It has been exactly one year (to my nearest calculation)
that I first installed and played Super Hexagon on my Android powered device. I
remember when I first watched the trailer, I had no idea what was going on or
what it was about. All I saw was (heh heh, saw was was saw....Anyhoo) all I saw
was lots of moving around and colorful shiny-ness accompanied by some cool
tunes (all of which were made using sounds from Gameboy [I think, might as well
check it out here
] ).
So, since I was into rhythm games at the time (I still am by
the way) I decided to give it a try. That was definitely the best decision I
have ever made that day.
So pretty, so fast, so cool, why can’t I make it past 15
seconds?! Better question yet, why can’t I stop playing? In the words of the
esteemed Nerd Cubed “So this is what it’s like to take drugs kids, never take
drugs cause you’ll just have to play really hard video games all the time.” “Who
designed this game? Whoever he is he’s a bastard and I love him.” Ya, pretty
much. I have played this game for nearly 40 hours and I could still be like: hmmmm
what should I do now? Ah! I’ll play Super Hexagon!
40 hours?! You might say. That’s like completing the first
level 2400 times! Aren’t you tired of playing the same level for 6,000 seconds?
(an eternity in Super Hexagon time) hmmmmmmm, no.
There’s just nothing else I can say, it’s an excellent game.
“This is the nightmare of the spaceship from asteroids, this
is how it dreams.” – Nerd Cubed
You might think: So you’ve played this game for hours and
hours, do still play it to just keep getting better or something? You could say
that, and there’s definitely an unconscious goal to get more seconds than the
last time. But the real reason is that, well, it almost is like drugs. Every
time I get somewhere past 45 seconds my heart is beating and my throat is in my
chest. I have never seen a violent exciting intense movie, or first person
shooter game, or even had a real life experience (not that games are not real
life) that has made my heart beat harder, or my hands shake more, then when I
got 256 seconds on the first level of Super Hexagon. How can a game be so
beautiful and addicting, yes SO simple?!
I don’t know, I just hope there’s gonna be a Super Hexagon 2
in heaven.
If you want to watch Nerd Cubed’s video of Super Hexagon,
the link is here
Disclaimer, he does say some bad words, but all in good
humor.
Also the Super Hexagon website
