December 26, 2023 - Day 360 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 385

Game: The Hex

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Oct 17, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 21, 2023
Unplayed: 5d
Playtime: 26m

The Hex is a trippy, genre-bending 2D pixel-art pastiche adventure game.

From the blurb: "In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects..."

Beyond this, the game is difficult to review, because to try and review it is to spoil the game.

One of the things I've learned over the last year, is that I prefer games where the gameplay supports the narrative, rather than the narrative being an excuse to try and justify the gameplay.

The other thing that I've said is that given my general lack of nostalgia for pixel-art games, a pixel-art game needs to offer something that overcomes my general lack of interest.

The Hex delivers that in spades. With that said, there are some minor frustrations I have with the gameplay, but even going into those runs the risk of spoilers, so I'll just say that The Hex is:

4: Good

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