Hyper Light Drifter

喜欢废土 ＋ 神秘学 ＋ 失落科技的玩家不容错过。玩法则融合了很多游戏的优点，塞尔达式的 2d 开放世界，银河恶魔城的探索要素，魂类游戏的操作难度，以及独立游戏特有的人文关怀。

I learned about the game from Indie Cross episode 2. Drifter there looked sick as hell, and were introduced as something on par with Shovel Knight, Undertale, Cuphead, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight and Celeste. I expected a hardcore gem with deep gameplay and an awesome story.. And I was disappointed. This game is easy, there are very few challenges, few gameplay tools, and there's no story to tell - just an overall background with few indications that don't really go anywhere interesting. The level design takes getting used to - at first it's very unintuitive, and difficult to tell the walls apart from the walkable ground. Majority of the enemies can be killed by button mashing, weapons and special attacks are poorly balanced, with few of them having little to no use, and others - being able to kill everything in one hit. When you die, you immediately start from the previous room with no penalties, so basically you're immortal. Closer to the end of the game, searching for all the hidden keys is getting tedious and tiresome, all the puzzles are generally pixel-hunting tasks, where you need to find a mark comprised of 9 pixels that's hinting that the wall can be walked through or the chasm can be stepped over. It's not a bad game, but I don't see anything that would put it above the average in my eyes.