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Let's Chatter/Splatter Over... Hyper Light Drifter

Catch The Drift?

Hyper Light Drifter is beautiful. Its loud yet effortless art direction screams a quiet confidence, a vision that's both bold and incredibly vulnerable. I very much like what I see, and many, many others agree - to the tune of $645k, in fact. But looks alone don't make a game. If Hyper Light Drifter doesn't play well, then all the glowing pinks and passionate purples in the world won't mean jack. And that would be very, very sad indeed. Go below to watch me play an early demo of the game and find out if it's on the right track.

(Apologies for being pretty rubbish at the game in places. Gamepad controls aren't my strongest suit, and also you were all making me nervous with your prying eyes and mocking smirks. Stop staring at me! Stoppppppp. Oh god, at least blink or something!) 

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Nathan Grayson: Nathan wrote news for RPS between 2012-2014, and continues to be the only American that's been a full-time member of staff. He's also written for a wide variety of places, including IGN, PC Gamer, VG247 and Kotaku, and now runs his own independent journalism site Aftermath.
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Hyper Light Drifter

PS4, Xbox One, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Wii U, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch

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