Hard Reset is a game from flying Wild Hog game, that came out in 2012. It was the studios first game development effort, and by 2012 standards was a fantastic game. With a Doom like vibe, and an awesome cyber punk setting the game was atmospheric, challenging, and gathered a cult following.Now Flying Wild Hog are returning to their first ever game, with a full engine rebuild, and lots of new tricks under the hood
Hard Reset Redux, is not just a remake of Hard Reset in a new engine, it is so much more, it has a katana! In all seriousness, new enemies have been added, enemy locations have been changed and the whole game has been overhauled to run better on modern hardware. A quick dash has been added to allow players to escape from enemies in an all new way.
I had the opportunity to speak to a few of the games programmers from Flying Wild Hog, and they were kind enough to allow me to capture video of one of the games giant boss fights.
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I also got the chance to play the game for about 30 minutes, and despite its apparent lack of modern shooter mechanics it was honestly one of my favorite games I played. There is no regenerating health here, the games guns are varied and do many interesting different things, and the Katana is as broken as any mêlée weapon should be in a shooting game. I found that the way the game flowed was something that I haven’t experienced in so long that it honestly made nostalgic. Don’t take that the wrong way, the game also has solid game play, a good story, and compelling characters, but it really played on my nostalgia for games like Doom, and System Shock.
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Hard Reset is truly something that simply doesn’t exist anymore in modern shooters, fun. I can’t wait to get my hands on this game and spend hours playing it. The game will release “soon” for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. From what I saw of the game, it looked done, but it was just a single level of demo and then a boss fight. Rest assured that when this game does come out, Brokenjoysticks will have a review of it! You can learn more about the game on gambitious website
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