It's entertaining enough to test out all of the weapons in the tutorial area, with that stone available to replenish your magic stores indefinitely. Hyper Light Drifter is local co-op only, and I took combat mode for a spin with designer and techno-wizard Teddy Diefenbach, and Heart Machine founder Alex Preston looking on. Unfortunately, there's no button to halt the flow of angry, violent creatures that swarm you once you open that door. ![]() Left bumper displays magic and health bars, and your weapons. The A button is a (very useful) dash, and X is a sword slash. These weapons include an enemy-seeking mine ball, a shotgun that shoots in a diamond formation, a boomerang, and a close-up attack that embeds a fucshia crystal in an enemy, which you then detonate into huge crystal splinters covering the surrounding area. ![]() ![]() Behind it, when you're ready, lies an arena filled with creatures bent on your destruction.įirst, the training room allows you to play with mechanics: Plugged into a MacBook Air, playing with an Xbox 360 controller, press the right bumper to see a circle of weapons and map the ones you want to the Y or B buttons. A door etched in rune-like symbols waits at the end of the room. Hyper Light Drifter's combat mode is a solo or co-op evil-beast explosion – it begins in a training room lined with dummy targets, and a seafoam platform that recharges your magic.
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