Kinglink says "I knew when I heard about The Hex, I was going to have trouble reviewing it. The Hex is the latest game by Daniel Mullins Games, the same developer of Pony Island. Pony Island itself is a strange game that is hard to describe without giving it away. So the first question I had was would I have a similar problem with The Hex? Of course, the answer was yes."
The Hex is, if you take it at face value, a game in which six washed-up video game protagonists staying at a creaky old inn try to sleuth out who’s coming to murder them, and avoid dying in the process.
New game from the developer of Pony Island!
The Indie Game Website writes: "One of my all-time favourite indies is Pony Island, a game which took my expectations, laughed at them, threw them into a meat grinder and constructed an entirely bizarre Picasso-esque experience out of the results. Beginning as a basic, saccharine pony-jumping arcade game, the surreal 2-3 hour trip soon delved into the insane virtual mind of an artificial intelligence.
Next up from the one-man-band behind Pony Island, Daniel Mullins, is The Hex. An altogether longer and more ambitious project than his first flagship title, The Hex has a story spanning across multiple characters and even genres. As a result, it doesn’t have the pure consistency of the short but sweet Pony Island. But nonetheless, it’s a wild ride benefitting from Mullins’ wicked sense of humour, satire of the game industry and ability to play with your expectations."
After releasing one successful surreal, genre-bending indie game this year with Pony Island, Daniel Mullins aims to see if lightning strikes twice with his new mystery game, The Hex, due out in early 2017 for Steam and itch.io. It certainly looks promising, but can it deliver the same impact?
