It is currently available on Switch and PC. Rating: 8 out of 10ĭisclosures: This game is developed by Team Shifty and published by tinyBuild Games. I enjoyed my time with it despite some of the later levels being slightly frustrating and the finale being a little anti-climatic, but overall, this is a solid addition to the Switch’s growing library. Shifty struck a good balance for me between wanting more versus wearing out its welcome. The game also crashed once during five or so hours of play, but it happened at the end of a stage and no progress was lost.Ĭlocking in at around five hours, Mr.
It’s also worth noting that there’s a bit of slowdown when the screen is filled with enemies, but it was never too problematic. However, none of the stages were so difficult that restarting became a major problem, it just made for a few tedious segments to work through. Some areas are larger than others, so it can get a little frustrating to make it nearly to the end of a massive section only to have to do it all over. Thankfully, going down only means a quick restart at the beginning of the room. Move out of way, and things are fine… But honestly, sometimes death is inevitable. When full, this bar can slow time when Shifty is about to be hit. There will be times when fighting gets chaotic and it just isn’t possible to avoid everything, so there’s also a bar that fills as enemies are defeated. One shot, explosion, or punch can mean the end. Much like Hotline Miami ’s main character, Shifty has a delicate constitution. There are some stages where there are anti-shifting fields set up, so players can’t use it as a crutch through the whole game. It can also be used to move behind foes and to warp through walls to avoid gunfire, security lasers, or homing missiles. Considering guards often outnumber Shifty, it’s ideal to use this skill to move into an area where he can even the odds and take them out one at a time. This is not unlimited - only five warps are possible before a recharge is required, so players will have to use it sparingly. Other weapons like the staff can smash up a handful of foes before it breaks, and there are rare items - there’s nothing quite like having a line of enemies charging in and tossing a trident down their line, taking them all out at once.Īs important as smashing up foes is, dodging out of the way using Shifty’s warping ability is critical. Weapons don’t play a critical role in the game, but even a pillow can be thrown at a large guard to take him down in one hit. Despite enemies packing heat, Shifty sticks with hand-to-hand combat, which also includes tossing and swinging found items. Shifty has two main tools at his disposal: punching things and warping short distances. He’s guided on this task by his handler, Nyx, who makes bad puns and pokes fun of videogame tropes through her dialogue. Shifty, is a thief sent on a mission to steal valuables from the high-rise tower of the sinister Chairman Stone. Although similar-feeling mechanically, the devs replace Hotline Miami ’s mind-twisting story and ultraviolent combat with a pun-filled, silly narrative where the main character can warp around like the X-Men ’s Nightcrawler. It’s easier said than done, and this isn’t an idea that’s been copied until now, with Mr. In it, players must take their fragile character into areas filled with dangerous foes and clear them out without taking a single hit. LOW Breezing through an area, only to repeatedly die at the end.Ģ012 brought Hotline Miami, a brutal action game with an addictive rinse-and-repeat gameplay loop. HIGH Taking out a line of guards by tossing a shield.
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