![]() ![]() However, it does have slight differences in both its setting and its gameplay. For better or worse this title is a homage to the rightly dubbed ‘Soulsbourne’ genre of action RPGs. Hellpoint, by Cradle Games, is the most Souls-like, non FromSoftware game I have ever played. A lot of games 10 times its size don’t have this problem.Hellpoint PS4 Review – It was Oscar Wilde that said ” imitation is the severest form of flattery.” That quote has never been more relevant than in this review. The game itself isn’t even that large of a size at just around 5GB so there shouldn’t be a need for so many frame rate issues and long loading screens. A lot of the fun will be zapped out of you every time you have to sit through a two minute loading screen to go right back to the same place you died at for the twelfth time. They will be taking up a good chunk of your gameplay experience especially since there’s a loading screen literally every time you die. Most notably, the loading screens are unnecessarily long and very frequent. Bringing up the inventory menu always includes graphical lags on your screen and in the environment when you change armor and weapons. Glitches here and there are fine in games as long as they don’t actively work against you but the amount of unpolished elements and messed up assets in Hellpoint is startling.įrame rate issues are common place even if you’re playing offline. Numerous glitches and issues also affect the game and you will notice this very fast. In addition to a dark purple filter over your screen, different enemies, items, and bosses are placed within these ominous areas. There is also the addition of a shadow or mirror world you can venture into that’s a parallel version of the current section of the map you’re in. This black hole is so powerful and influential that it affects the strength and appearance of enemies at specific times in the station’s revolution.Įach section of the game’s world you go into is designed in a way that both immerses you in the game’s atmosphere and drives home the fact that the inhabitants of this space station are into some pretty questionable and shady things. Right from the start, you’re shoved into a shadowy space station barely holding itself together on the edge of a black hole. However, what makes Hellpoint incredibly unique is its beautiful, dark, and unsettling sci-fi horror atmosphere that follows you throughout the entire game. You’ll have to discover much of the story on your own through item descriptions, writing on the walls, and documents scattered throughout the world. ![]() Just like the Soulsborne games, you’re also thrust into the story with little to no explanation for anything. Of course, you can also break out the classic melee weapon and shield combo for some good old-fashioned fun. For example, you can rock a firearm as your main weapon or pair it with a melee weapon in your other hand for some duel-wielding fun. These skills get separated into varying stats like Health and Stamina which are self-explanatory, Load which affects your carrying capacity, Strength and Reflex which determine the damage stat for different weapons, and Foresight and Cognition which influence firearm damage and the effectiveness of more magical weapons.Įach of these influence your ability to equip certain weapons and armor pieces so there are varying ways you can take your character’s build and your own gameplay. Right from the start of the game, you’ll notice certain Souls-like elements like the third-person POV, health and stamina bars, a number of different weapons you can utilize, and several skills to level points or “Axions” into that develop into different builds you can create. ![]()
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