I've been playing this game for too long: the walls are moving.
"Hexagons are first order permutohedrons: The vertices of a hexagon can be formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3)"
In Super Hexagon, you navigate a little triangle that hugs the shape in the center through a light show of walls that threaten to end your sprint. The game starts off ridiculously fast. The fantastic music is vibrant and I found myself guiding the triangle through a vivacious light and sounds show.
The controls are simple on the PC: left arrow to move left, right arrow to move right. It doesn't sound that engaging, but Super Hexagon proved itself to be an addicting and fantastic rhythm game. Super Hexagon is a game where you'll pick it up and play it, and then dare your friend to beat your score. The game releases the old-school arcade need to beat the high score.
"The north pole of the planet Saturn has a hexagonal storm cloud pattern with 8,600 mile long sides, larger than the diameter of Earth."
The game looks and feels impossible to beat at first, but after awhile I found myself within the rhythm gaming zone. I'll breeze through 40 second segments of a stage without knowing what I did. Cast into some kind of hypnotic trance where my muscle memory suddenly becomes near-perfect, I'll end up sitting in my chair, perplexed at what had happened.
As I sat for hours swimming through the patterns, I eventually beat the first stage only to unlock even more difficult stages. The music is fresh every time I play and lends itself to a masterful presentation of a very simply game mechanic.
"Though hexagon may appear to be a difficult word to rhyme, there are actually dozens of words that rhyme with it. For example: Autobahn, decagon, decathlon, electron, Kyrgzstan, Lebanon, leprechaun and marathon."
Super Hexagon is fast, sleek, and has a certain vibe surrounding itself. It is a game that will reach to your inner perfectionist- Just one more time! I know that pattern, I know I can get past it!
Do I recommend this game? Easily, and without hesitation. Super Hexagon is a paragon of design that displays how far a simple mechanic can be taken to present an amazing experience for the player. Listen to the beats, and carry the momentum.
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