Conglomerate 451


Conglomerate 451 is a grid-based, dungeon crawling first-person RPG with roguelike elements set in a cyberpunk world.
You are the CEO of a Special Agency, instructed by the Senate of Conglomerate city to restore the order in sector 451, where corrupted corporations have established their turfs. Thanks to the last constitutional decree, you are allowed to create human clones. Build your own team, manipulate DNA, train your agents, equip them with high-end weapons, choose what cyberlimbs to implant, and send the squad to the field with only one goal: eradicate crime and restore order at any cost.

  • Manage your resources - Make use of your own personal R&D department to research advanced technology, unlocking new features, powers and options for progression
  • More than just body mods - In addition to upgrading weapon and armor proficiencies, augment your body with interchangeable cyber implants that completely change your agent’s skills and utility
  • Pain and Trauma system - Even the smallest wounds can have a lasting impact. By taking damage in combat, agents risk generating permanent Traumas that will follow them between missions
  • Story or Endless Mode - It's your choice. The Story Mode brings you in a world filled by events and a war with corrupted Corporations and their propaganda. In the Endless Mode, the game will create endless content for you
  • Perks and Mutations - Your agents can acquire special skills (Perks) and obtain Mutations
  • Drugs and Disorders - buy synthetic drugs to temporarily empower your agents, with the risk that they develop Mental Disorders
  • Procedural cyber dungeons - Experience the dungeon crawling you love, mixed with future technology as you take on procedurally-generated dungeons and missions
  • If you die in the game... - Each mission could be your last thanks to agent permadeath. Consider every move, because if an agent dies in battle, they will be lost forever
  • Hack the world - Enter cyberspace mid-mission and hack your way ahead of the competition to get crucial intel and give yourself the advantage
  • Collectables and Achievements - find collectibles around the dungeons and bring them to the Collector to discover the truth
Minimum Requirements
OS: Windows: Vista SP1 (64-bit), 7 (64-bit), 8 (64-bit), 10 (64-bit)
Processor: 2.5 Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 500 series 1GB video card or AMD equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended Specifications
OS: Windows: Vista SP1 (64-bit), 7 (64-bit), 8 (64-bit), 10 (64-bit)
Processor: 3.5 Ghz Intel® i5 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB video card or AMD equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Minimum Requirements
OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Discrete video card (Radeon R9 M370X with 2 GB VRAM or equivalent)
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended Specifications
OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Processor: 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Discrete video card (Radeon Pro 580X with 8GB VRAM or equivalent)
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Minimum Requirements
OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS+
Processor: 2.5 Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 500 series 2GB video card or AMD equivalent
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended Specifications
OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS+
Processor: 3.5 Ghz Intel® i5 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB video card or AMD equivalent
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Conglomerate 451 is a good game with some limits but capable of effectively masking them.

  • For me Conglomerate 451 is just the right mix of nostalgia and modern mechanics. There’s the familiar aspects that put me in a happy place, then there are the modern mechanics that mean I can enjoy those reminiscences of old school gaming without feeling like I am bogged down in some of the limitations of those games. I would say for the price, there’s a lot of value here and if you were a fan of Dungeon Crawlers this should be right down your corridor!

  • Conglomerate 451 manages to mix the highest traditions of the dungeon crawler genre with the gameplay mechanics one would expect from any modern video game. There are some flaws here and there, especially concerning the procedural generation of the missions, but they are counterbalanced by the high variety of the enemy types and the deep customization system of the agents.

  • Conglomerate 451 is an interesting hybrid of a dungeon crawler and a roguelike. The small Runeheads team clearly worked with perseverance and didn't fail to satisfy the player.

  • Conglomerate 451 is an atmospherically impressive cyberpunk dungeon crawler that doesn’t take many risks. Although it is playing safe, it provides the player with a great atmosphere, deep gameplay and some of the best cyberpunk environments to date, despite its repetitiveness and balancing issues.

  • Conglomerate 451is an average Dungeon Crawler RPG that gives you a lot of content but limited depth. In the end, it all results in a competent effort lacking soul both in gameplay and art direction.

  • Quotation forthcoming.

  • While I did enjoy my time with this game, I don't think I will be revisiting it in its current state. If you have a hankering for an old school turn-based strategy game then you'll probably enjoy this. For everyone else though I think you may be a tad overwhelmed and disappointed with what's on offer here.

  • Conglomerate 451 has a strong first couple of hours. The story takes place over the course of 75 weeks, a mission for each week. You play the director of a paramilitary organization that's been tasked with destabilizing the rogue corporations which have taken over the district 451 in the city of Conglomerate. Though the setting is a bit heavy-handed, unlike say the original Mirror's Edge, it's not bad, but no one will chalk it up as telling a groundbreaking story in the cyberpunk space.

  • Conglomerate 451 isn’t a game for everyone. For those wanting a taste of what Cyberpunk 2077 will be bringing later this year, it’s likely that Conglomerate 451 will only satiate your visual senses with its dark, neon, cyberpunk aesthetics. But for fans of RPG and dungeon crawling games, you probably won’t regret adding Conglomerate 451 to your library.

  • Despite a nice aesthetic in the missions and a handful of interesting concepts, Conglomerate 451 just doesn’t do quite enough to stand out and be noticed.

  • There’s nothing outright bad about Conglomerate 451. If you want a dungeon crawler with this specific motif and you’re okay with a less than stellar underlying game that for all intents and purposes gets the job done, this should fit that bill. It gets the atmosphere right and there’s plenty to do, and especially for the asking price, what’s on offer here is not unreasonable.

  • CD-Action

    There’s nothing quite original in the game’s design. Its every feature is just mediocre and I find it hard to imagine the way the developers could infuse more life into the gameplay now. [05/2020, p.64]

  • It's not a bad game, it's just too average for its own good. Just about everything the game does is done better by someone else. If you want a first-person dungeon crawler, there's Legend of Grimrock. If you want an RPG with a large roster of characters and permadeath, you're better off with Darkest Dungeon or something similar. Even the out of combat progression systems are better handled in games like X-COM. Conglomerate 451 is playing in a crowded space, and like the corporate drones in its own cyberpunk dystopia, it just can't establish its own identity.

  • An utterly average dungeon crawler with surprisingly solid RPG elements, but very boring, repetitive gameplay and bland graphics.

  • Conglomerate 451 repeats itself ad nauseum: 75 missions will take you on a journey through 6 small maps filled with murderous women in kilts and goons in sweatpants. The developers did try to randomize levels, but could not hide the lack of variety.

  • While a serviceable dungeon crawler, the lack of polish keeps Conglomerate 451 from being truly engaging.

  • Conglomerate 451 has a solid gameplay base, but that’s really all there is to it and it’s not enough to fully support the game on its own. The combat is decently engaging, but the repetitiveness and lack of interesting elements outside of it means it fails to garner full attention for any extended period of time. Those looking to crawl through neon corridors and vaporise cyborg punks will find some enjoyment from it, but it’s ultimately forgettable.

Conglomerate 451
$19.99 $9.50
Title: Conglomerate 451
Genre: Indie, RPG
Released: 20 February 2020
Developer: RuneHeads
Publisher: Fulqrum Publishing
  • Single-player
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Full controller support
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