- October 12, 2016
- Graphite Lab
- 18h median play time
Hive Jump
Interesting run and gun action saves a somewhat middling roguelike.
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About
Hive Jump is a fast-paced, action-platformer where you play as a brave space marine tasked with eradicating alien hives. Use a variety of weapons and equipment to navigate through procedurally generated levels, and work together with your team in local or online co-op. Fight challenging bosses, collect resources, and upgrade your gear to save humanity from the alien threat.











- The pixel art is well done, with neat animations and cool explosions, creating an engaging visual experience.
- The game offers fun co-op gameplay, making it enjoyable to play with friends, and the mechanics allow for strategic combinations of weapons and utilities.
- The backpack respawn system is forgiving, allowing players to continue the action without significant setbacks, which adds to the overall enjoyment.
- The game feels unfinished and lacks essential features, such as the ability to rebind keybinds, which can hinder the experience for some players.
- Gameplay can become repetitive quickly, with limited enemy variety and procedural generation leading to a lack of fresh content over time.
- Technical issues, such as laggy online multiplayer and desynchronization problems, detract from the overall experience, making it frustrating to play with friends.
- gameplay87 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
Gameplay in this title is characterized by a fast-paced, run-and-gun style that can be enjoyable, especially with its unique respawn mechanics and weapon variety. However, many players find the experience marred by repetitiveness, a lack of enemy and level diversity, and occasional bugs that detract from the overall enjoyment. While the core mechanics are solid and the game offers a fun multiplayer experience, the execution leaves room for improvement, particularly in terms of content variety and level design.
“The backpack health system is really cool, and helps make the brutal kill-you-quick gameplay feel fair.”
“On the bright side, the game's playing mechanics are pretty cool, the customization is also pretty cool (but could be expanded on), and the gameplay is just a delight, murdering a crowd of alien insects never felt so good.”
“Fast action, tight gameplay, an excellent jet pack, a nice level of polish, a true gamer's game.”
“Unfortunately, it hasn't changed much since then - they've added tons of content but the core gameplay remains just as buggy as ever.”
“Gameplay gets old real fast, partly due to the lack of enemy diversity but more importantly the level design.”
“Repetitive gameplay, disappointing performance, and ho-hum presentation make this a game that’s 'ok' at best.”
Hive Jump (Switch) Review
Interesting run and gun action saves a somewhat middling roguelike.
65%Hive Jump (Wii U eShop)
While I actually like Hive Jump and its ideas, as a beta tester of multiple different homebrew games this still has the feel of an incomplete beta.
60%Hive Jump (Nintendo Switch)
In the end, the overall difficulty of the game makes Hive Jump a hard game to recommend. Players looking for a one player run-and-gun game should look to other titles. If you like difficult multiplayer games, this might be the game you are looking for.
60%