Status killerstar Jul 24, 2021
Ok, I like it.
It happened again, though. I beat the third boss, wen back to town and THEN I noticed a second pair of shops in which I could improve my gun and buy some sort of grande?
Hyper Light Drifter (2016)
Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Wii U · Xbox One
3.92 from 1016 ratings
4220 members have it in their collection · 145 playing now · 2085 backlogged · 726 wish listed
How long? Main story 11h · with extras 15h (from 40 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Heart Machine
- Publishers
- Heart Machine
- Genres
- Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
- Series
- Hyper Light
- Events
- PC Gaming Show 2017, PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference, Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Mar 31, 2016 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jul 26, 2016 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- TBD (Cancelled) (Worldwide) PlayStation Vita, Wii U
Related
Editions
Expanded versions
- Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Sep 2018)
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
297
4 stars
429
3 stars
210
2 stars
72
1 star
8
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status killerstar Jul 24, 2021
WHAT?! You can buy upgrades?! I spent hours on this game, beat the first boss and I'm just now realising that.
Status killerstar Jul 19, 2021
I started playing this last night and I think I'm enjoying it? Honestly, I'm more confused than anything due to the total lack of clear instructions or even implied direction.
Status Inc Aug 21, 2020
I give up. What an infuriating, confusing game, so much struggle. I yelled a lot.
A younger more patient me would have liked this game more.
I do love the setting and mystery, but I also like to feel like all the work I'm putting in is going to pay off or that I'm getting stronger at least. But nah, …
I give up. What an infuriating, confusing game, so much struggle. I yelled a lot.
A younger more patient me would have liked this game more.
I do love the setting and mystery, but I also like to feel like all the work I'm putting in is going to pay off or that I'm getting stronger at least. But nah, not worth it.
I think I've given up on the final boss too, which is shameful, I know. But it's only going to wind me up more, trying to dodge and attack a brutal boss with a character that doesn't respond with the kind of precision you need for something so unforgiving.
If you like something challenging and dark, you'll probably like this. But all I am now is wound up and stressed. It's been a hard day man I don't need this to unwind.
3 stars.
Status Intothisworld Jan 1, 2020
It was a'ight. Too tedious and too much effort for not much payoff, storyline or otherwise. Plays kind of like an old Zelda game but with less charm.
Status anarchistica Dec 27, 2019
Free on the Epic store today (again):
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/hyper-light-drifter/home
The next game might be Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
Status Gangreen Sep 1, 2019
Just started playing this. I really like the presentation. The lack of text is made up for with a neat world to explore and it really leaves you imagining as to what the heck went on here, or who you are. The world is not overpopulated with enemies, which allows you to enjoy the exploration.
I am tired of 8-bit …
Just started playing this. I really like the presentation. The lack of text is made up for with a neat world to explore and it really leaves you imagining as to what the heck went on here, or who you are. The world is not overpopulated with enemies, which allows you to enjoy the exploration.
I am tired of 8-bit pixel art. This game would have benefited immensely from very high quality rendering of the backgrounds. Maybe the authors thought it required more imagination for the player to interpret the low quality graphics in their mind. I think it is a missed opportunity.
Combat is fun when you get into a groove, but I think the controls could use some tightening up. There were many times when my character was slashing right and in a combo and then somehow started slashing left.
Definitely will keep playing.
Status anarchistica Aug 15, 2019
Free on the Epic store this week:
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/collection/free-game-collection
FEZ next week.
Status peterwooley Apr 25, 2019
I’m not sure what I thought this as going to be, but I’m about an hour in and have almost no idea how I’m doing. Regardless, I am enjoying the combat and am now only occasionally drifting off a platform’s edge to my death.
I’ll continue slashing through stuff until I run out of new places to explore. Hopefully I …
I’m not sure what I thought this as going to be, but I’m about an hour in and have almost no idea how I’m doing. Regardless, I am enjoying the combat and am now only occasionally drifting off a platform’s edge to my death.
I’ll continue slashing through stuff until I run out of new places to explore. Hopefully I figure out what I’m supposed to be doing before then.
Status BMO Mar 13, 2019
Heart Machine just announced a new game, which appears to be a follow-up of sorts to Hyper Light Drifter.