So I Tried… Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.So I Tried… Car Mechanic Simulator 2018.So I Tried… Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge.So I Tried… Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.So I Tried.Football Manager 2019 Touch.So I Tried.Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.So I Tried… Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale.So I Tried… Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Venus.So I Tried… Attack on Titan Wings of Freedom.So I Tried… Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition.So I Tried… The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.So I Tried Hitman: The Complete First Season.So I Also Tried.Ace Combat Assault Horizon: Enhanced Edition.So I Tried Retro… Star Trek - The Next Generation - Future's Past.Return to the Lost Levels of So I Tried….So I Tried… Dead or Alive 5: Last Round.So I Tried… Star Wars: Republic Commando.So I Tried Retro… Rex Ronan - Experimental Surgeon.So I Tried… Rome: Total War Gold Edition.So I Tried…DRIVECLUB: PlayStation Plus Edition.Supreme League of Patriots Issue 1: A Patriot Is Born So I Tried… Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage.The Adventures of Batman and Robin (SNES) So I Tried… Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition.So I Tried… Flower Shop: Winter in Fairbrook.Alas, it came out three and a half years ago, it’s safe to say I’ve missed the boat on this one. I only wish I’d discovered the game earlier and could write a review for it. Needless to say, this title has its hooks in me and I’m happy to let it carry me absolutely anywhere. Aside from the world and its awe-inspiring visuals, the combat is joyously frenetic I’m eager to keep practising and improving my skills with the sword/gun/dodge-based combat that’s currently kicking my inexperienced arse. Not only do I plan on continuing my playthrough of Hyper Light Drifter, but I’m considering having screenshots from the game on rotation as my desktop wallpaper. The desolate landscape, harrowing sound effects, inexplicable creatures and overall sense of ‘completeness’ overwhelmed me: this felt like a cohesive vision inspired in a way that games so rarely manage. These were my on-screen activities, but -really- most of my attention was drawn to soaking in the world’s atmosphere. I found myself exploring the game’s northern region: fighting enemies, picking up collectibles, solving puzzles and piecing together my overarching objective. It’s set in an intriguingly cryptic, ominous world where nothing is made obvious and everything is up to player interpretation. Hyper Light Drifter is a game worthy of standing alone, and it does so with a style that most games couldn’t dream of achieving. Granted, its relation to The Legend of Zelda remains tenuous like I expected: it’s an isometric game, there’s a semi-open overworld and you fight enemies with a sword, that’s more or less where the comparisons end. I’m so very glad to report that my initial impressions were wrong, so very wrong. It’s worth mentioning that Hyper Light Drifter has received critical acclaim since its release I’m hoping something ‘clicks’ with me when playing this game that the screenshots just couldn’t convey. Of course, these were my impressions before even booting the game up, so I was more than prepared to have my expectations shattered, exceeded or otherwise subverted. To be honest, the game -while beautiful- looked like a chore to navigate: every screen filled with details to the point where the way forward would end up getting lost in the mess. Strangely, I couldn’t quite reconcile that with the screenshots, which seemed too surreal and confusing to draw comparisons to any Zelda title. Let’s see what I make of Hyper Light Drifter in half an hour.īriefly reading the various descriptions and summaries online seemed to paint the game as a sort of homage to A Link to the Past. It might leave me cold it might capture my heart and become my next gaming love. This time, I’m trying out Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition on the Nintendo Switch. Whether good, bad or even unplayable, the game will get half an hour to make an impression and prove its value. “So I Tried…” is GameGrin’s series dedicated to giving a single, untouched title in our libraries the chance to shine. These days, everyone seems to have a mountain-sized backlog of unplayed games. Articles // 6th Jan 2020 - 3 years ago // By Jamie Davies So I Tried.
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