Hyper Light Breaker Preview (Steam Early Access)

Hyper Light Breaker Preview, Enter the Overgrowth, a new realm in the world of Hyper Light. Play alone or with friends to explore open worlds, create new builds, rip through hordes, and overcome the Crowns and the Abyss King. Breaker is a brand new entry in the Hyper Light franchise, with a unique story fully realized in 3D for the first time.

Hyper Light Breaker Preview Pros:

  • Gorgeous graphics.
  • 5.09GB download size.
  • Full controller support.
  • Graphics settings – quality preset, fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, screen percentage, shadow quality, foliage distance, prop detail, ambient occlusion film effects, film grain, and chromatic aberration.
  • Pherus Bit is the vendor who sells permanent unlocks and decides on fragmented memories of the crowns.
  • Abyss stones and Golden rations are earned from completing cycles whereas Cores and Core shards are found in the Overgrowth.
  • Action roguelike adventure gameplay.
  • Optional tutorial pop-ups along with a tutorial menu with categories.
  • A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
  • The main hub of the game is like a small town full of vendors, shops, terminals, teleporters, etc.
  • Before a run, you get to change character type, load out, and do any necessary upgrades.
  • A world map fills in with events, points of interest, boss fights, etc, and will randomize every run.
  • Third-person view.
  • You have access to melee and ranged weapons at all times along with a handy dodge button.
  • The Overgrowth is the name of the game world you play in.
  • You have a set amount of lives per run.
  • Full multiplayer support with a desk to join or start lobbies.
  • Breakable crates are scattered around the world and can randomly drip items and pickups.
  • The missions you are given are doled out and as said you get X amount of attempts (losing a life and using a rez each time) to beat them.
  • Pay with the blood currency to decide and use the weapons found.
  • A fascinating world full of secrets and unique encounters.
  • Lock-on makes combat a bit easier to handle.
  • Materials and any currency is generally kept between runs and used for the hub.
  • The goal is to find the extraction pad to unlock the next stage of the mission. (you get sent back to the hub before jumping straight in)
  • Play how you want.
  • The map is in the menu along with a mini-map on the Hud, you can add your own markers.
  • Extracting from a level lets you keep more of your findings.
  • You have a cool hoverboard and parachute to help you navigate the world.
  • Different world biomes within a map.
  • Shrines can be found for buffs or bonuses.
  • Pick flowers to heal.
  • Find and equip new buffs for your character.
  • When finding weapons you can choose to equip them or cache them beforehand.
  • I love the constant threat that the more you do and spend time in the world the harder the world gets.
  • You can spend in-game currency to Reroll the missions.

Hyper Light Breaker Preview Cons:

  • No Steam achievements.
  • Cannot remap the controls or tweak sensitivity sliders.
  • Doesn’t play well with the mouse and keyboard with the controller recommended.
  • The camera is not as responsive as you need it to be in order to match the combat speed.
  • Tutorial pop-ups feel sporadic and they are lagging behind the action.
  • Slowdown happens a lot even when no enemies are around.
  • The loading times are not fantastic and long enough for you to notice.
  • It takes a while to get a run down in terms of learning the optimal route and where to go.
  • Tutorials repeat themselves constantly and it feels like they reset everytime. It’s annoying because if you turn them off then you miss new tutorials.
  • It all takes so long to get going and have you in a position where you don’t always feel weak and behind.
  • You cannot pause the game even in a single player game.
  • Having to pick up items is not always ideal especially the items you have to hold down the pick up button.

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Hyper Light Breaker:

Official website.

Developer: Heart Machine

Publisher: Arc Games

Store Links –

Steam Early Access

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!