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Hyper Light Drifter
« on: September 14, 2013, 09:55:35 pm »
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Cool stuff, reminds me of "Sword and Sworcery" a lot

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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 10:23:29 am »
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Reminds me of Hayao Myazaki.

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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 01:31:51 pm »
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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2016, 01:26:29 am »
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PEOPLE IT´S OUT! AND IT`S FRIGGIN GLORIOUS!

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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2016, 02:44:16 am »
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Looks really solid. People are saying it's kinda like a metroid/zelda hybrid, thoughts?

Also is there any real story to it, or is it just a "jump in and have fun" type of experience, with cool visuals and audio to go with it?
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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2016, 04:37:25 am »
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The graphics look like a mix of Risk of Rain and Hotline Miami.

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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2016, 11:51:41 am »
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Also is there any real story to it, or is it just a "jump in and have fun" type of experience, with cool visuals and audio to go with it?

There seems to be quite some story because there´s a bigger intro at the beginning. NPCs tell you what happend to them via pictures, there are also cutscenes from time to time. But since everything is explained via pictures and visuals and not by text, it´s more up to the player to find out what´s going on in that world. Makes it maybe a bit hard to understand, but also mysterious and kinda foreign, which I like.

Yeh, metroid/zelda hybrid comes pretty close, best description I´ve heard so far was zelda/dark souls, since combats are fast paced and unforgiving and are based on a lot of dodging. There´s also a neat upgrade system which gives you new combat moves/weapons etc.

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EDIT: I just finished it. It´s short, but good; pretty much what I´ve been expecting. 18€ may be a bit too high for that length, so I´d say put it on your wishlist and wait for the next sale. I needed 9 hours to finish it, but I also kinda rushed through the game yesterday and today. I didn´t bother to look for all keys, secret areas, outfits and weapons (there´s also new game+ once you´ve finished the game).

Short but good entertainment
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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2016, 05:54:44 pm »
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alright, this is one of those games which don´t end with the endboss

I can´t believe that I missed so many places

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Re: Hyper Light Drifter
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2016, 12:48:28 pm »
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I've "finished" it as well after 7 hours and giving it a little break before I go back in to face check all the walls and throw myself off dubious cliffs.

Also, games that give me a movement ability that's almost too fast to handle always get a pass.

My only complaints are the sound and visual design (screen shaking, piercing tones) is a bit much sometimes and using some of those ambient creatures to point out hidden paths would be nice.
« Last Edit: April 04, 2016, 12:52:41 pm by SixThumbs »
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