Hack 'n' Slash

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• GGameSpot

  Daniel Hindes · Oct 14, 2014

  6.0

  Once you have actually solved these puzzles, it becomes apparent how fiendishly clever Hack 'n' Slash actually is. ...But the game assumes so much knowledge that, if you're not familiar with making games yourself, you may find each joke is lost on you whilst solving its associated puzzle, and is only funny in retrospect after its completion. Hack 'n' Slash, then, is a game made by game developers, for game developers, featuring humour that only game developers are likely to fully appreciate.

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• IIGN

  Richard Cobbett · Sep 22, 2014

  7.7

  Hack N’Slash is both a perfect pun and an amazingly clever game; one that does have a tendency to get so wrapped up in being clever that the gameplay suffers for it, unless you and its creators are on the exact same wavelength, but which does at least let you feel smart as well. ...Too many glitches do spoil the party though, which is more serious here when you don’t know if they’re intentional.

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• PGPC Gamer

  Emanuel Maiberg · Sep 20, 2014

  6.0

  It can be hilarious too. At some point, I got a tool that allowed me to slow down time. It's not some super empowering ability. ...It's funny the first time, and annoying every time after that. ...That's Hack 'n' Slash. It starts with good intentions, but eventually becomes an inside joke between programmers. I'm sure it's funny if you get it, but I wasn't laughing.

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• GWGame Watcher

  Chris J Capel · Sep 29, 2014

  5.5

  I’m sorry to do this to you Double Fine as I love you dearly, but Hack ‘N’ Slash is the worst game you’ve made. A wonderful idea, with lovely dialogue, a clever coding system, and some cute puzzles, but unfortunately it clearly couldn’t be given as much time as the idea deserved. The world is barren, boring and frustrating to get around, the story barely presents itself, and the code puzzles get far too obtuse and un-fun round about the middle of Act 4.

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• EGEuro Gamer

  Dan Whitehead · Sep 15, 2014

  8.0

  Those minor bumps in the road aside, Hack 'n' Slash is something of a perfect storm of indie game design. It takes a simple yet brilliant idea and executes it as thoroughly and thrillingly as you could ever want. It openly acknowledges its debt to the past, but never to the point where it is held back by nostalgic dogma. The things that will make you smile far outnumber the things that make you frown.

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• EGEuro Gamer

  Alexander Bohn · Sep 19, 2014

  6.0

  Im Ergebnis bleibt ein Titel, dessen Anschaffung sich auch Spieler, die bislang blind jedes Double-Fine-Spiel kauften, besser zweimal überlegen sollten. Geht ihr ohne Programmierkenntnisse oder -interesse in das Abenteuer, verdrängen die ab Kapitel vier häufig unklaren Aufgaben mit maschineller Regelmäßig- und Kaltherzigkeit allen Spaß aus dem Prozedere.

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