Status Gangreen Sep 5, 2020
A decent game brought down by lots of little issues...
I was looking for a lighter, shorter game and thought Hob would hit the spot based on reviews. Ran into lots of little problems that cut away at an otherwise fun experience until I eventually just gave up.
From a technical perspective, the frame rate is just awful. I lowered …
A decent game brought down by lots of little issues...
I was looking for a lighter, shorter game and thought Hob would hit the spot based on reviews. Ran into lots of little problems that cut away at an otherwise fun experience until I eventually just gave up.
From a technical perspective, the frame rate is just awful. I lowered the graphics to their “Very Low” setting and was still experiencing problems with some areas being sluggish. At higher settings most areas were like playing through molasses.
The platforming is bad. Too often I would die from bad play control, or bad camera angles, or just not knowing if that was a ledge I could reach or not. The majority of deaths didn’t seem fair; the game felt like it was hampering my jumps or movement.
Combat is bland. There isn’t a ton of it but with enough dying on the platforms enemies would respawn. It would just feel like button mashing until they were dead. There are a few upgrades but only available if you travel back to specific location, which meant a lot of backtracking to get to.
What a shame, the world is neat, has a nice presentation, and the stakes are not high. Your character is exploring a mysterious world and at times it was a pleasant little adventure.
