![]() When you find four of them they combine together to become an upgrade token, which can be spent in the game’s shops. However, after about an hour of gameplay you start finding these strange looking golden cells. Either way, the start of the game was a real challenge for me as I couldn’t quite get a grasp on the combat. Maybe it was because I was bad at the game at the start or the game is designed to make you feel bad at the beginning. Though these weapons do look and sound cool, I found them to be a little underwhelming. The Drifter is equipped with an hyper light sword and an energy pistol. HLD is a 2D action-adventure game with strong influences from games like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Diablo and arguably Dark Souls. If you want to read more about Pearson’s ideology behind the game, check out this article from The Guardian. Suffering from congenital heart disease, the likeness between Pearson’s and The Drifter’s evil diseases are easy to be seen. Pearson created HLD as a of refection of his own life experience. Though I like the idea of having no dialogue, it does make it difficult the determine what an earth is going on! On the other hand, it does make the game seem more mysterious and alien to the player, which I think was the how the Lead Developer of the game (Alex Pearson) wanted the player to feel. There’s no words or dialogue in the game, so the narrative of the game is delivered through images. Now admittingly, the story is open to interpretation. Though you may be able to save the beautiful and colourful world, will it be enough to rid The Drifter of this strange evil disease? ![]() However, even though your are battling against it, the evil gets stronger and slowly closes its grip on The Drifter. When four shards from each section of the map are collected, a diamond is formed and a pillar will rise. By fighting enemies and solving puzzles, The Drifter obtains shards that can be formed into a diamond. However, to active the pillars The Drifter must travel to the four corners of the world. The pillars seem to hold the key to putting an end to the evil The Drifter is having visions about. After having reoccurring visions of darkness, entrapment, illness and a strange looking jackal, The Drifter is tasked with activating four ancient pillars. You play as The Drifter, a loner who’s only companion is a floating droid that follows you around. So let me try and do my best to tell you the story. The combat was challenging and the visual story telling, though beautiful, could be at times frustrating. That’s why when I reported on the game coming to Nintendo Switch earlier this year, I was extremely excited, I couldn’t wait to check out this indie darling for myself. And at first I have to say, I really didn’t know what to make of the game. It has come define the indie game genre and is up there with titles such as Shovel Knight, Bastion and Super Meat Boy for it’s renown with indie game fans. After a successful kickstarter that raised over $600,000, Hyper Light Drifter (HLD) was originally released in 2016 on Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
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