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Kamiko |OT| Hyper Light Zelda. The Best $5 You Can Spend on Switch!
- Thread starter Cerium
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Awesome! Bought and downloading.
Solid SOAP
Member
Def will buy this today. Art style is beautiful and the price cannot be contested
It's definitely happening, i can easily shave that 30 seconds off, Yamato is so fast that you can just blaze through everything. I tried a few runs with Hitome but i just don't like that throwing arc at all, i only got a few seconds better time with her, but if i get sub 15 i'll need to try to get her down there too.
Jonneh3003
Banned
What a delightful game. Short, charming, cheap and a highly replayable.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
RoninChaos
Member
Is this out? It's not showing up on the e-shop for me.
Robin64
Member
In Europe. Should be out in America shortly.
Lol, exactly what I did!
BizzyBum
Member
When does the NA shop usually update?
Admiral Snackbar
Member
Bought, a real delight to discover something so creative looking.
12PM EDT. The game is available on Nintendo's site right now which will push it out to your Switch automatically.
Beat the game in about 55 minutes or so - it's quite a steal for the price, although it's definitely not perfect. It has a nasty habit of spawning enemies literally immediately in front of you, which is frustrating anyway, but it's made worse when you're carrying an orb or a key, since that makes you drop it and forces you to go all the way back and pick up another one. If enemies *always* spawned closer to the edges of the screen, or even off the screen entirely, it'd be much less irritating. Also I really feel like a map would be useful, since the areas are fairly large and I sometimes found myself forgetting which routes I hadn't fully explored yet - but that's not quite as annoying as the enemy spawns!
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
game bought, will play either on my lunch break or when i get home
Robin64
Member
Here's a trick: When you know about a route that you need to carry an orb/key and enemies spawn on it before you have the orb/key, kill all but one. A new pack won't spawn if you left one alive.
CharminUltra
Member
Game looks fun AND it's only $5? Sold.
That said, it's going to have to wait until June. MK8D and PPT will keep me busy all May.
That said, it's going to have to wait until June. MK8D and PPT will keep me busy all May.
ChemicalCutthroat
Member
What a wonderful surprise birthday present! I'll have to check it out when I get out of work. As a fan of HLD and LOZ this seems like a blast.
Combat is fun but it's not deep, you have basic attacks and a charge move which depletes your money/energy.
Robin64
Member
Damn, son, well done!
Nice to see confirmation there's no trophy better than gold, too.
One thing I saw in your run is death abuse, which I keep forgetting you can do. I need to keep it in mind.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I love HYperlight Drifter so this looks very interesting. The pixel art and symbols are so similar to HLD. Like way too similar in parts
Spring-Loaded
Member
A new subgenre: hyper-like drifter
Just completed my first run. 48:23, 1 sitting, 0 deaths.
As someone who played the absolute fuck out of Hyper Light Drifter, this game is WAY too easy.
That being said, I really rate this game and think it's a great addition to the Switch library at it's current price tag. Graphics are nice, music is good, combat is incredibly simple but still very fun. Has plenty of replay value through the other characters (and a game mode I've not unlocked yet?), and it's just long enough for what it is. Doesn't overstay it's welcome at all.
Absolute steal. Money well spent. Encourage everyone to give it a go!
As someone who played the absolute fuck out of Hyper Light Drifter, this game is WAY too easy.
That being said, I really rate this game and think it's a great addition to the Switch library at it's current price tag. Graphics are nice, music is good, combat is incredibly simple but still very fun. Has plenty of replay value through the other characters (and a game mode I've not unlocked yet?), and it's just long enough for what it is. Doesn't overstay it's welcome at all.
Absolute steal. Money well spent. Encourage everyone to give it a go!
Robin64
Member
It's actually a
music player
finding a hidden secret on each of the four levels.
Ohhh interesting. I'll have to start hunting for those then!
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
That pixel art is straight up HLD... I don't think I could get past that.
I just beat it for the first time on my lunch break at 48 minutes. Your time is insane.
victreeb3l
Member
Looks good, will check it out.
BizzyBum
Member
All of the retro titles look way better on the tablet.
Robin64
Member
You can't, but you can push a block on one switch.
Stairouais
Member
Yup, They're not even trying on the second level, it's borderline assets stealing. It might be stupid but it bothers me too much...
Oh I see the damn thing was hidden by a tree. Thanks.
The Main Event
Member
Just beat the first boss. Neat little game.
Was stuck at the same spot. I believe there's a similar one I was stuck at later in the game..
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Have to say, this game is a lot of fun to play on lunch break, love the art style and there's way more exploration than I thought there be
BizzyBum
Member
Well, all done with the three characters.
Favorites in order were probably Hinome > Yamato > Uzume. A nice 2 hour (I'm slow) break from your current game rotation. The BGM's are excellent and having 12 in this small title is really nice plus built-in timers for speedrunning is a cool feature.
Definitely recommended. Make sure to play it on the tablet, looks way better than on a TV.
Favorites in order were probably Hinome > Yamato > Uzume. A nice 2 hour (I'm slow) break from your current game rotation. The BGM's are excellent and having 12 in this small title is really nice plus built-in timers for speedrunning is a cool feature.
Definitely recommended. Make sure to play it on the tablet, looks way better than on a TV.
D.Lo
Member
it's a direct evolution of designs from the same developer's game Fairune, which was originally released on iPhone in April 2013, months before even the kickstarter for HLD, let alone release.
Lord of Ostia
Member
It's not asset stealing, it's following the same sources of inspiration. This developer has two previous titles released before HLD, with a similar art style. No one is accusing Heart Machine of stealing, why would you accuse them of something like that?