I have heard complaints that the game is short, but I can assure you that these people were playing it on easy. On the hardest setting you can easily get 25 hours out of Hard Reset.
When Hard Reset Hooked Me
So all in all, the game captured my attention, but I just kept thinking to myself “This is an indie game, and even though it looks amazing, I don’t expect them to do anything I haven’t seen before.”
Flying Wild Hog shocked me. Perhaps it has been done before, but this was a first for me. As I walked up to the first control panel in the game that I had to activate, the game automatically transitioned me from gun wielding FPS mode to the interactive control panel menu. Every game I have played before this, required you to push the “USE” key to interact with the control panel. So when Hard Reset transitioned me so seamlessly into the menu, my jaw dropped.
Now I know that you are thinking that this could be bad if you transitioned while in a fire fight, but your worries are unwarranted. You must turn and look at the control panel directly, so there is
never a chance that this will hurt your gameplay. I hope that all of the AAA developers out there pick up this game and incorporate this seemingly small detail in their upcoming titles. Even such a small detail added so much to the experience and kept you feeling like you were really living in the year 2436.
Final Thoughts on Hard Reset
I encourage everyone to buy this game. Even at full price. I want to see this developer do well because the quality that they put into Hard Reset is unsurpassed. If you are a PC gamer and don’t buy this game, then I am hoping you are plagued with pitiful console ports for the rest of your life. Hard Reset is what PC gaming is all about.
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