Gunpoint 2013

Is it still worth playing?

Tom Francis' stealth based puzzle platformer, released for Windows in June 2013 and soon on OS X and Linux. It is set in the near future, where you play the freelance spy Richard Conway, who infiltrates buildings for clients. Between missions you accept jobs, shop for gear and allocate points among his abilities. Each mission typically means entering a building, hacking a computer and making for the exit. The building is shown as a two dimensional cross section with guards, doors, lights and cameras. The Crosslink tool lets you see how it is all wired, then rewire it, such as making a light switch open a secured door. Conway can run, climb walls, and use his Bullfrog hypertrousers to launch himself great heights or distances, tackling guards or breaking glass. A cross section that shows every guard and circuit lets you plan a route before moving, and that planning still pays off.