Some areas of the space station are also locked during certain times, which is a neat concept but can result in the player simply waiting around until the area unlocks itself. This actually occurred during my first time in the game’s introductory area, which made my first hour of Hellpoint considerably tougher than it was for the rest of my time with the game. At certain points, an Accretion Storm spawns in extra enemies, including some tougher units, which of course bring the promise of extra loot. A clock in the upper-left corner of the screen updates at regular intervals, based on where the space station is in relation to a black hole that it orbits. The cubes use the same energy pool as weapon abilities, and this energy recharges over time as well as by dealing damage to enemies.Īnother interesting addition in Hellpoint is its time-based events. So it seems Hellpoint’s companion cubes are more useful than the famous one from Portal, which mostly acted as a weight (though it did bring me good luck). Hellpoint features upgrades for the player such as mind modules for passive enhancements and, fittingly for the sci-fi setting, a companion cube! These little guys hover behind the player, and can perform tasks such as leaving floating orbs of light that act as breadcrumbs to guide the player back where they started in the labyrinth-like design of the space station, acting as a flashlight, or teleporting the player back to the last-used breach (provided the player is not currently fighting a boss). Hellpoint Review – Trusty, Non-Weighted Companion The chips can also be upgraded for a price.
These chips improve the stats of the item they are attached to, and can be swapped into another item without penalty.
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Weapons and gear can also be outfitted with upgrade chips. Some of these abilities use energy, and are fired by pressing Triangle, something the game does not tell the player but must be learned. Players can acquire expertise on most weapons by using them, and once a progress bar fills up for that weapon, a new ability can be used while holding it, which varies depending upon the weapon type. There are a few other nice additions in Hellpoint beyond the label of experience currency. That’s a nice touch in a sci-fi game such as Hellpoint. Incidentally, and likely a geeky inclusion on the part of Cradle Games, axions are a hypothetical subatomic elementary particle in quantum chromodynamics, which might be a component of cold dark matter.
Axions can also be spent to craft and upgrade weapons at certain locations throughout the space station. These axions can be spent at breaches, which appear to be tears in the fabric of spacetime and are parallels for the bonfires you’re probably familiar with in FromSoftware’s games. Defeated enemies drop something called Axions, which are automatically transferred to the player. If you’re familiar with the way leveling works in a Souls or Bloodborne game, then Hellpoint’s system will sound mighty familiar. Space whales are firmly in the “pro” column of any review in this humble reviewer’s opinion.
This is a unique setting that has not been explored in Souls-like games, and also includes space whales. The player is tasked with acquiring information, which is accrued by defeating enemies, exploring the station, and other actions. The player controls some sort of synthetic humanoid lifeform, which answers to someone (or something) called the Author. Hellpoint takes place in an all but abandoned space station christened the Irid Novo.
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Time to find out if they’ve innovated enough on the genre to warrant a purchase in our Hellpoint PS4 review. Developer Cradle Games is hoping to quench your Souls-like thirst with their sci-fi take on the genre with Hellpoint. If you’re a fan of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, etc., then you may be anxiously awaiting Elden Ring’s release. We are well into the summer of 2020, during a time of global pandemic where many of us are stuck inside for most of the day.
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