Hack n Slash
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking — reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play... by…
Hack n Slash is an adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released 9 September 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What Hack n Slash is
Hack n Slash is an adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking — reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play... by the rules!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Hack n Slash holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.7 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Hack n Slash launched on 9 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux and Bayonetta 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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