Justin Sharp
Pure NintendoReview: Hyper Light Drifter Special Edition (Nintendo Switch) - Pure Nintendo
Published 11/15/2018
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Android / iOS / Switch - 9/6/2018
Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition
The wait is over, the worldwide acclaimed game Hyper Light Drifter is finally here with this impressive Special Edition! Runs at 60fps, includes new exclusive content and all the previously released remastered for a perfectly inmersive gaming experience to play anywhere. Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies. Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
- Developer
- Heart Machine
- Publisher
- Abylight Studios
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Miguel Moran
TheSixthAxisHyper Light Drifter – Special Edition Review
Published 10/8/2018
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Read originalAlbert Lichi
Cubed3Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Nintendo Switch) Review
Published 9/15/2018
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Read originalNeal Ronaghan
Nintendo World ReportHyper Light Drifter (Switch) Review
Published 9/2/2018
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Read originalDom Reseigh-Lincoln
Nintendo LifeReview: Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Switch eShop)
Published 8/28/2018
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