![]() ![]() It’s little things that bite me nothing bad, but also something that we’ve had thirty years to make better.Įverything looks just a little different. Unfortunately they’re also full of many details you can’t interact with that seem like items you should be able to use to solve puzzles, or the opposite where the solution to a puzzle is hidden in the detail. ![]() The backgrounds are amazing, though! They’re full of alien elements, colorful characters, and lots of little details. It’s cute H0mestuck Hero Mode stuff like in HIVESWAP, and while there’s little flaws it’s not like the game is ugly. There’s a lot of vertical flip inconsistencies through the game, and lots of other little things. The UI looks less charming than the last time we saw it in Alternia-it’s mostly a subtle change but it’s a little jarring at first. The animation feels less fluid, like there’s fewer cells per animation or smear frames, or something fancy and technical. Gameplay elements sometimes are obtuse, underutilized, or outright frustrating.Īt a glance HIVESWAP: Act 2 has pretty much the same art style as HIVESWAP: Act 1 did, but looking at the game for eight hours made me realize some things. You follow Joey Claire (Extraordinaire) and Xefros Tritoh in a direct continuation from Act 1‘s ending, and proceed to an anticlimactic cliffhanger. You point, you click, a useless joke pops up, and then you cycle through the red herrings you’ve collected until you finally find the right solution in some strange stretch of logic. HIVESWAP is a point-and-click adventure game following in a classic tradition that usually will feature ironic usage of old English. HIVESWAP: ACT 2: DEAD FREIGHT is the sequel to the long-awaited HIVESWAP, which in turn is the long awaited Homestuck adventure game! Initially promised as a complete release, HIVESWAP suffered disastrous sabotage and most of the unprecedented Kickstarter funds were stolen, and the episodic format is what we’re receiving now. The lights come down, and Act 2 of our little play begins…” However nothing is ever so simple for JOEY and XEFROS, and the long TRAIN RIDE will have them navigating the full(ISH) extent of the HEMOSPECTRUM in… You are ON THE RUN, and headed to meet TETRARCH DAMMEK’s friend CRIDEA JEEVIK at her party, JEEVIK WEEK. The HEIRESS just utilized her DRONES to BOMB the town of OUTGLUT. You are JOEY CLAIRE and XEFROS TRITOH, a HUMAN and TROLL on the STRANGE and NORMAL world of ALTERNIA.
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