![]() ![]() ![]() There's some spots where I just sat looking at how pristine the landscapes were. All the sprite work is phenomenal as well. Speaking of environments, these are breathtakingly beautiful. It is hard to explain without playing it, but it's something I really appreciated because I felt like I was the one putting the puzzle pieces of the narrative together as I recall flashes of images and the environment and string it together into a crazy weaving plot. The story is masterfully crafted and told through visuals alone, and the environmental storytelling is so rich that you can clearly connect some dots with the world building, and the ancient civilizations, and the struggles of the inhabitants of the land. and there isn't any dialogue or readable language anywhere in the game beyond the start menu and the pause menu. ![]() I think something that immediately stands out right from when you start the game is that there isn't any voice acting. Hyper Light Drifter is a culmination of so many excellent and unique ideas, on every level of its design and execution, that you can't help but feel it's some higher level of art that can only be experienced in this medium of video games. This is one of those masterpiece games that you get hooked on for a couple of weeks and feel deep in your bones that something about your existence has changed. Playtime is roughly 9.5 hours at time of writing (Steam does not display Offline Playtime) ![]()
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