![]() I don’t like to admit defeat, and I’m not admitting it this time either, but the truth is that after beating the North, West, and East, I needed a break from HDL. That’s an excellent question, hypothetical reader. I haven’t finished the game yet.īut Mary, why are you writing about a game you haven’t finished? In order to defeat whatever is causing the illness, the tiny warrior must travel in all four cardinal directions and defeat bosses in order to send up a beacon that does.something. The entire narrative is communicated without words, so it’s up to my interpretation, I suppose.You play as a warrior of some sort, cursed with a horrible affliction that causes you to cough up brightly colored blood. The game’s premise is simple, or at least I think it is. Yes, it’d be hard-most Metroidvania games seem to be for one reason or another, and the reviews for HLD were no different-but I wasn’t expecting it to be so hard. I figured that Hyper Light Drifter would have a similar vibe, with an emphasis on exploration and cool atmosphere. It’s cute, and challenging, and so so fun to play. I wrote a blog post about my love of Hollow Knight, Team Cherry’s 2017 game where players get to be a tiny bug fighting with a nail as a weapon. Here’s the thing-I love Metroidvania style games. I should play it.” But this time I did play it. ![]() ![]() Hyper Light Drifter was recently released on the Nintendo Switch in September, and yet again I thought, “Huh, this game looks cool. It’s a calming, ambient synth-filled journey, and it’s the perfect thing to have on in the background while writing. I’ve listened to its soundtrack-composed by Disasterpeace (of It Follows fame)-many many times as I write my dissertation. Heart Machine’s 2016 game Hyper Light Drifter has been in my orbit since it came out.
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