Replaced hands-on preview: the action-platformer isn’t cyberpunk enough

Sad Cat Studios has been developing its first game, the cyberpunk action-platformer Replaced,since 2018, initially targeting a 2022 release. The project was delayed multiple times: The Russo-Ukrainian war spurred the team to move offices from Belarus to a remote-first approach, and it reimagined Replaced’s art style twice before settling on the pixel art 2.5D that made it a standout E3 reveal (remember E3?) in 2021. Replaced is finally out on March 12, but after a recent two-hour hands-on demo, I’m not sure if the game was worth the wait.