Jack Move is a brisk cyberpunk JRPG-alike that's out this week Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Jack Move is a brisk cyberpunk JRPG-alike that's out this week Corps run. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 5 Sep 2022 9 comments Jack Move. Jack Move. Here is a phrase that tickles somewhere, deep in the back of the brain, buried under boxes and old coats. Wasn't someone...down for a Jack Move? I want to say William Gibson. One of the early ones - or maybe one of the present-day ones? Jack Move Developer: So Romantic Publisher: HypeTrain Digital Platform: Played on PC Availability: Demo out now on PC. Out on PC on 8th of September. Coming to Switch, PlayStation and Xbox on 20th of September Googling will have to wait, because here is Jack Move, with a demo out on Steam now and a release planned for the 8th of September. Turns out we're all down for a Jack Move. And I reckon I was right about Gibson, because Jack Move is a cyberpunk JRPG, albeit one with modern sensibilities, which means the pixel-art is smooth and Treasure-textured and the action is implausibly brisk. Straight up: this is a lovely thing. Lovely from the way that you PATCH items rather than use them, to the way that you have stats for Sass and Guts and Grok. Jack Move trailer. The demo, which I urge you to try, is a delight. One mission: you are headed into a grubby corps' offices to dig up dirt that you can use for blackmailing. A few floors to explore and then find the right terminal and get out of there. Random battles? Kind of. Jack Move has thought about this stuff, so as you wander around, a danger bar builds up in the top-right corner, looking a bit like phone signal strength. When it gets to the top you're going to start getting random battles. It just gives you a little more control, a little more warning. And the battles are great, turn-based with a turn-tracker displayed on the screen, which makes me think that a lot of the deeper fun here is going to lie with hacking the turns and twisting the rhythm of a fight to your advantage. You can do standard attacks, but you can also install software - which takes time and inventory space - and that allows you to do much more aggressive stuff, all of which comes with a data cost. Data, I guess, is mana here. The battles are fantastic. There's plenty to think of already, as you choose which software to install, knowing that it will block space for other software. But Jack Move has more ideas too. In fact it's building to Jack Moves: you build up to these by dealing damage, and then you get the chance to pull off a super attack, powered up by a bit of DDR input matching. Jack Move! These things are something else. I was breezing along doing 120 damage by and large and then my first Jack Move stacked the damage into the thousands. After the demo mission I was dropped off in what very much looks like a hub, and then I went to sleep and the demo ended. I am eager for more! I can't wait in fact. Come 8th September I think we are all down for a Jack Move. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 27 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Feature From abandoned board game to birthing a genre: Football Manager at 40 Kick off. 21 Feature How I became an Elden Ring detective It started with a save game... 26 Latest Articles Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store