Hypnospace Outlaw

Hypnospace Outlaw is a time capsule of the late '90s internet that has a message for today.

A witty and smitten recreation of a time gone by, which you'll forgive tedium if you share in the nostalgia.

A satisfying detective adventure based around a weird and wonderfully imaginative retro internet.

Hypnospace Outlaw is a hilarious satire on internet stupidity and venality

Hypnospace Outlaw captures the essence of being online in 1999, while delivering a series of clever and engaging mysteries

Journey back in time as an online detective policing a compelling parody of the nascent net, with dodgy graphics, tinny music and a host of weird websites to explore

There is just SO much to do, to explore, so many secrets I know I’ve missed, and bits I want to return to. This is completely splendid.

There's absolutely fun to be had here, though, and those looking for something different should try it regardless.

Hypnospace Outlaw really is like nothing else out there; at once an excellent puzzle game, razor-sharp satire and meticulously crafted slice of early-internet nostalgia that you can spend hours absolutely lost in. It's frequently hilarious stuff that's impeccably well-written across the board, managing to successfully bring the crazy, lawless, early rush of creativity that formed the pre-Y2K era of the internet convincingly back to life. It delivers a truly extraordinary recreation of the GeoCities era of the internet that absolutely nails its '90s aesthetic to present a living, breathing world that's a joy to spend time browsing around, soaking up the atmosphere and reliving the anarchic early days of the internet as you slowly untangle the puzzles at the heart of its narrative.

While the concept behind Hypnospace Outlaw is solid and the recreation of the 1990s web experience will elicit feelings of nostalgia , I feel that it is an experience that many will get enough of after twenty to thirty minutes of futzing around HypnOS and the webpages.