Hard Reset Extended Edition
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6About Hard Reset Extended Edition
In the only remaining human city of Bezoar, Major Fletcher, an Army Combat Veteran and soldier of the CLN, is dragged into a conflict between two of mankind's greatest enemies. He is to discover that nothing is what it seems to be. Hard Reset is an action-packed, single-player shooter for the PC. With over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting, Hard Reset is sure to shake up the shooter scene. Key features:. A haunting cyberpunk / dark sci-fi setting . Fast-paced, old-school shooter gameplay . Hordes of enemies to destroy . Epic boss fights . A deep, experience-based weapon upgrade system . High-fidelity graphics with full dynamic lighting . Extensive use of physics and dynamic environments . .
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- Action
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If you're reading this, you already amaze me
If you're reading this, you already amaze me. This game is (or was, as of redux) ludicrously obscure. Simply put, Hard Reset is Bulletstorm done right. Made by 35 people on a budget of less than 5 million bucks, you can see the personality in this game. The gameplay is a solid case of using the environment to your advantage, and the soundtrack is some of the best cyberpunk-esque you're going to hear in a long, long time. The graphics put a very large number of triple a games to shame, and all in all the gameplay, sound design and aesthetic come together to make grenading a large group of enemies very, very, very satisfying. My one and only complaint, as you tend to have with budget titles, is that the story was visibly handled after the rest of the game, being told almost entirely through a comic book style series of cutscenes with voice acting (that sometimes doesn't even match up with the guy voicing the character in gameplay) that doesn't exactly go out of its way to win any awards. Aside from all this, the developers get major kudos for releasing extension DLC a good 8 months after the game's release completely free. Hard Reset is a beautiful snack for folks who love retro shooters the likes of Doom, Serious Sam and Duke Nukem, but anyone else should steer clear, as this thing is a hell of an obscure niche title. Edit: If you're asking whether this or Redux is better, the answer is that Redux nerfed difficulty a fair bit and added a sword weapon straight out of Shadow Warrior. That's it.
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.0
- Value4.5
Hard to put down
Hard Reset is like some strange and wondrous artifact from an alternate universe, one where technology continued to advance after the 90's, but none of the corridor shooter tropes we see in games nowadays ever caught on. It combines oldschool FPS gameplay from the Unreal era with shiny modern visuals, then adds a light sprinkling of modern shooter mechanics (a regenerating shield meter, two basic weapons that can be upgraded into several very different forms) that enhance the core gameplay without overwhelming it. Graphic novel-style cutscenes between levels tell a serviceable cyberpunk tale that provides context for all the shooting, but once the action starts, the story elements have the good grace to step aside and let you get down to business. The levels are open and reward exploration, with secrets to find and explosive items scattered about that let you set up environmental kills - another nod to oldschool design. If you have even the slightest interest in oldschool FPS's, you owe it to yourself to check out Hard Reset.
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.0
- Story4.5
- Value4.5
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