Absolutely mesmerizing & at many points I felt a great sense of tranquility. Hyper Light Drifter excels in its minimalist approach in its presentation, and while most players might find its very subdued story a bit barebones, its just enough for my own experience to get by. Combine that with a stunningly beautiful dying 2D pixel art world, disasterpieces hypnotically entrancing incredible score and pretty straightforward but great combat loop. Hyper Light Drifter is a short but serene great addition to the ever growing land of diverse indie titles.

Insert clunky controls meme, its fun though and the learning curve of these games is not like what I was expecting for its type but once you get over how potentially overwhelming it seems at first it becomes addicting and the customization is rad. Having L3 to actually move the Armored Core in this one unlike AC2's dpad PS1 control scheme makes it easier to recommend. However its still hard to suggest to get into here with even its older elements so maybe jump to a later one or really try your hand at this.