It can change speed at seemingly random intervals, from a tedious crawl to an uncontainable sprint, and that can get really annoying in the rare moments where Hohokum asks you to be precise. It’s simply not there.Īlso it should be mentioned that your avatar, the aforementioned little worm thing, isn’t exactly a lot of fun to control. The developers seem to believe that the very experience of exploring this pretty universe is enough motivation for your investment. You’ll save an erstwhile prince from the depths of a cave, interrupt a beach party, free a monkey from an elephant, but it won’t matter. Hohokum is all tapestry, a skin-deep romp through a bright color palette. Journey created one of the deepest character experiences of all time with some well-placed emoting and a strong gust of wind. A game like Fez introduced you to its surreal, Technicolor world, and then plunged you into a massive web of cryptology and conspiracy.
It feels like a rough prototype of a genre that’s already been perfected and paved-over by other, more comprehensive experiences. That’s where Hohokum’s biggest problems lie. In an era where Gone Home and The Walking Dead are taking home some of the biggest awards in the business, those archaic questions feel a lot more like the trend rather than the future. It’s difficult to remember now, but there was a time when asking how “game-y” a game needed to be was a legitimate talking point. There was a sense of inquisitiveness back then, developers challenging the core concepts of level design, control and core gameplay values. You know, around the same time flow and Braid were kicking off the still-churning movement of indie games getting prime downloadable real estate on high-tech, HD consoles. You poke and prod until a tangible direction falls out, the code is broken open, you’re rewarded with a cut-scene or another worm thing, and you move on.īasically, Hohokum would’ve been a lot more impressive in 2007. You play a stringy worm thing, and you glide around several beautiful levels with loose (very loose) instruction.
Hohokum is gorgeous, stuffed with elaborate landscapes and bright construction-paper colors.
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