Hack 'n' Slash
Double Fine Productions · 2014 · Adventure, Indie, Hacking, Hack and Slash, Puzzle
PC
Mixed58% · 53373Metacritic
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About Hack 'n' Slash
✦ AI summary
Reprogram the game itself to solve puzzles and break the rules imposed by a tyrannical wizard, hacking object properties, variables, and even live assembly code as you uncover what's really going on. With countless solutions and the freedom to crash and rewind the world, you'll shape this puzzle-action game into whatever you imagine.
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
The wizard has mandated that everyone confine themselves to the village, the castle armory has started to forge weapons so powerful that no one but guards are allowed to carry them, and anyone who attempts to find a sprite and demonstrate their bravery would face certain death. The new laws are for your own protection, but you don’t buy it. You’ll show everyone what “brave” means and, if you’re clever, maybe uncover the secret reasons why everything’s gone sideways.
The wizard has mandated that everyone confine themselves to the village, the castle armory has started to forge weapons so powerful that no one but guards are allowed to carry them, and anyone who attempts to find a sprite and demonstrate their bravery would face certain death. The new laws are for your own protection, but you don’t buy it. You’ll show everyone what “brave” means and, if you’re clever, maybe uncover the secret reasons why everything’s gone sideways.
Key Features:
- Use in-game tools to hack the game while you’re playing it
Your sword can hack the variables of objects. You find magic artifacts that allow you to tune global variables to your liking. Discover equipment that lets you see the game’s internal debug visualization to uncover things that weren’t meant to be seen. - Hack the code
As you achieve advanced hacking mastery, you’ll be able to dive directly into the game’s assembly in the form of procedurally generated dungeons and modify the live-running code. - Make the game yours
Puzzles have myriad solutions, many of which we haven’t anticipated. As you master the game’s hacking mechanics, you can mold and shape the game in whatever way you desire. - Crash it!
You’re hacking the game for real! You can totally break it. Roll back in time to change the rules so the bugs don’t cause the world to fall apart, whether they’re yours or ours!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Good concept, not the best execution.1 found this helpful
Neat game in theory! The first few puzzles are fairly novel. Can't really recommend it, as a puzzle or two were more baffling, health getting set to 0(by a ...bug?), and setting a wish key to 99 would cause string/number conversion errors. Could I go in and edit the code/use CheatEngine? Sure. But I try to follow the experience and the 'on rails' path feels like it wasn't pushing me to code just yet.
I love this game, have played it in past. And now I got it on my account. Finished in 7.5 hours!
Double Fine Productions - pls stick to what u know. Point n Click!
i played this a while ago so my memory is hazy, but i remember enjoying it. puzzle solutions can be obtuse at times, but i think that made it more endearing. making the jump from just editing variables to editing entire chunks of the game's code (even if it was just swapping out operations) was really cool to me. doesn't deserve 58% positive reviews imo, its better than that
Frustrating
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