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You can slow this by bouncing your connection around - done simply by clicking on servers around the map - with any servers you have admin access on adding bonus time to the trace. Any time you attempt to breach a server's security, your line will be traced. Keeping the authorities off your back is the other critical part. Some of the more clever stuff has you looking up an IT admin on a corporation's public directory, calling him and recording his voice with a dedicated program, and then playing the recording back to fool the system's security - but it's all by the numbers, and none of it is freeform. The number of tools per hack increases with beefier security, and soon you'll be needing to deploy cypher decoders and firewall disablers before you can get at your target files.

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It's as simple as using the designated tool for the job, and keeping your software upgraded - a level 3 encrypted file is defeated with a version 3 decrypter.

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The game's version of hacking is handled entirely through a series of programs purchased from Uplink's store. It's a severe enough penalty (assuming you don't just back up the save file) to give serious hacks a little extra pressure. You're then forced to start over with a new identity. If a sloppy hack comes back on you, the virtual investigators seize your Gateway (and delete your save file). The Gateway also acts as the buffer between you and the game's alternate reality. If you've outgrown your hardware's limits, you can drop large amounts of heisted cash on a new chassis with greater potential performance. This Gateway has its own set of hardware and software, and can be upgraded in sensible ways - more storage to hold more stolen files, faster processors to execute tasks quicker, etc. You do all your dirty deeds through a 'Gateway' computer on loan to you from Uplink Corp.

You'll eventually uncover a set of story missions that let you decide the fate of the World Wide Web, but it's also entirely possible to keep plugging away and seeing how much money you can accumulate, or how many servers you can breach.

Success raises your Agent rating, which unlocks more complicated jobs. You'll browse their boards and accept randomly-generated tasks you think you can handle. You're a new hacker entering the scene, and the Uplink Corporation is essentially a job placement service. Uplink takes place in the dark, distant future of 2010, where corporations regularly purchase the services of cyber mercenaries to trash their competition - who are always foolish enough to place their gigaquads of sensitive data on central mainframes accessible directly from the Internet. Their first release features 'hacking' that's pure Hollywood flash, but also strikes a decent balance between being complex and accessible, clever and fun. Hacking as portrayed in movies seems like the kind of tense, fast-paced, moderately puzzle-like action that fits a video game perfectly, and lucky for me I guess, the guys at independent developer Introversion Software agreed. I never understood why fake hacking never took off of as a genre. In more tangible terms, getting caught means that players will have to restart the game from the beginning. However, should you be detected and caught, the Uplink Corporation will scuttle your Gateway and remove all traces of your work. Money earned from your virtual escapades can be put towards acquiring new equipment and improved cracking utilities. The title's mission structure is free-form in nature, allowing players to complete jobs in whatever order they choose, with new jobs made available once your reputation and trustworthiness reaches a point that sufficiently satisfies your prospective employers. Additionally, Uplink Agents are able to influence the global stock market in order to acquire credits by buying and selling stocks. To accomplish these missions, you'll need to manage the various software under your control, assigning CPU usage to specific tasks in order to complete them faster or risk capture by doing multiple tasks more slowly. Initially, these amount to little more than stealing files and cracking passwords, but with each success your reputation will improve, thus earning you more difficult and higher paying jobs that involve money laundering, erasing or modifying records, information theft and even corporate sabotage. Equipped with only basic equipment and a small initial investment, players set about acquiring jobs. Part strategy, part puzzle title, Uplink: Hacker Elite follows players' exploits as a newly recruited Uplink Agent - skilled hackers who make a living by selling their expertise to high-paying corporations.

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