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Hyperlight Review
Hyperlight
CatfishBlues Games
About this app
| Latest Version: | 1.4.0 |
| Category: | Games |
| Updated On: | Jan 12, 2013 |
| Installations: | 5000 |
| Size: | 26M |
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"Who Ever Knew Arcade Action Shooter Could Be So Addictive"
Reviewed by: Jeremy | Latest updated: Jan 12, 2013
The controls of Hyperlight are simple, hence it doesn't really matter whether you're a novice gamer without basic knowledge of rules about arcade space shooter genre. There're several alternative controls for choice, you can select touch only controls, tilt controls or the exotic tilt and touch, it all depends on you.
You control your spaceship in a virtualized cosmic environment where evil beings try to reach you, however, your ship posses a special power which will wipe out all enemies if it's successfully used. Hyperlight is easy to play but hard to master, there're so many ways to improve your skills. And most enjoyment of it comes from mastering the skills, once you get a full grip of the skills the game could be more fascinating.
Hyperlight for Android definitely ranks in my top three experiences with a arcade space shooter. Additionally, fun and accessible gameplay, endearing cartoon visuals as well as forty of well-designed levels and challenges all these highlights a fantastic atmosphere of the entire game. Once start, you'll be busy for months.
Developer’s description available here
★ Xperia PLAY optimized!
Take control of the Hyperlight and burn your enemies faster-than-light in this innovative, psychedelic and super-fast retro arcade space shooter!
If you like games such as Spirit, PewPew 2, Geometry Wars or any other typical neon shooter game you will love this as well!
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"A brilliant, fast-paced ram-'em-up that fits perfectly onto Xperia Play, and offers hours of high score-chasing fun." PocketGamer.co.uk
"Factor in tight controls and sharp neon graphics, and you have a leading candidate for App Store game of the year." MoDojo.com
"Hyperlight is a unique experience with outstanding HD visuals, all for a low price. It might be difficult, but it can easily be mastered with some practice. Definitely check it out!" Appolicious.com
"Hyperlight is a feast for the senses and a worthy successor to the twin-stick shooters that led up to this title." AppSpy.com
"Beyond a doubt, Hyperlight offers an immense amount of gameplay. Add a tasty difficulty and two different game modes, and what you have is a piece of iOS gaming art." TheiPhoneAppReview.com
"Overall the game gives you complete value for your money. Hyperlight is a kind of game you will end up playing for hour’s non-stop." iPhoneFootPrint.com
"It’s an exciting, adrenaline-pumping game that eschews traditional shooter gameplay!" FreshApps.com
"Hyperlight for Android definitely ranks in my top three experiences with a arcade space shooter" - AppEggs.com
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Take control of the Hyperlight in this psychedelic cosmic environment where countless evil beings try to destroy you, the last human fighter. However, your ship posses an incredible power! if successfully used, it can wipe out all your foes: it can travel at faster-than-light speed (FTL) making it impossible for anyone to catch it and is also able to disintegrate everything it touches!
With simple gestures, you can move the Hyperlight at regular speed but also turn on its FTL engine to perform incredibly rapid attacks!
Controls are simple and you can choose from touch only controls, tilt only or the exotic tilt & touch.
There are also dozens of power-ups and weapons you can easily activate simply by gathering them on the battlefield: the Hyperlight ship is able to use them automatically. Hyperlight is easy to play but hard to master, there are so many ways to improve your skills that you will find yourself playing it for months! For a complete list of all the gameplay secrets of this game see the guide included!
Can you survive these incredible hordes of enemies?
Enemies will try to do everything to stop you, assuming several attack formations, different strategies, also leaving powerful dimensional trails on the battlefield that only at FTL speed you can cross!
And watch out for the evil commanders: huge bosses await the Hyperlight in the dark corners of the universe!
★ Features ★
* Universal App: runs in HD on high-res Android devices.
* Extremely innovative gameplay: burn your enemies faster-than-light!
* 3 Control systems to meet your taste: Virtual Joystick, Tilt only and Tilt & Touch.
* Stunning 2.5D neon-style graphics, effects and animated backgrounds.
* Exciting techno and rock musics!
* Arcade mode with 40 different levels.
* Infinity mode for an endless fun.
* Several huge bosses to face.
* Heyzap support with leaderboards, 24 achievements and challenges!
* Install to SD card supported! (~1Mb on internal memory)
For any problem with the game contact us at support@catfishbluesgames.com we will get back to you as soon as possible!
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Tagged with: Hyperlight Review, Hyperlight for Android, Arcade Action Shooter for Android, CatfishBlues Games
User Review of Hyperlight
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Could be better. Sep 11, 2012
Ugly ironic retro looking interface, though I doubt it was designed with irony in mind. When using dual sticks (only viable option), the light speed bar is obscured by my thumb, so I'll run out of light juice and not know it until I run into an enemy and die. Should place the bar on the top of the screen instead. That's it for now.
Anthony downloaded and reviewed Hyperlight for Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Mislead by the reviews May 14, 2012
I was hoping for a lot more after seeing all these glowing reviews. The tilt controls seemed sloppy no matter how I calibrated. The tutorial has information obscured by the "back" and "next" buttons. The aspect ratio of the screen is standard instead of widescreen in the year 2012. It may seem like I'm being hard on this game, but I spent real money on this. I'm a huge twinstick fan and there's a ton of better examples of the genre out on the market for free. The price tag stings.
Troy downloaded and reviewed Hyperlight for Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.
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Could be better. Sep 11, 2012
Ugly ironic retro looking interface, though I doubt it was designed with irony in mind. When using dual sticks (only viable option), the light speed bar is obscured by my thumb, so I'll run out of light juice and not know it until I run into an enemy and die. Should place the bar on the top of the screen instead. That's it for now.
A Google User downloaded and reviewed Hyperlight for Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Could be better. Sep 11, 2012
Ugly ironic retro looking interface, though I doubt it was designed with irony in mind. When using dual sticks (only viable option), the light speed bar is obscured by my thumb, so I'll run out of light juice and not know it until I run into an enemy and die. Should place the bar on the top of the screen instead. That's it for now.
A Google User downloaded and reviewed Hyperlight for Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Could be better. Sep 11, 2012
Ugly ironic retro looking interface, though I doubt it was designed with irony in mind. When using dual sticks (only viable option), the light speed bar is obscured by my thumb, so I'll run out of light juice and not know it until I run into an enemy and die. Should place the bar on the top of the screen instead. That's it for now.
A Google User downloaded and reviewed Hyperlight for Samsung Galaxy S3.
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I've been looking for a geometry wars type game, and this may even be better. My thumbs are sore from playing this so much
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Brings me way back to the old Atari tank game. Great fun. My reason for not giving it 5 star is that I find when shooting my hand covers some of the screen. Perhaps putting a fire control over the right hand side of the screen similar to the movement dial would be better.
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I don't care how many "neon-dual-stick-hyper-shooters" there are, if they work, they're awesome. And Pew-Pew works. Controls are sharp, framerate is smooth, and the neon is bright. Plus, watching high score videos is addictive.
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I've been looking for a geometry wars type game, and this may even be better. My thumbs are sore from playing this so much
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Brings me way back to the old Atari tank game. Great fun. My reason for not giving it 5 star is that I find when shooting my hand covers some of the screen. Perhaps putting a fire control over the right hand side of the screen similar to the movement dial would be better.
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I don't care how many "neon-dual-stick-hyper-shooters" there are, if they work, they're awesome. And Pew-Pew works. Controls are sharp, framerate is smooth, and the neon is bright. Plus, watching high score videos is addictive.
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