, neon, pixel art RPG made a splash on Steam with its prologue demo earlier this year, and it's now bringing the whole adventure to consoles (and PC) later this year. Steam, Epic Games, and Humble will all get Jack Move on 8th September, while we'll have to wait a little bit longer to get our hands on it.
As Noa, a vigilante hacker from Bright Town, you must save your father from a mega-corporation — standard stuff, really! But her partners are an eccentric bunch — who doesn't want a Martini-drinking uncle to help them out on their journey?
Here's an official summary of the game from its Steam page:
Jack Move is a fresh take on turn-based Japanese-style RPGs. Promising a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk storytelling, turn-based battles, and beautiful modern pixel art.
Story
Take on the role of Noa Solares: An up-and-coming vigilante hacker from Bright Town. When the overreaching mega-corporation Monomind, kidnaps Abner, her estranged father, Noa has no choice but to get him back, before it's too late. Why is Abner researching digitised consciousness? And what does Monomind want to do with it?Noa won't be alone on her journey. She'll be helped out by her best friend and tactical planner, Ryder, as well as her Martini drinking uncle and ex-corporate spy, Guin Blakely.
Cyberspace Battles
Battle Noa’s foes in the unique single-party-member turn-based battle system, featuring beautiful animation and tactical gameplay.Customise the software of your Cyber Deck to switch roles mid-battle, balancing offense, defense, and buffs. Choosing which software you load during battle is the key to victory! Hardware upgrades can help boost your stats, increase the amount of software you can install or give Noa extra abilities.
Features
- Gorgeous “Hi-Bit” pixel art inspired by retro RPGs and enhanced with modern techniques.
- Battle your foes in cyberspace. Take them down using a multitude of sweet hacking software.
- Explore the dangerous world of Monocity One and takedown Monomind, the evil mega-corporation that controls it.
- Play as Noa Solares, a sassy hacker out to save her father and the world.
- Fight your way through dungeons filled with all sorts of cyberpunk villany. Street punks, gangsters, corporate militia and horrific cyber-experiments-gone-wrong will all be vying to take you down!
We'll be able to find out soon whether Jack Move's "promising" demo has set the stage for an excellent cyberpunk RPG when the game launches on Switch on 20th September.
In the meantime, check out Jack Move's official animated trailer, featuring some gorgeous retro-style anime-inspired visuals, shared by IGN.
Are you looking forward to Jack Move? Let us know in the comments!
[source gematsu.com]
Comments 14
This looks pretty cool but hopefully gameplay and story can match the visuals.
Looks cool. Has a kind of Dirty Pair feel to it.
1st I want to see some combat. But it looks pretty amazing!
I really cant see an anime eyed kid from a place called Bright Town a "gritty cyberpunk adventure".
Instesd i see a Disney-esque rpg set in the future. That doesnt sell to gamers - but that is what it is.
No word of the game on the publishers website... I'm getting a bit sceptical. I've found a bit more of it at the devs website here:
https://www.soromantic.co.uk/games/jack-move/
Looks cool, may check it out next month.
@HeeHo gameplay from 1.24 in the video
Demo on stream had a 95% rating as of yesterday, i think. So, not too bad. Something to look forward to.
Getting some April O’Neil vibes…
Looks cute but depends on the price point 🙃
I've wondered for a long time if a single -party-member style RPG would work today. There are so few of them. Most games have gone the other direction to create large pools of characters to build your team with. While the variety can be nice, it also leads to heavy min/max problems and building a perfect team. The art and animation here look appealing. The story is likely very much standard trope stuff. That's fine. As long as the combat has something to offer. I didn't get to try the demo on Steam, so hopefully the reviews will be aligned with the final game.
This looks frikin good. I'ma have to play it.
Very peppy!
Great if the game can live up to such a trailer.
Played the demo on Switch, and after about 5 minutes knew I had to buy it when it releases!
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