Weekly Tardy A Thing: Hiveswap (Ep 1) cleared
So, we'll probably get another Thing Tried this week because last week was a hot mess where I accomplished just about nothing except screaming, but for now, well.
I decided to run this on a lark out of little more than restless desire to do a thing, and then I cleared it in one sitting. Because oops, when it says "Episode 1", it really does mean "episode 1". It honestly follows the old Episodic Telltale Adventure style of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People and the Sam & Max games where you're presented with Three Problems To Solve by rubbing things against other things, and a plot arc is resolved, you do that a few times and surprise, the game's over.
Rest assured: Hiveswap is absolutely a Homestuck game. There are terms and phrases from HS sprinkled in liberally, the art and music is blatantly styled after it (though thankfully you have arms at all times), and, in its most damningly Homestuck-esque trait, it leaves you on a non-ending for a sequel you'll never be sure will exist.
That said, I've played full-sized point-and-clicks with half the flavor text this has. Hiveswap - at least in its Act 1 incarnation - is absolutely something to be "experienced"; I figure I could speedrun it in like twenty minutes tops, but the entire point is looking around at LITERALLY EVERYTHING. Sometimes two or three times, or trying to dance at it. And then going back and looking some more. It's actually phenomenally written, if you take the time to read.
On top of that, while you're buried in a whole bunch of Homestuck Troll Words after the halfway point, none of them are expected to make sense except as "freaky alien shit". It's coherent if you're already aware of the argot, but if not, you get enough of an idea to truck along with no problems whatsoever.
Is it worth $7.99? Ehhhhhhh. I feel weird recommending a game that may not actually have its final episode released until the year 2413. That said, the soundtrack is great so maybe look into that, and give it a try if you don't mind waiting forever for a followup?
Crossposted from Dreamwidth. Original at https://swordianmaster.dreamwidth.org/112812.html
I decided to run this on a lark out of little more than restless desire to do a thing, and then I cleared it in one sitting. Because oops, when it says "Episode 1", it really does mean "episode 1". It honestly follows the old Episodic Telltale Adventure style of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People and the Sam & Max games where you're presented with Three Problems To Solve by rubbing things against other things, and a plot arc is resolved, you do that a few times and surprise, the game's over.
Rest assured: Hiveswap is absolutely a Homestuck game. There are terms and phrases from HS sprinkled in liberally, the art and music is blatantly styled after it (though thankfully you have arms at all times), and, in its most damningly Homestuck-esque trait, it leaves you on a non-ending for a sequel you'll never be sure will exist.
That said, I've played full-sized point-and-clicks with half the flavor text this has. Hiveswap - at least in its Act 1 incarnation - is absolutely something to be "experienced"; I figure I could speedrun it in like twenty minutes tops, but the entire point is looking around at LITERALLY EVERYTHING. Sometimes two or three times, or trying to dance at it. And then going back and looking some more. It's actually phenomenally written, if you take the time to read.
On top of that, while you're buried in a whole bunch of Homestuck Troll Words after the halfway point, none of them are expected to make sense except as "freaky alien shit". It's coherent if you're already aware of the argot, but if not, you get enough of an idea to truck along with no problems whatsoever.
Is it worth $7.99? Ehhhhhhh. I feel weird recommending a game that may not actually have its final episode released until the year 2413. That said, the soundtrack is great so maybe look into that, and give it a try if you don't mind waiting forever for a followup?
Crossposted from Dreamwidth. Original at https://swordianmaster.dreamwidth.org/112812.html