Haste

fun

An immersive, dimensional travel experience with a beautiful landscape and a cheerful story. The music is upbeat and inspiring. The characters are goofy and playful. If you are looking for a game that uses the entire color and emotional palette, this one is for you. You'll enjoy hanging with Zoe and you might just find yourself returning after the story ends to explore even further. The story is pretty short, but ever changing landscapes and the high speed stakes keep the journey interesting. Play this if you are craving a Snowboard Kids 2 experience with none of the competition or the snotty jerks throwing ice bombs at you. It is just you in a race against the collapse of the universe. Battle against the machines that want to extract resources from the universe around you and find a way to run for tomorrow.

[h1]Gotta Go Fast![/h1] [i]There will be a TL;DR at the end.[/i] ~ Growing up with [i]Sonic The Hedgehog[/i] was lots of fun. Great games on the [i]Genesis[/i], quality releases on the [i]GameCube[/i], and some of my favorite [i]Gameboy[/i] titles out there. A shame no [i]Sonic[/i] games came out in 2006 [spoiler]shut up[/spoiler] - but there was a strange phenomenon that occurred when the since-forgotten [i]Sonic Forces[/i] dropped. Lots of folks were questioning if [i]Sonic[/i] was [b]ever[/b] good. The identity has gotten convoluted. Silly TV shows, farming minigames, casino levels, open world segments, exploration, and more - the part of the game where “you go fast” has waned down to a flickering ember. Much like how the [i]Assassin’s Creed[/i] titles once were all about violence and have since turned into sprawling open-world collection simulators where creating furniture and doing chores for historical inserts transformed it into more of a political drama than a game about [i]Assassins[/i] - [i]Sonic[/i] is now bogged down by many things [spoiler] fan art notwithstanding [/spoiler] that get in the way of going really, [b]really[/b] fast. This is where [b]Haste[/b] pops in. The game is - for all intents and purposes - the part of a [i]Sonic[/i] game where you go [b]VERY[/b] fast. In many ways, because it has devoted its entire design philosophy to this one aspect of gameplay, there’s a lot more to love about going fast in [b]Haste[/b] that even premiere speedster games just can’t quite hold a candle to. A lot of the game is deceptively simple - which is something that even the developers themselves scratch their heads over. Outside of the two directional keys (left and right) [spoiler] You’re never going to hit the back button, and will never pull your finger off of the RUN button [/spoiler] there are only 3 other buttons: dive down, use your speed boost, and use your recharging item (if you have one) The game is all about skipping yourself across the landscape like a stone off the surface of a lake - the more agreeable the angle you land - the better things are for you … if you’re coming in at a harsher angle, you lose speed. Collect [strike]rings[/strike] [i]sparks[/i] on your way to purchase powerful items that will make your runs a bit easier, and allow you to zoom through levels with ludicrous speed. As far as the gameplay goes - “[b]Sonic for the [i]Subway-surfers[/i] generation[/b]” does what it aims to do deceptively well. I keep finding myself leaning into my turns, biting my lip when things get tough, and gasping aloud when an obstacle appears out of nowhere. The actual [b]going fast[/b] part of the game is superb with lots of room between the skill floor and the skill ceiling for expression. Collecting items is an absolute necessity in this game. Rolling on through levels with the vanilla kit is fine and good, but the point of the game is to [i]go to plaid[/i] - which is something you can only really do with enough items and boost under your belt. The game is, tragically, very stingy with these powerful artifacts - making sure that during the [b]Keep Running[/b] option and the [i]Endless Run[/i] mode, you are basically incapable of earning any. I wish there was more to say, but there generally isn’t. You can play it with your friend, which is a nice bonus, but this does little to expand its quality core. Outside of simply running to the end of each level, there are roguelike elements, characters, a complex story, character upgrades, and an end-game currency system for grinding. They’re all, sadly, very dry and disappointing. The roguelike elements are underbaked and, for the most part, are forgettable - the characters are as wacky as they are forgettable - the story is a nothingburger - character upgrades lack the power to make the weighty investment worth it - and the end-game currency would need dozens upon dozens of hours worth of grinding to make a dent into, just not very rewarding for the buy-in. So if all these peripheral systems fall flat, why is this game so good and much beloved? Because you get to go fast. That’s why you’re here, it’s what you’re destined to do. So do it. Go fast. Try to get to plaid. ~ [h3]TL;DR[/h3] [b]6.5/10[/b] [i]Haste[/i] is a [b]Well Made[/b] game. You get to go very, very fast. That’s the point of it. If that makes your brain cells do the happy dance, the review writes itself. Just don’t expect it to dazzle you with anything else. Turn your brain off, turn on your music, and get those [b]Perfect[/b] landings.

Exciting and heart pumping, fast paced, quick reaction, and good story. Overall 10/10

Game is amazing. i beat the game in about 8_9 hours so a relatively short game but a fun one. its a roguelike and has some cool elements. gonna try a no hit run. heres hoping it goes well

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