Hyper Light Drifter is a Masterpiece 

Really happy with the editing and artwork I did in this one. Probably one of my best videos so far. Real happy with it.

Its always great to find a small channel making unreasonably good videos

you seriously deserve more attention. this video is remarkable and shortly, but it perfectly describes how beautiful HLD is. it's funny how every time I think my love for this game is starting to fade, a video like this just or the heart machine discord reignites my love for this damn game lmfao

reeaallyy cool attention to detail with the art on the title screens, especially the translation to hld language

Was surprised finding this

Its my favorite game for a while now. Bought it for multiple platforms.

in terms of guns I feel that the shotgun is one of the best in terms of up close playstyle with less of a reliance of blocking or dodging and more on large amounts of quick damage. Getting up close and blasting with the gun to deliver huge amounts of damage before finishing it off with another shot or quick sword slice. When defeating an enemy you quickly retreat back to safety or if you still haven lots of health continue immediately to the next enemy so they don't have time to react. anyway really great video and it really helped seeing someone else who had such an interest in the game, because you are probably one of the first that I have seen.

I think that you will gather more people at this channel if you will explain beautifully why you love something instead of just showing it. Finding the proper words is that hard job not many people can comprehend

Absoulute M A S T E R P I E C E but it's hard

really well made video :). I played hld 4 years ago and it literally influenced me so much, no game outside of Botw was on the same level as hld. I feel like when I play video games now, especially indie games im always looking for them to match up to this game, and even though they rarely do, Ive started playing blasphemous recently and it's a really good game, you should definitely check blasphemous out

So just got to the gun part and, cancel reload by changing weapon, shootgun makes every boss a joke, every single one, especially the one that you might be thinking of, just shoot, change twice, shoot again, repeat untill you are out of amo and then if you have time slash

Nothing wrong in keeping a video short and sweet. And I agree, the production of the video is very well done. Would have loved to hear more about your personal impression and experience during key moments of the game. Regardless, subbed

Great video

On the guns: During my initial playthrough, the shotty was my bread and butter. I liked the precision of the sword combat more than plinking at range, so the absolutely monstrous damage of the shotgun at point blank was alluring. 5 health pips is what it takes off, I think, at the cost of a long cooldown between shots. It also pairs well with all other guns due to that, whether it's the long range piercer, the low cost plinky base gun, or interweaving the heavy shots of the general's blaster in downtime. You can also completely negate the downtime by swapping from and back to the shotgun in between shots, which allows you to do 15-20 pips of damage in the same timeframe as your 3 sword swings, though it's a bug. Even without it, this gun will shred through bosses and tougher enemies, though ammo becomes a problem in long bouts. The basic gun takes my personal second place to the shotty. Its low ammo use and quick firing allows it to be interweaved between sword slashes. You can do a ludicrous amount of damage in melee range with this thing without losing any ammo by shooting a shot and canceling the recovery with a sword swing, repeating the same through your whole 3 hit combo. It also lets you just take potshots at ranged enemies in between bouts with the melee grunts, and can really chip away at larger health bars with very little cost. If used properly, you can have zero time in combat where you aren't outputting damage while still staying topped up on ammo if you keep melee a priority. Being liberal with shots is key with this weapon, whether it's a softener, a ranged option, or a damage augmenter. Ammo isn't a problem here unless you really stay out of the fray. The piercer was the first weapon I picked up, and I used it heavily. Decent damage, piercing, hitscan. It's a really great all-rounder, though its slow firerate leaves something to be desired. Squishy, annoying enemies that can't be dispatched with a single swing are handily dispatched with this, but it doesn't quite hit as hard as I like it to for general gameplay. I think it shines when put in tandem with something else, as a swapout. Its utility in exploration is its shining aspect I think, and is mainly why I pick it up first. The general's gun, which I lack a good name for, is the one I've used the least. I find myself treating it similarly to the shotgun, with a higher damage at the cost of spam. I imagine this could be a top tier pocket option for killing ranged squishies without taking yourself away from combat, as well as either straight up dispatching or putting most basic enemies into single combo territory. Probably the most versatile in concept, and I plan to use it more on my NG+ run. I think my playstyle of mostly melee with potshots taken in between breaths would benefit from this one a ton.

I actually always use the gun i get from last general or the bosses in the west, the damage is high and made my way easier like your fighting an robot at the desert part its so freaking easy you just shot one bullet and then. Just slash it, i usually use gun if im in disadvantage because i like sword My second gun is ray gun because of how i can shot it and hit multiple enemy and thats just very good, the damage itself is consider to be high for me to be a support when you're fighting a boss but i really recommended to use the gun from the last general for fighting bosses because its deal more damage and didn't really have thats much cooldown except the reaper, ray gun is perfect for the reaper if you cannot time your shot right, or maybe use shotgun if you can take the risk to get closed and hit 1 gun shot

I really liked playing HLD but unfortunately I got stuck because of the game's design choices in UI and had no idea how to progress, and looking up a guide felt like cheating. Maybe I'll pick it back up again, but some of the way the game communicates information feels really frustrating. The exceptionally blocky UI elements felt like too much at times (even though they looked cool). But maybe that's me being nearsighted and having to overcome the fact that pixel art games look like the world when my glasses are off which is pain.

yeah maybe i should stop lurkin' around youtube and make my own dreams true, but... i'm here for inspirating ones like this. i make a game and one other fan project related to hld, so maybe i'm just looking for an inspiration or procrastinating also railgun is the best gun imo, i use it all the time, even not changing it xd, also i love the charged attack, even if it isn't a gun to mention, but i had kinda rough times at experiencing boss rush on the intermediate difficulty... weird offtop, sorry the entire game is truly a masterpiece. one of my favorites, the others are hollow knight and omori (i'm rlly into abstract/surreal ones, so hld got me in a similar way) imagine if somebody actually didn't make their dream come true just bc they eventually hadn't woken up

First of all, that was an amazing video. Second of all, I personally use the shotgun. Paired with the chain dash and projectile shield dash upgrades, it becomes extremely deadly. Makes it easy to deal with the western boss and the rocketeers (I play on mobile)

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I stopped watching on 2:06. Thank you!