Hack The Planet is a roguelike set in a 90s retrofuture all about hacking Netpol, the cops who rule the internet, alongside your BBS of hacker friends. Bypass firewalls, vandalize nodes, and get into petty arguments with your friends as you hunt for the score of a lifetime: The Motherlode.
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Short and sweet, the star of this game is really the writing. Cyberpunk's notional anti-authoritarianism is so often nebulous to the point of failing to make any kind of political point, but not here. Hack the Planet is stridently leftist, from the anti-corporate manifesto of the User Unknown BBS to the grand prize of doxxing hundreds of cops. It's also just a fun time, learning the ins and outs of 4TRESS's network defenses while dodging spiders and shooting the shit with your hacker pals.