Hordes of Hunger review – The ravenous Beast has emerged, bringing an unstoppable wave of horrors from the sea. As Mirah, you must carve through relentless foes, wielding devastating weapons and abilities to defend your homeland. This roguelite arena-slasher pits you against swarming monsters in ever-intensifying battles, where strategy and skill will determine survival. Will you rise as a warrior against the living hunger?

Hordes of Hunger Preview Pros

• Decent graphics.
• 5.22GB download size.
• Full controller support.
• Graphics settings – resolution, window mode, gamma slider, overall quality, v-sync, and framerate limit.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, and you can remap the controls.
• Third-person auto-battler gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• Think Vampire Saviours but in a full 3D game world.
• Earn exp orbs from enemies and collect them to level up, and then choose one of three random upgrades.
• Game settings – analytics, show tutorials, show input hints, I need to hit these harder, camera mode (manual/auto), field of view slider, max level up delay slider, and persistent ragdoll count slider.
• Feathers are the currency you keep after death. Speak to the Father in the hub and spend on permanent stat increases.
• In-game character interactions that are voiced, you can fast click through them.
• Visit the book in the hub that shows all collected info on weapons, the Codex, and abilities.
• The Blacksmith in the hub lets you equip and craft new weapons and special attacks.
• Full 360 camera support.
• The whole game is run based.
• Build up special attacks and execute them with a button.
• The locations you play in are open enough that you can run around and explore aswel as play the game.
• Pick the same upgrade again to level it up.
• Clear, easy-to-read HUD.
• Exo bar shows all the time.
• Damage numbers pop up as you deal damage.
• You can pause the game.
• Break barrels for health pickups, and you upgrade how many you can carry.
• The game uses the health bar system.
• Very impressive on-screen enemy count.
• End of run breakdown.
• The story is given out as you are playing, as are the quests.
• Mission markers will pop up to help.
• At any time in the hub (Sanctum), you can get all your feathers back for free and reassign them.
• When travelling to a new run, you can pick any unlocked areas and locations.
• Keys are rewarded for finishing quests and objectives. Use the keys to open chests for loot.
• Quest progression shows up as you fill it.
• Health and other items can be assigned to a quick-select wheel.
• You have light, heavy, and special attacks, and then dodge, side-step, and dash.
• After doing x amount of quests, you get a choice to go back to sanctuj or if you carry on until the Guardian boss.
• Unlock new abilities, and the controls for them will show up.
• Earn and unlock new upgrade choices for future runs.
• Massive Guardian boss fights.
• The game is very moreish and just keeps you hooked.

Hordes of Hunger Preview Cons

• No Steam achievements.
• Doesn’t have an option for controller icons.
• The game doesn’t really have any accessibility options like Colourblind support.
• Even on the lowest setting, the camera on the controller is oversensitive.
• It can be hard to see the writing when playing on the big screen, and see enemies as they seem to blend in.
• Not all the actions are assigned by default to the controller.
• Combat is very button-mashy.
• The tutorial is basic and not that in-depth.

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Hordes of Hunger

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Developer: Hyperstrange

Publisher: Kwalee

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