Hyper Light Drifter is a Masterpiece
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Having spent the last two weeks living in the world of HLD, I must say it is insane how much fun and beauty can be found in such a seemingly small and simple game. A true, masterpiece.
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The Soundtrack: • Hyper Light Drifter - ...
I post previews and little teasers for upcoming videos here: / atri_tsi
Really happy with the editing and artwork I did in this one. Probably one of my best videos so far. Real happy with it.
Its always great to find a small channel making unreasonably good videos
Thank you :)
reeaallyy cool attention to detail with the art on the title screens, especially the translation to hld language
Thank you ❤
in terms of guns I feel that the shotgun is one of the best in terms of up close playstyle with less of a reliance of blocking or dodging and more on large amounts of quick damage. Getting up close and blasting with the gun to deliver huge amounts of damage before finishing it off with another shot or quick sword slice. When defeating an enemy you quickly retreat back to safety or if you still haven lots of health continue immediately to the next enemy so they don't have time to react.
anyway really great video and it really helped seeing someone else who had such an interest in the game, because you are probably one of the first that I have seen.
glad you liked the video, I feel the shotgun >:)
you seriously deserve more attention. this video is remarkable and shortly, but it perfectly describes how beautiful HLD is.
it's funny how every time I think my love for this game is starting to fade, a video like this just or the heart machine discord reignites my love for this damn game lmfao
Thank you, I'm glad you like the video :)
Its my favorite game for a while now. Bought it for multiple platforms.
Love to hear you love it :)
I think that you will gather more people at this channel if you will explain beautifully why you love something instead of just showing it. Finding the proper words is that hard job not many people can comprehend
Thank you for the feedback. I prefer my videos as something of a primer for my viewers. I never want to show everything. I only show that there indeed is something special to be found, but leave the finding to the people themselves. I always found personal experience to topple anything else :)
So just got to the gun part and, cancel reload by changing weapon, shootgun makes every boss a joke, every single one, especially the one that you might be thinking of, just shoot, change twice, shoot again, repeat untill you are out of amo and then if you have time slash
On the guns:
During my initial playthrough, the shotty was my bread and butter. I liked the precision of the sword combat more than plinking at range, so the absolutely monstrous damage of the shotgun at point blank was alluring. 5 health pips is what it takes off, I think, at the cost of a long cooldown between shots. It also pairs well with all other guns due to that, whether it's the long range piercer, the low cost plinky base gun, or interweaving the heavy shots of the general's blaster in downtime. You can also completely negate the downtime by swapping from and back to the shotgun in between shots, which allows you to do 15-20 pips of damage in the same timeframe as your 3 sword swings, though it's a bug. Even without it, this gun will shred through bosses and tougher enemies, though ammo becomes a problem in long bouts.
The basic gun takes my personal second place to the shotty. Its low ammo use and quick firing allows it to be interweaved between sword slashes. You can do a ludicrous amount of damage in melee range with this thing without losing any ammo by shooting a shot and canceling the recovery with a sword swing, repeating the same through your whole 3 hit combo. It also lets you just take potshots at ranged enemies in between bouts with the melee grunts, and can really chip away at larger health bars with very little cost. If used properly, you can have zero time in combat where you aren't outputting damage while still staying topped up on ammo if you keep melee a priority. Being liberal with shots is key with this weapon, whether it's a softener, a ranged option, or a damage augmenter. Ammo isn't a problem here unless you really stay out of the fray.
The piercer was the first weapon I picked up, and I used it heavily. Decent damage, piercing, hitscan. It's a really great all-rounder, though its slow firerate leaves something to be desired. Squishy, annoying enemies that can't be dispatched with a single swing are handily dispatched with this, but it doesn't quite hit as hard as I like it to for general gameplay. I think it shines when put in tandem with something else, as a swapout. Its utility in exploration is its shining aspect I think, and is mainly why I pick it up first.
The general's gun, which I lack a good name for, is the one I've used the least. I find myself treating it similarly to the shotgun, with a higher damage at the cost of spam. I imagine this could be a top tier pocket option for killing ranged squishies without taking yourself away from combat, as well as either straight up dispatching or putting most basic enemies into single combo territory. Probably the most versatile in concept, and I plan to use it more on my NG+ run. I think my playstyle of mostly melee with potshots taken in between breaths would benefit from this one a ton.
Thank you for taking the time to go in such detail, I'm glad to see people so into the game and it's mechanics :) Oh and yea the pistol/sword combo was the biggest thing for me when I discovered it, it basically carried me thru the entire no-death run. It's insane just how strong it is, even against judgement. Poor guy got so much dmg he didnt even have time to do most of his rotations.
