I am sure i am dumb but i don`t understand Netrunning
I hope to get a better grip of it after watching more of it , definitely the second play thru for me . I do love the look of the SMG in the top
If you speak about the hacking minigame, it's extremely simple if you just try to progress through the quest, but can get challenging if you want to rip different benefits out of it.
Let's visualize it.
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5
That's the simplified version of the 5X5 grid with the codes, which is utilized whenever you try to break into the security system. Above it you have six (in the demo at least, the number can potentially differ based on hacking skills) "slots" in which you input those pieces of codes by selecting them. You are given a bunch of objectives that you can complete via this minigame, main one displayed above it and side ones displayed next to it, with their own code combinations attached. So it looks like that
Main Objective: Download Cyberpunk 2077 data leak A1 B1
Side Objectives:
Remove Sard's MLP reaction images B3 E3 E5 B5
Gain mod status C5 A5 A1
Get access to Shavod's secret porn stache A2 C2 C4
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5
Side Objectives:
Remove Sard's MLP reaction images B3 E3 E5 B5
Gain mod status C5 A5 A1
Get access to Shavod's secret porn stache A2 C2 C4
To fulfill those objectives all you need to do is inputing the pieces of code in the correct order, while fulfilling main objective at the same time (however you don't have to input main objective first). As you can see, doing the main thing is very easy, because all you had to do is to input A1 B1, then the remaining four slots might include whatever, and bang, you download data leak. However if on top of that you want to remove Sard's ways of memeing around, then you have to input A1 B1 B3 E3 E5 B5, and bang, you download data leak and become hero of the forum. But maybe you are more interested in my secret gallery, so then you can input for example A2 C2 C4 A4 A1 B1, and bang, you download data leak and gain access to my collection of porn staches.
Now is it just a minigame equivalent of "wait, that card" scene from BioShock: Infinite, since you just have to write the code down that is displayed next to you? No, because what adds a difficulty to that endeavour is that you can only input the codes in vertical or horizontal columns, the order in the demo seems to be horizontal column - vertical column - horizontal column. That means at the start of the minigame you can input only A1, A2, A3, A4 or A5, then after you pick, let's say, A2 you gain access only to that particular vertical column of the codes, so then you can only select A2, B2, C2, D2 or E2. Picking for example C2 then gives you an access to horizontal column of that code, so you choose between C1, C2, C3, C4 or C5, and so on, and on, until you fill all the spare slots. In other words, you always have to plan ahead of what you wanna get out of this security terminal and the most effective way of getting there.
While it might sound kinda convoluted, it's really not that hard to grasp.