- March 14, 2022
- CodeParade
- 6h median play time
Hyperbolica
Platforms
About
"Hyperbolica" is a single-player Comedy Adventure game with good plot, gameplay, amazing graphics, and an awesome soundtrack. Players explore a unique non-Euclidean curved space, experiencing bizarre landscapes, solving puzzles, and battling in a snowball fight. VR is supported with OpenXR compatible headsets, allowing players to explore enormous areas and navigate a labyrinth in a truly mind-bending setting. The game also features plenty of humor and a wholesome story.








- Unique and mind-bending experience exploring non-Euclidean geometry.
- Charming characters and witty dialogue that add humor to the gameplay.
- Visually stunning with a well-crafted world that encourages exploration.
- Gameplay is often tedious, relying heavily on talking to numerous NPCs with repetitive dialogue.
- Short playtime with a lack of substantial puzzles or challenges, making it feel more like a tech demo.
- Can cause motion sickness, especially in VR, which may limit accessibility for some players.
- story360 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The story in the game is generally perceived as simplistic and underwhelming, often serving merely as a backdrop for exploring its unique non-euclidean environments. While some players appreciate the lighthearted narrative and character interactions, many find the quests repetitive and the overall plot lacking depth, with a significant focus on fetch quests and dialogue that can feel tedious. Despite its shortcomings, the story does have moments of charm and intrigue, particularly towards the end, but it is not the main draw of the game, which is primarily centered around its innovative gameplay mechanics.
“The story is charming and actually has a very well-designed mystery.”
“The game is charming and is very simple to move around in, despite the hyperbolic/spherical geometry of the worlds you go to; the characters feel like real people instead of blocks of text, and the world is lively with its 'story' and small interactions between you and the characters of the world.”
“Wholesome story with good foreshadowing (if you talk to certain NPCs), decent twist and surprisingly dark undertones/themes although they're definitely not explored as much as they could have been.”
“The story is incredibly tedious and boring; it's a lot of just running from point A to point B inside of a space that looks cool but doesn't do much for the actual puzzles.”
“The main story isn't all that revolutionary; you'll get more enjoyment in the side stories, and it also feels really forced and doesn't have good build-up.”
“The story is so shallow and slapped-together you may as well not even bother with it.”