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Hyper Light Drifter doesn’t seem particularly interested in answering those questions, it just wants them to occupy a spot in your brain to stake out a little encampment in your mind, and in turn leave a part of yourself in its melancholic neon world. Maybe they’re in there somewhere, tucked away in the many secrets I failed to unlock, or the New Game+ mode I’ve yet to tackle. What happened to the world? Why are you following this Anubis look-alike dog? Who is the man is the mask? Is he you?īy the time I saw the credits roll (roughly seven hours of game time), I had more questions than answers. World details and astoundingly beautiful pixel art tell small localized stories here and there, but the overarching plot is shrouded in mystery. Everything is impressionistic and dreamy, expecting the player to fill in the gaps and supply their own ideas. There are short vignettes, troubling visions, and one-sided, pictographic conversations from the few friendly faces in the world, but no words. No words are exchanged in Hyper Light Drifter. There is no penalty for backtracking, and getting around the world is easy with centrally located fast-travel points in every area. Like some cheap Robert Frost knock-off, you’ll often be presented with two, three, four paths (and an invisible bridge) at once, and sorry, but you could not travel them all. Hidden paths, tricky routes, and invisible platforms abound, and it’s best to embrace the wandering mentality early. You’re not expected to know where to go the game delights in that uncertainty.įrom the macro-level of not really understanding the critical path, or even your overall goal, to the micro-level of discreet portions of stage design, exploration is key. After waking up in a quaint hamlet set square in the center of the map, a tool-tip may nudge you towards the north, but there isn’t any reason you can’t go west, or east, or south, or just hang out in the village and marvel at the character and design of its shopkeeps.
Hyper Light Drifter sets the player off to explore a dying world without much direction.
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