Posted on: May 22, 2021
glasratz
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Usually, I don't review a game after just four hours of gametime, but the average time of all players is 4h46min, so I think I have a good impression of it. There's a good game in there somewhere, because the elements are there. The graphics are stylized but beautiful, the fighting system works fine and many of the mechanics are well integrated. You run around, kill monsters, solve simple puzzles with levers and blocks, like in many other games. So what is missing? First, I found the equipment system lacking. You can improve your life, stamina and sword, as well as upgrade your combos and minor fighting techniques. While there are no numbers in the game, you are basicly just raising your stats. No new weapons, no armor, no special abilities. I did not notice any difference with many of the upgrades. So collecting and exploration is not the meat of the game. Then there's the lack of story. The creators call it a "wordless narrative", but to be frank, it's just no narrative to speak of. It's the typical video game plot: Some kind of evil plague is spreading, here's a sword, go save the world. You don't know what your character's motivation is and that takes a lot of my motivation away. You don't know what you are doing, you are just pushing buttons and killing monsters to see what happens next. There's also the problem that the overworld is nicely created and colorful, but you are going to go into a lot of dungeons. Those are always few drab tiles over a grey abyss without much decoration. Think of Hob like one of the older 2D Zelda games without the ability to find equipment and without the story. You can't play it as an immersive adventure and you can't play it as dumb-fun video game.
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