Hyper Light Breaker REVIEW | IN-PROGRESS | EARLY ACCESS | STEAM DECK
9Hyper Light Drifter is one of the my favourite indie games of all time. It was such a well executed, emotionally charged, action adventure that featured a gorgeous pixel aesthetic and a haunting score. Furthermore, I also thoroughly enjoyed Solar Ash. The good news is that Hyper Light Breaker not only sees the studio return to the Hyper Light universe, but it also combines a lot of elements from their first two games.
Sadly, Early Access doesn’t have a universally accepted meaning. You can have games that barely work and have bare bones content, but you can also have games that are extremely polished, only require more content and are indecipherable from a full release .
Unfortunately, Hyper Light Breaker finds itself somewhere in the middle of these two definitions. Hyper Light Breaker can be a good to great game but it will require a lot of work and refinement in early access before this becomes an easy recommendation. Rest assured, if there is a studio that I have faith will turn something unrefined into a diamond by the end of Early Access, it’s Heart Machine as they have earned the benefit of the doubt.