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Hyper Light Drifter Looks So Damn Good

GIMME.

Mar. 14 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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Hyper Light Drifter

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Graphically it looks like a great combination of Bastion, Fez, and Swords & Sworcery.

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Makes me want to play Bastion again, or ffwd to whenever Transistor comes out.

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Got a chance to play an early combat demo of this game late last year and the combat was tight and tough as nails. The developer said he prided himself on the combat being pixel perfect in regards to collision detection.

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EU PSN confirmation please!

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At the end of the game he finds a car and starts doing some sick drifting.

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@cikame said:

I've already backed a game like this, Radio the Universe, certainly no lack of choice when it comes to playing games these days.

I have no idea why Radio the Universe doesn't get as much hype as this. Maybe it's the lack of trailers and stuff, but I think RtU looks far superior to me.

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@cikame said:

I've already backed a game like this, Radio the Universe, certainly no lack of choice when it comes to playing games these days.

I have no idea why Radio the Universe doesn't get as much hype as this. Maybe it's the lack of trailers and stuff, but I think RtU looks far superior to me.

That's funny, cause I think Hyper Light Drifter looks far superior to me. Funny how that works. I think it looks better, is easier on the eyes and less of a clusterfuck. I like the art style. Opinions! I'm sure RtU is gonna be fun too, though.

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I really should have contributed to the Kickstarter...

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@xbob42 said:

@sergio said:

@bbk said:

@sergio said:

Getting tired of the pixel style artwork that indies are so fond of these past couple of years. This is one of the better looking ones, but still, I would love more of them to take it further and do well drawn artwork.

To each their own. I can't get enough of this stuff. After the era of brown games that seemed like it would never end, the colorful pixel renaissance is a minor miracle in my eyes.

It doesn't need to be all brown and still look great. Bastion and Transistor look great from Supergiant games. One might not like the anthropomorphized animals in Dust: An Elysian Tail, but it is beautiful artwork. The Hohokum Quick Look EX posted today has great artwork. I do enjoy some games that have pixel style art, but it's mainly for the gameplay and not for their looks. Pixel style artwork all looks similar to me, while these and other games that put more effort into the art style look different from one another and better than the pixel artwork I'm seeing.

You're assuming that it's cheap or practical for everyone to make hand-drawn artwork. It's very expensive and very time-consuming. Pixel art can be approached practically mathematically, making it much quicker and easy to produce in most cases, while retaining a more professional look. If the hand-drawn/animated art work for your game is anything less than SUPERB then it looks like a terrible flash game or something off of Deviant Art.

I'm not assuming that it's cheap. Which is why I say "put more effort" because that does require dedicating more resources or hiring someone else to produce the artwork. Also, I've seen some great artists on Deviant Art, so looking like something off there isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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The Evangelion is strong with this one. Fucking beautiful.

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@morten81 said:

The aesthetics are nice yes, and that's a great tune, but other than that, was is so interresting about this game?

It looks like a Zelda-esque game with awesome art, music and robots, what's not interesting about that?

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GIMME.

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looks absolutely awesome. on a side note, i thought this was a Capy game for the longest time. guess not.

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Very pretty.

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Holy beautiful animations Batman!

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Don't know about the game, but i'll definitely take a copy of the soundtrack.

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@sergio said:

@bbk said:

@sergio said:

Getting tired of the pixel style artwork that indies are so fond of these past couple of years. This is one of the better looking ones, but still, I would love more of them to take it further and do well drawn artwork.

To each their own. I can't get enough of this stuff. After the era of brown games that seemed like it would never end, the colorful pixel renaissance is a minor miracle in my eyes.

It doesn't need to be all brown and still look great. Bastion and Transistor look great from Supergiant games. One might not like the anthropomorphized animals in Dust: An Elysian Tail, but it is beautiful artwork. The Hohokum Quick Look EX posted today has great artwork. I do enjoy some games that have pixel style art, but it's mainly for the gameplay and not for their looks. Pixel style artwork all looks similar to me, while these and other games that put more effort into the art style look different from one another and better than the pixel artwork I'm seeing.

I agree with you, though I think the pixel art here is good enough here for me to enjoy it. Sword & Sworcery wasn't, however

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Sooooo, there's hints that it is coming to PC? The master race awaits you, arty indie pixelated game.

In fact, I may await you also, since Japan isn't allowing me to have a Ps4 (or so the scuttlebutt goes). And by god, you look like a PC game! I know that titan black I am foolishly thinking of buying will be good for this, ..yes?

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@morten81 said:

The aesthetics are nice yes, and that's a great tune, but other than that, was is so interresting about this game?

Can't people be interested based on the look and sound of the game?

But other things that make me interested:

  • The trailer gives the impression of a very interesting game world, and implies a very interesting storyline to me.
  • The gameplay seems to be rather diverse, with a lot of unique settings and gameplay elements.
  • The fighting mechanics seem like it could be fast and tight, like a top down cave story or something
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Whoa! That looks awesome!

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amazing music

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@bybeach said:

Sooooo, there's hints that it is coming to PC? The master race awaits you, arty indie pixelated game.

In fact, I may await you also, since Japan isn't allowing me to have a Ps4 (or so the scuttlebutt goes). And by god, you look like a PC game! I know that titan black I am foolishly thinking of buying will be good for this, ..yes?

It's coming out on pretty much everything. This is just a Sony trailer.

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WANT IT! But now I have to buy a PS4 :( Y U NO STEAM??

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Pretty damn beautiful, cant wait to get my hands on it.

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@hollitz said:

Looks pretty rad.

Lots of Evangelion inspired monster design. Well, more like straight up borrowing, but I'm not complaining. 1:14 (looks like Sachiel) and 1:30 (looks like a berserk Eva).

I was getting more of a 1970's Jack Kirby vibe. (When he was doing the Eternals and New Gods stuff)

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This looks fantastic. I keep current with gaming happenings, but this one slipped by me.

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The design in this looks eerily similar to that in Transistor, but filtered through the visual style of Fez. It looks great and that soundtrack seems powerfully evocative.

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I want to inject this game into my blood stream.

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Too bad this isn't on Steam.

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Aesthetic reminds me of a cross between super brothers and fez. It would be really awesome if this game had the level of wonder and discovery that fez has. Also, disasterpeace is so good.

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@uberjannie said:

WANT IT! But now I have to buy a PS4 :( Y U NO STEAM??

It's going to be on steam. Really, it's going to be on almost everything (PC, Mac, Linux, Steam, PS4, Vita, Wii U, and even the Ouya). No xbox as of right now.

Source

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@assinass: It actually does contain new footage, basically just some scenes replaced with newer versions of the same events.

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@reisz said:

The Evangelion is strong with this one. Fucking beautiful.

This I noticed too.

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So glad I backed this. I can't freaking wait. Amazing music, amazing art/style and the combat looks nuts.

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Did I see an Iron Giant or two in there?

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This game really reminds me a lot about NausicaƤ anime film. Which is kind of cool.

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Welp, this is a day one purchase on the Vita for this guy. I continue to be super happy I bought the thing a couple weeks ago.

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Oh man, this looks beautiful. No clue it existed until now. Can't wait.

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Looks great. Art style reminds me a lot of Sword and Sworcery.

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love the art

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Whats so special about the music? It seems like more of the same generic ambient music combined with some basic house beats

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It's out!. It's finally freaking out. The day is good.