HYPNOS

It's clearly still in early access but I love what's there. I'm looking orward to seeing how the game's dveloped.

This early into EA, and the game is phenomenal. Absolute improvement over Blackshard, and that was already one of my favorites. The number 1 thing I appreciate most about what they've done is the inclusion of more color, and not just sparse instances of it. It's a solid blend of both brutalist geometric look from Blackshard and one that's more organic and asymmetric in nature. It's a nice break from the far more monochromatic look Blackshard had. It feels more lived in with natural processes still taking place. Going through that first world/realm after the initial intro level, they really nailed down the sense of scale with things. That first look down into the valley drives home that feeling of being a speck in an absolutely colossal place. I'd say the meshing of the brutalist megastructure architecture with those more natural/organic forms and colors does a lot to break up the environment and sell the sense of scale better than Blackshard did. If anything, I find it more aesthetically pleasing. We'll see if this continues to be the case with future updates as more realms/levels are released. As far as performance, I haven't had any issues with it. Smooth as butter, even for a game running on UE5. Anyway, 100% worth the price even this early into Early Access. Highly recommend.

Hypnos è tante cose, ma se vogliamo riassumere in maniera stringata è un'avventura introspettiva, molto silenziosa, un viaggio interiore in un mondo che può ricordare i disegni ed in dipinti H.R. Giger ed Escher. A differenza di un bellissimo titolo come Journey, qui saremo in prima persona e ci saranno alcuni personaggi lungo il nostro cammino, ci saranno dialoghi e scoperte, ma soprattutto ci sarà un mistero da svelare, in una ricerca continua e silenziosa che ci lascerà il controllo del ritmo con cui vogliamo intraprendere questo viaggio. Al netto di qualche imperfezione tecnica e qualche ottimizzazione ancora da ottimizzare (scusate il voluto gioco di parole) mi sento di consigliare e molto questo titolo. Se volete vedere come inizia per avere un'idea più precisa vi lascio un video con i primi minuti https://youtu.be/cFL8cxxyThk

For fans of what is around the next corner, without fear of getting shot or jump scares. It's all in the mystery of the journey. If you liked Blackshard, this is an easy buy. If you haven't played Blackshard, then check that game out!

Amazing game! I loved Blackshard and was extremely happy that there is a new game in the same universe. Every time I want to play "only for a few minutes"/"only until finding the next witness", I'm unable to stop, because there are interesting things everywhere that I just have to check out before going strait to "the next witness". There is so much to see, so many places to go, I just love it! And the teleport-system makes traveling a lot easier. But I really hope we don't have to embrace the tyranny of early access forever. I want to travel by boat to a new "continent". So please, dear developers, expand Hypnos and give us lots of DLCs!

Amazing sequel to Blackshard, which I loved. This is shaping up to be just as good or better! Great dev team.

i fear its as peak as blackshard was