![]() 'A masterpiece of design purity' - EDGE 9/10 'This is the kind of game you’re going to pass off to your friends and say, You’ve gotta check this out. Super Hexagon was a best of 2012 runner up for game of the year on the app store. The simple and striking two-colour graphical style manages to keep the action readable, allowing Cavanagh and Chipzel to push the boat out with a vibrant ‘neon-chiptune-dubstep’ aesthetic. Finally beating a stage, hearing the music swell as the screen explodes with colour, is a huge adrenaline rush book-ending a brutally immersive experience. Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel. ![]() In fact, the ‘playing fields’ are psychedelic marvels, a stream of dizzying perspective flips that introduce a fascinating layer of difficulty by disorientation as you struggle to maintain your bearings amidst the chaos. ![]() The central shape bounces in time to the music as the screen spins and zooms in what should, by all rights, be as nauseating as one of those dodgy-looking pop-up carnival rides. If you cant get past the first 5 seconds, you can always listen to Chipzels fabulous chiptune soundtrack online Super Hexagon. Hours come and go – fail, “Game Over”, spacebar, “Again”, repeated over and over as you chip away, second by second. After three hours with the game, I only got past the first two levels two minutes worth of progression (disclaimer: it’s very possible I’m extremely shite at the game). ![]()
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