It has been the higher a part of a decade since Hyper Light Drifter was launched, however the prequel, Hyper Light Breaker, lastly made it into early entry this week after an almost two-year delay. Gamers on Steam have left some unflattering evaluations concerning the recreation’s bugs at this stage, however developer Coronary heart Machine is promising that fixes are on the best way.
In a put up on social media, Coronary heart Machine apologized for the problems with the sport and famous that it’s “pushing out efficiency enhancements ASAP.” In a separate put up, Coronary heart Machine invited gamers to share their dxdiag info on Discord in the event that they’re having issues on a machine that meets or exceeds the sport’s system necessities.
🛑Apologies for anybody experiencing points!🛑 We’re pushing out efficiency enhancements ASAP.
We’re including a vsync toggle, however for now, you may add this launch choice in Steam to allow vsync “-ExecCmds=”r.vsync 1″”
We’ll additionally roll out mouse sensitivity settings ASAP! pic.twitter.com/V2sTGHDPle— Hyper Light Breaker – Early Entry NOW LIVE! (@HLBreaker) January 14, 2025
The early evaluations on Steam are mostly negative, with frequent complaints concerning the lack of sensitivity settings, stiff motion and fight, the shortcoming to rebind command keys, and a largely non-existant story in comparison with the primary recreation. A number of of the evaluations have good issues to say concerning the fight on this roguelike recreation, however the basic consensus is that Hyper Light Breaker lacks polish even at this stage in its improvement. Coronary heart Machine has replied to a number of the unfavourable evaluations and stated it is going to handle the problems that have been introduced up.
Hyper Light Breaker is at the moment obtainable at a reduced worth of $27 on Steam, which can rise to $30 as soon as that promotion ends. Moreover, Fanatical is providing a fair higher deal for a Steam key for $23.39. For now, it is too quickly to say if Coronary heart Machine’s fixes will flip across the early response to this recreation.
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