The Hare and The Tortoise - Let's Play Mainlining - Ep 2 - Mainlining Gameplay - Mainlining Game
90In Episode 2 of the mainlining full playthrough Brad Clay (muscleboy81) sings like a canary and mentions a drug-running club called “Hare.” Once again it’s up to MI7 to figure out who is responsible, where they are, and what crimes they have committed. So fire up your command lines and let’s play Mainlining.
This one came out of left field for me, but I’m glad I noticed it just before release! I am really looking forward to my Mainlining blind playthrough because of its similarities with Orwell (which I loved) and the overall look, feel, and concept of Mainlining: that we’re a hacker working for an intelligence agency. So come and let’s play mainlining (this video we are focusing on the mainlining first case)! I cannot wait to see more Mainlining gameplay. I’ll probably also offer a little Mainlining review or my Mainlining first impressions; so lets play Mainlining!
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Episode 1 of the Mainlining blind playthrough has us log into MI7’s systems only to find that muscleboy81 has erased all of our data. After a general reboot, we start hacking a series of clandestine websites in an attempt to find his real name and any evidence that he committed crimes. Episode 2 of let’s play Mainlining blind, we continue investigating Thorn and have to track down a drug dealing ring calling its product “Hare.” In Mainlining, we read front-end website, back-end server content, and anything else we can find in order to get the job done. The mainlining gameplay is very similar to Orwell, except we aren’t presented with any clue as to what is or is not important. Overall, I am very excited to continue my let’s play Mainlining blind series, and hope you stay with me throughout this mainlining full playthrough and guide.
Mainlining gameplay is built around a case model—solving a case leads to new clues for another case, and so on. With each new case, the Mainlining story gets deeper, more complex, and more challenging. We will cover it all in this mainlining full walkthrough.
Overall, Mainlining seems like a slow-paced game that is very heavily reliant on reading and information gathering. Mainlining asks players to read documents, websites, news articles, to view photos, and to decide how and when and where to hack using the Mainlining tool. Using the information gathered in these investigations, the Mainlining gameplay then requires players to make decisions about who to arrest and on what charges. For each arrest, you need a name, location, and evidence of the crime. There are obvious parallels between Mainlining and Orwell, another excellent game that we’ve already played. I hope you come with me on this new journey and let’s play Mainlining!
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Title: Mainlining
Genre: Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Developer: Rebelephant
Publisher: Merge Games
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Game Website: http://www.rebelephant.com/
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/454950/
Humble: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/mainlining
Itch.io: https://rebelephant.itch.io/mainlining
Game Jolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/mainlining/131385
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FROM THE DEVELOPERS
THE GAME
Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that mixes dark and dry humour with a gripping narrative that will have you hooked from the very first case. Following the government's introduction of the BLU Pill Act and the Secret Intelligence Service's reintroduction of MI7, all online personal data is accessible by the powers that be. Mainlining questions techno-ethics and whether it is acceptable for an organisation to have the power to look at personal data. What if someone else got the key to that?
GAMEPLAY
Mainlining is a refreshing take on the traditional point and click adventure. The entire game takes place on the simulated desktop of the protagonist’s computer. Assuming the role of a newly recruited MI7 agent and working within the remit of the Blu Pill Act, the player must use their skill, judgement and cunningness to gather evidence by hacking suspects’ computers and phones.
As a MI7 operative your primary objectives are to ensure the perpetrator’s arrest and that the courts have sufficient evidence to hand out the longest custodial sentences possible. However, you’ll also have to make judgements on whether the case you're working on is complete. Move in too quickly and you may miss leads linking your case to much higher profile cyber-criminals. Act too slowly and your suspect may detect you and escape.
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At this time, Afterwork Gaming has 46,010 views for Mainlining spread across 12 videos. The game makes up 4 hours of published video on his channel, roughly 2.28% of Mainlining content that Afterwork Gaming has uploaded to YouTube.