I was able to effortlessly slip back in, side-stepping bullets, throwing items, catching enemy guns and firing at others. Those who have played the original will get into this sequel pretty quickly as the core gameplay remains the same. This time around players have 2 lives, but these have to cover the whole of the node – if the player loses all their lives during the node, they have to start it again.
Each node has around 5 – 8 levels, and the player has to complete all these before continuing onto the next node. Also added are some abilities called hacks, and a player can choose between these before the start or at certain points during a node. Alongside its increased length, Mind Control Delete adds some rogue-lite elements where levels follow a basic design but have randomised elements, such as weapon and item placement and enemy generation. It continues the basic gameplay loop of placing the player in an environment filled with objects, weapons and enemies where players must use their movements to navigate a safe passage through the levels and kill enemies. More is better, right?ĭeveloped by the SUPERHOT team, SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete began as DLC before developing into a full-fledged sequel. When I found out there was going to be a longer sequel, I was excited. It was a short experience, lasting only a couple of hours, and left me wanting more. It did all this with style to boot too, with basic monochrome visuals, smooth animation and bullet time effects. By having time dependent on the movement of the player, it meant that every step the player took needed to be carefully considered as every step was a risk. Whilst this is not strictly true as time does still move when the player is stationary, albeit very slowly, it resulted in gameplay that was both addictive and tense.
It had a killer central hook, marketed as the “FPS where time moves only when you move”. The original SUPERHOT is easily one of my favourite games of the generation.
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