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HoPiKo
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!
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- Released
- September 24, 2015
- Developer
- Laser Dog Games
- Publisher
- Merge Games
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Despite a few hiccups, HoPiKo is still an incredible game. It’s a pure test of mechanical skill set to a breathtaking chiptune soundtrack, and while that may not be for everyone it is absolutely for me. Playing each level over and over until I had mastered the quickest path through it was insanely fun, and I can see myself coming back to this one to beat my best times again and again.
Even if not every minute of HoPiKo is classic, I definitely think the game is worth playing. You can grab this new PC release or opt for one of the many other platforms it is available on, but don’t miss out. If nothing else, that soundtrack is worth the price of admission.
HoPiKo is a fast paced, visually interesting, and deceptively simple title. Speedrunners and fans of games like Super Meat Boy will love this game. While not being able to return to the PS4 home screen, check trophies, or share images and videos without corrupting the game data is inexcusable in 2016, the game manages to be enjoyable despite the fact. Ultimately, it is great for fans of fast paced games. I can't wait to see what other "platformer-like" games are coming from Laser Dog Games the future.
Even though the levels in Hopiko are potentially extremely short, all but the best players will spend a fair bit of time conquering them, such is the challenge that they offer. To keep you company as you play there's a pulsating chiptune soundtrack (that was composed entirely on a Gameboy, apparently), and the toe-tapping beat is reinforced by old-school visuals that scream homage (there's also numerous references to old-gen consoles in there with the studio clearly signposting their influences). It all adds up to equal a fast-paced and addictive game that works on console almost as well as it...
HoPiKo is a fast and furious speed run platformer game with very old school roots. There’s the simple yet gorgeous pixel graphics, the chip tune soundtrack