Ubik
UBIK is a tactical action/strategy video game published and developed by Cryo Interactive Entertainment that was released in 1998. The game is very loosely based on a a Philip K. Dick book of the same name. In…
Ubik is an adventure developed by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, released 31 December 1998 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ubik is
Ubik is an adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive Entertainment and released in 1998. It was published by Amber Company. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
UBIK is a tactical action/strategy video game published and developed by Cryo Interactive Entertainment that was released in 1998. The game is very loosely based on a a Philip K. Dick book of the same name. In the game, the year is 2019. With genetic engineering and the development of replicant's, multiple company's have replicant technology capable of PSI-powers at hand to reach their goals. You play as Joe Chip, a specialist used to train, equip and lead a combat squad of selected individuals (with several skills including weapon and PSI skills) into missions against the Hollis Corporation and to protect companies against industrial spying from other companies Joe Chip works for a company…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ubik launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.
Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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