
Description
Hack 'n' Slash is a game by programmers about programming, and if you're not interested or experienced with the subject it will eventually leave you behind. It looks and controls like Zelda, but unfolds more like a point-and-click adventure game, asking you to use a variety of items to solve puzzles. The twist is that you're able to hack various objects in the game and manipulate them in order to find a solution.
It starts with a simple door. Rather than pick the lock or find a key, I only needed to hit it with my USB sword and switch it to the 'open' state. Things ramp up quickly though, and soon I'm hacking a nest of turtle eggs, fiddling with their spawning speeds and reconfiguring their behavior routines to defeat a boss. Rather than attacking me, I reprogrammed them to turn, run right into the the giant evil turtle, and explode on impact.
Hack 'n' Slash's first half is a well-paced series of surprising discoveries.
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Publisher: Double Fine Productions
Release Date: 9 Sep, 2014
Genre: Adventure, Hack and Slash, Puzzle, Casual
System Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 2.2Ghz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6850
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.