@@Atri4 Have you ever seen any% or NMG speedruns? Judgement melts before getting to do anything beyond his fade to black phase switch attack with the shotgun tech. Wild stuff.
@@TheEpicPancake xd
Was surprised finding this
really well made video :). I played hld 4 years ago and it literally influenced me so much, no game outside of Botw was on the same level as hld. I feel like when I play video games now, especially indie games im always looking for them to match up to this game, and even though they rarely do, Ive started playing blasphemous recently and it's a really good game, you should definitely check blasphemous out
Thank you, I've had blasphemous on the radar for quite a while, might give it a peek.
Have you played Tunic? Such a masterpiece of a game and deff gives you the same feelings/vibes as HLD.
Great video
Thank you
Nothing wrong in keeping a video short and sweet. And I agree, the production of the video is very well done. Would have loved to hear more about your personal impression and experience during key moments of the game.
Regardless, subbed
I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
I'd describe a bunch of stuff to you but in the end, I realise that no matter how much I try to put experiences into words or visuals, they are best when simply, experienced. Which is one of the reasons no new videos have come out yet, I have some ideas, but most of them just fall short of the original experience I had, and I know that no matter how I explain my experience, people will have their own, and their own experience will always top mine, since, personal experience beats all. Tho I do have some very ''artsy'' videos in mind that may get released later :)
@@Atri4 fair enough. Though if I click on your video I care to hear about your experience :). Looking forward to the future videos!
@@Darunpolo May not have to wait that long ;)
First of all, that was an amazing video.
Second of all, I personally use the shotgun. Paired with the chain dash and projectile shield dash upgrades, it becomes extremely deadly. Makes it easy to deal with the western boss and the rocketeers (I play on mobile)
Thanks. I've heard a few things from a good friend about mobile, can't imagine chain dashing on a phone, but I'm happy people enjoy that port too :)
I actually always use the gun i get from last general or the bosses in the west, the damage is high and made my way easier like your fighting an robot at the desert part its so freaking easy you just shot one bullet and then. Just slash it, i usually use gun if im in disadvantage because i like sword
My second gun is ray gun because of how i can shot it and hit multiple enemy and thats just very good, the damage itself is consider to be high for me to be a support when you're fighting a boss
but i really recommended to use the gun from the last general for fighting bosses because its deal more damage and didn't really have thats much cooldown except the reaper, ray gun is perfect for the reaper if you cannot time your shot right, or maybe use shotgun if you can take the risk to get closed and hit 1 gun shot
Absoulute M A S T E R P I E C E but it's hard
true
I really liked playing HLD but unfortunately I got stuck because of the game's design choices in UI and had no idea how to progress, and looking up a guide felt like cheating. Maybe I'll pick it back up again, but some of the way the game communicates information feels really frustrating. The exceptionally blocky UI elements felt like too much at times (even though they looked cool). But maybe that's me being nearsighted and having to overcome the fact that pixel art games look like the world when my glasses are off which is pain.
I can see why some design choices Heart Machine made could be annoying or confusing. If you however do decide to give it another try I wish you the best of luck. If you have any friends who played hld before, try asking them when you get had stuck, just for a tip, nothing too direct. Or try going on some discords/forums, you know, there's loads of people out there ready to share their love for the game with new players :)
yeah maybe i should stop lurkin' around youtube and make my own dreams true, but... i'm here for inspirating ones like this. i make a game and one other fan project related to hld, so maybe i'm just looking for an inspiration or procrastinating
also railgun is the best gun imo, i use it all the time, even not changing it xd, also i love the charged attack, even if it isn't a gun to mention, but i had kinda rough times at experiencing boss rush on the intermediate difficulty... weird offtop, sorry
the entire game is truly a masterpiece. one of my favorites, the others are hollow knight and omori (i'm rlly into abstract/surreal ones, so hld got me in a similar way)
imagine if somebody actually didn't make their dream come true just bc they eventually hadn't woken up
We all must decide what is best for ourselves, good luck with your projects :)
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What about it my man?
Oh sorry! I save videos that have instances where the words spoken are like poetry to me -- voicing things that just speak on such a personal level, to either the author or myself -- and your video is one of them! The time stamp is for me, so whenever I'm feeling down, I can come back to this video and listen to the part that speaks to me the most. It sounds kind of weird, but it's really comforting to hear other people speaking in an almost otherworldly way about things they love, not so much about what words they use, but how theyre saying it. Nobody usually notices me when I put time stamps, so congrats, I guess you found me, haha!
@@naomitadashii903 Yooo :O ♥
I stopped watching on 2:06. Thank you!
You are welcome my friend :)