RPGWatch - Dex Review

Aubrielle checks out Dex, the sidescrolling cyberpunk adventure from Dreadlocks, resulting in a review of the game.

The leveling system is also simple and straightforward.  Your health bar at the upper left will tell you when you've leveled.  Go back into the pause menu, select 'character', and take a look.  Every level gives you a single point to upgrade something with.  Leveling your charisma will give you more options in dialogue.  Leveling hacking makes you able to stay in cyberspace longer and be more effective there.  Putting points in firearms allows you to shoot more bullets per attack.  One slight problem is that in the beginning of the game, you're not faced with tons of problems requiring different skills.  Early on, the lockpicking skill is really useful, and it's one of the only skills you'll find yourself in need of.  So the game doesn't cause you agony over choosing what to put your points into for a little while.  Soon, though, the game will branch out and you'll find yourself in need of other skills, so this forces you to think ahead a little without necessarily knowing what you need.  Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends on what kind of player you are.  Do you like being in the dark, having to think ahead and live with your choices?  Then it's right up your alley.  As of writing this, I haven't been able to find any evidence of items that allow you to refund skill points.  It's possible they'll add it in a later update.