hack_me

You take the role of a hacker trying to break into large companies’ servers and demonstrate that their systems are not completely secure.

Missions play out through a desktop-style interface: open programs, read messages, and carry out tasks using a command line and hacking tools such as brute-force programs and SQL injectors.

The missions introduce new tools and objectives as you progress. Some tasks also involve entering text to create a virus, while the overall path is structured around a sequence of set missions.

In this sample, a few players appreciate the simple, short experience as an introduction to hacking, and one reports an overall positive playthrough. Recurring criticism is that the hacking tasks feel shallow or overly guided, while interface and instruction problems can make them frustrating to complete.