Hyper Light Drifter

Heart Machine RIP

Nice

Easily in my top 5 favorite games ever made. If there's one thing that makes me want to swim in hot oil, its pointless, cheesy and predicable dialogue. Blatant exposition is a close second. Gives me the ol self-harm twinge every time. Most AAA games lean heavy on this nonsense, beat you over the head with it and assume youre too stupid to put the pieces of their stories together yourself. HLD does not do this. There is no dialogue, just little 8-bit blips, text [alien language, has been decoded since the game came out if you really want to know the story] and imagery. HLD tells the story of you, the drifter, discovering a city and its surrounding area that has been devastated by a war and a strange series of illnesses. You take it upon yourself to explore these places and fight your way to the heart of the corruption, discovering more about the society that once was. Gloomy solitude and a strange sense of peace follow you wherever you go. You learn that factions had vied for power, some militaristic, some religious, other scientific, and so on. As you go, you too start to fall ill and your exploration quickly becomes an ominous race against creeping death to just make sense of it all. The combat is incredibly satisfying and your weaponry and abilities compliment progression and gameplay almost perfectly. The music is fantastic and had a lot of time and effort put into it by Disasterpeace. The world building, despite being a pixel/8-bit looking game, is elite. The more time you spend exploring and studying and re-reading or re-watching, the more will jump out at you and the more you'll realize in that squishy little brain of yours that, yes, John was right. This was, in fact, worth playing. Remember the movie The Revenant? For me, The Revenants combination of solitude, loss, the wide open and quiet spaces, the almost solemn and longing music, left me with such a unique feeling that I still don't know how to describe it. HLD does the same thing. Grasping at life at the end of the world, just trying to keep going one more step to do the right thing with everything falling apart around you. Forlorn hope. For being as simple as it is, and as cheap as it is, it it phenomenal. I wish I could go back and play it again for the first time. Another fun fact is that, if I recall correctly, the creator and owner of Heart Machine actually has a heart condition that may end up being fatal. The games core themes revolve around living with something that might kill you, yet persevering anyway. There's all kind of lore analysis videos on YT about it and the story and how those ideas interact, and for me it has always magnified the games value. 10/10, highly recommended.

tremenda obra de arte 100/10. 1000/10 tremenda obra maestra y good

I really wanted to love this game. The first thing that grabbed me was the atmosphere. Hyper Light Drifter has a stunning world, beautiful pixel art, and a mysterious setting that immediately pulled me in. I also appreciate that the game respects the player. It doesn't bombard you with dialogue or tutorials, and instead lets you piece together the world on your own. That sense of freedom and trust is something I wish more games embraced. Unfortunately, that's where the magic started to fade for me. For context, I played the game for about four hours. It's entirely possible that there are deeper secrets and more rewarding discoveries later on, but the game simply didn't hook me enough during those first four hours to keep going. While the world encourages exploration, I rarely felt rewarded for exploring it. Most discoveries eventually boiled down to the same types of collectibles or upgrades, so after a while the excitement of finding something hidden started to disappear. I kept hoping to stumble upon something that would completely change my understanding of the world or its mechanics, but those moments were few and far between. The puzzles also didn't quite click with me. Rather than encouraging experimentation or making me rethink my perspective, most of them felt straightforward and mechanical. Once you've solved one, you've essentially seen that same idea repeated several more times. Combat was probably my biggest disappointment. The controls are responsive, but many encounters felt like they relied on overwhelming the player with larger waves of enemies rather than introducing interesting enemy interactions or creative scenarios. Instead of feeling thoughtfully designed, many fights felt rushed and repetitive. The boss fights were a mixed bag. I really enjoyed the Crow boss, which felt engaging and required me to learn and adapt. On the other hand, the Frog boss was incredibly underwhelming. I defeated it on my first attempt without much resistance, making it feel more like a regular encounter than a memorable boss fight. Hyper Light Drifter is undeniably a beautiful game with incredible atmosphere and a fascinating world. I completely understand why it has such a dedicated following. But for me, beautiful art alone wasn't enough. I was looking for a stronger sense of discovery, more imaginative encounters, and mechanics that continued to surprise me throughout the journey. I respect what Hyper Light Drifter is trying to do, and I can absolutely see why so many people love it. It just wasn't the experience I was looking for.

Подняла настроение, кат сцены стильные, саунддизайн тоже. Разные мобы хорошо комбинируют между собой и получается сложность. Лайк за геймдизайн

Игра замечательная, выломала себе пальцы от экстаза во время игры. Рекомендую.

Графика хоть и яркая и вцелом красивая, но интуитивно непонятная и в платформинге, и в исследовании, и в интерфейсе В игре не говорится ровно НИ ОДНОГО НАXУЙ слова, у челов нет имён, вместо них "мега необычные" "THE MAGICIAN". По крайней мере, так говорится в стиме. Исключением является лишь джаджмент/хэл Из-за отсутствия слов впринципе, элементы интерфейса в магазинах или в мире перестают иметь какой либо смысл. ну а ты догадайся что этот ромбик внутри квадратика на карте означает (НИ ЕДИНОГО CУКА СМЫСЛОВОГО ОРИЕНТИРА) Меня оттрахали в уши мега искажённой музыкой в первый (и последний) час игры. На это можно было бы закрыть глаза если бы не всё выше перечисленное Вердикт: игра кал