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Hyper Sentinel

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77%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
79% User Score Based on 48 reviews

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About Hyper Sentinel

Hyper Sentinel is a single player arcade shooter game. It was developed by Huey Games and was released on May 11, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Hyper Sentinel is a pure shot of pixel-perfect nostalgia, fusing iconic shooter gameplay with contemporary systems and mechanics; repackaging the sights, sounds and feel of the arcade to deliver the ultimate neo-retro experience.

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79%Audience ScoreBased on 48 reviews
graphics5 positive mentions
grinding1 negative mentions
  • Faithful and exciting remake of Uridium with fast-paced, addictive arcade shoot 'em up gameplay.
  • Great variety of weapons and powerups, multiple game modes, challenging bosses, and leaderboards increase replayability.
  • Authentic retro pixel art style complemented by catchy chiptune soundtrack and several nostalgic visual filters.
  • Visual effects can be overly flashy and cluttered, causing difficulty in distinguishing important game elements and discomfort during play.
  • Controls lack customization and suffer from input lag or awkward handling, making gameplay frustrating for some players.
  • The game feels abandoned with several bugs including broken achievements, leaderboard issues, and technical problems like freeze on alt-tab.

  • graphics

    27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 70% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The game's graphics embrace a nostalgic retro pixel art style with bright colors and multiple vintage filters like CRT, Spectrum, and C64, effectively paying homage to the original while adding vibrant, fast-paced visuals. However, many users find the visuals overly flashy or distracting, with limited customization options and some graphic modes being nearly identical or burdened by undesirable CRT effects. Overall, the graphics appeal mainly to fans of classic 8/16-bit aesthetics but may feel outdated or unpolished to others seeking modern visual fidelity.

    • “Excellent retro graphics, nice bright colours and they move at a blistering pace, there are some retro filters in there as well such as C64, Spectrum, and CRT which is a great touch, animations and movements work really well and no slow down so pays great homage to the original game but in a much more colourful way.”
    • “I love the added graphics modes (vibrant, CRT) and even some retro modes for those of us that remember the original (Spectrum, C64).”
    • “Most noticeable are the colourful pixel graphic art style, particle effects, the powerups and the bosses.”
    • “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
    • “And before the indignation 'it's aaarrttt' people start whining, remember, this game would have been so much better if the developers had picked up any programming and graphic design skills beyond what was available in the 1980s and had made this with 4k resolution and high quality visuals.”
    • “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings.”

  • gameplay

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its fun, challenging, and addictive arcade-style action with tight mechanics, energy management, and varied weapon upgrades. It offers a nostalgic 8-bit experience with multiple modes, boss battles, and a difficulty curve that ramps up over time, appealing especially to fans of classic arcade shooters. However, some note issues like broken achievements and lack of ongoing support.

    • “An astonishing 8-bit explosion simulator with a wonderful variety of gameplay from blasting to avoiding to dodging to timing to hiding to going in guns blazing.”
    • “Addictive (and tough) gameplay, a great selection of weapons (the ball and chain is a personal fave) and several different modes all add to the game's depth and longevity.”
    • “With mechanics such as an energy bar (allowing you to take multiple hits over a single one), the dizzying assortment of weapon upgrades letting you sow chaos on the playfield - to the bosses which offer a dexterity challenge, along with the desire to beat your times, truly make you want to come back to it.”
    • “I think it has something to do with the simple gameplay.”
    • “A fine tribute to the original Uridium so if you ever played that during the 8-bit period then you will be sure to love this. Design, gameplay, graphics, and sound is all very similar to what came before, but difficulty has changed a little. Sure it is still a challenge but it's not as difficult as it could be, though it can get quite insane at later levels, so do be prepared for that.”
    • “After several years of not having played the original, I was quickly reminded of the heart-pounding gameplay.”

  • music

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The music in the game receives mixed feedback, with some users praising its catchy, retro, Commodore-64-inspired soundtrack that enhances the nostalgic feel, while others find it lacking and prefer to replace it with their own tunes. Overall, the soundtrack is appreciated by fans of chiptune and retro styles, complementing the game's energetic atmosphere and design.

    • “The unique boss battles are a standout with great design, art, sound, and music.”
    • “The weapons provide a lot of variety, the C64-inspired music is catchy and has enough distortion to give that nostalgic feel.”
    • “Loving the nasty Commodore-64-like soundtrack!”
    • “Very bad soundtrack.”
    • “I turned it off and turned on my own chiptune music.”
    • “6/10 for graphics & music.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers high replayability, providing both challenge and addictive gameplay that defies the common perception of arcade games lacking replay value.

    • “This makes the game very replayable and even a bit addictive.”
    • “Some may say that arcade games don't offer replay value or significant challenge; Hyper Sentinel is a title that proves otherwise in my book.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding is described as vibrant and fast-paced, focusing on continuous action without interruptions from slow or tedious story elements.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story is vibrant and fast-paced, maintaining high energy without any dull or slow narrative moments interrupting the action.

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is enhanced by an interactive social media feature that allows viewers to playfully disrupt or assist the player, creating entertaining and unpredictable moments during gameplay.

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Hyper Sentinel is a arcade shooter game. Common tags for Hyper Sentinel include indie, fast-paced, bullet hell, retro and space.

Hyper Sentinel is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, iPhone and others.

Hyper Sentinel was released on May 11, 2018.

Hyper Sentinel was developed by Huey Games.

Hyper Sentinel has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Hyper Sentinel for its graphics but disliked it for its grinding.

Hyper Sentinel is a single player game.

Similar games include Syder Arcade, Waves, Steredenn, Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION, Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo and others.