Review peterwooley 2/5 · Jan 12, 2022
I don't remember a time loop in Hamlet
I had enough fun in Elsinore's time-looping, isometric, dialog-heavy world to spend time getting to the first ending but didn't think the fun would last through 100%-ing it to get the final ending. After a rough first start, I was introduced to the hotkeys to move through the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet like a bat outta hell. The fast forward …
I had enough fun in Elsinore's time-looping, isometric, dialog-heavy world to spend time getting to the first ending but didn't think the fun would last through 100%-ing it to get the final ending. After a rough first start, I was introduced to the hotkeys to move through the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet like a bat outta hell. The fast forward mechanic (hotkey "F") was a revelation and once I realized the game wanted me to depend it, I spent the next 6 hours happily using it.
Unfortunately, I hit a wall where I knew what I needed to do but my character was missing one bit of information to let her allow the plot to resolve. I popped open a spoiler-free guide and couldn't find what I was missing. I opened a spoiler-filled guide and still couldn't find it. I ended up going frame by frame through the current world record speedrun to see exactly what I missed. I would have sworn I'd completed the necessary step hours prior but I was able to revisit the section (thanks, time loop!) and get to the end.
Overall, I was able to get in the groove of the game without giving in to temptation and doing another Diablo II Andariel run (I mean, I did those too but I still played some Elsinore). I certainly wouldn't have picked this game up if it weren't for the time loop mechanic but I'm glad to have played it.