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Hyper Light Drifter
Abylight S.L. · 6,645 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
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6,645 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 13 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
12 negative reviews mention this · 92% of all complaints
★★★★★ "controller. This game might be good but it needs controller support" - Phil Ess
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"controls"
5 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Didn’t think through the controls for mobile devices. Great game but unfortunately I can’t give it a better rating because the controls for shooting your blaster weren’t thought out enough for them to be fully functional. For example if you try shooting an enemy, you can only fire in the direc…" - Careless6256
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"something"
4 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Reminds me too much of something else. It was hard to enjoy. I hope I’ll like the game more down the line, but currently I don’t like it." - I_dont_,care
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"controller"
3 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "controller. This game might be good but it needs controller support" - Phil Ess
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"needs"
3 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "controller. This game might be good but it needs controller support" - Phil Ess
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"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Full Screen. Needs to be a full screen game, otherwise beautiful and enjoyable. Easy to learn gameplay and great play experience. I just don’t want to see boarders on the edge of my iPhone or black spaces. Seems like all apps should be formatted for tha…" - AbusedCloth
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controller
This game might be good but it needs controller support
Didn’t think through the controls for mobile devices
Great game but unfortunately I can’t give it a better rating because the controls for shooting your blaster weren’t thought out enough for them to be fully functional. For example if you try shooting an enemy, you can only fire in the direction the character is moving and can’t really aim if u need to move to the left and shoot straight. I wish I could give it a better rating but unfortunately for me until this gets fixed I’m afraid it’s a one star rating especially because it’s a paid game. You’d think you wouldn’t have to deal with this type of problem if your paying for something.
Seriously?
After the first half hour with this game, I watched an obscure intro video with no text, then got thrown into a world to explore and collect stuff for unknown reasons not knowing what this stuff is or does. Within this world are stores and shops where it appears you can upgrade stuff like your sword and gun, but there are no labels or costs that I can tell. So we go back out to the world to keep walking around and killing stuff that approaches you. I guess it’s kinda like a classic Zelda game in some sense except less charming and no explanations or text. Graphics and controls with my external controller are good. Just a really weird game. Maybe I’ll give it another try later on now knowing what to expect from it.
Full Screen
Needs to be a full screen game, otherwise beautiful and enjoyable. Easy to learn gameplay and great play experience. I just don’t want to see boarders on the edge of my iPhone or black spaces. Seems like all apps should be formatted for that at this point. Especially something I paid for.
Reminds me too much of something else
It was hard to enjoy. I hope I’ll like the game more down the line, but currently I don’t like it.
手感简直是灾难……
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Controls are annoying
I am first going to emphasise that this game would probobaly be amazing on ipad but you have to use the ipad buttons on macbook aswell. Not to mention the scaling is incorrect for the macbook. I would not recommend playing this on macbook but nice looking game.
Awful unless you use a controller
This game pretty much requires a controller do not play this with touch controls, it’s a complete drag. Needs desperate help with touch controls,
Horrible on a touchscreen!!
This game would be great on a PC, horrible on a touchscreen! The heal button doesn’t work half of the time, the shoot only works sometimes, and the other buttons are about the same. I can’t tell if it’s something wrong with my hardware or the games software, but all I know is that it’s almost impossible to play on a touchscreen.
The graphics are great though. The sounds, music, gameplay, graphics are amazing though. It just isn’t meant for a touchscreen.
The graphics are great though. The sounds, music, gameplay, graphics are amazing though. It just isn’t meant for a touchscreen.
No
I tried so hard to like it. I mean really. But the fact that the story (which has no words) really annoyed me. Maybe it’s just me and it’s no real problem but the game seemed to have no real depth. The combat was nice and smooth though. Another problem is I couldn’t figure it out. There wasn’t a tutorial which made me mad. True potential but just not what I hoped for
Loved this game but now it lags!
Hello! Huge fan. Probably my favorite game ever. I bought and beat the game about a year ago and I just returned to it. The app was offloaded automatically by ios to save space, so I downloaded again, but now the game lags. I'm afraid of deleting it completely for fear of progress loss. Any solutions?
Horrible controls
This game is overall very good at the beginning, but some of the advanced movements to get to certain areas make it impossible to achieve. The default controls are absolutely terrible. I’m playing on an iPhone 11 Pro and at some times the movement is very sluggish and at times unresponsive.
Help me fix it
Ive played this game before and then i press new game its freezes
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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