A Hat in Time

 PC
User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 530 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 464 out of 530
  2. Mixed: 33 out of 530
  3. Negative: 33 out of 530

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  1. DolphinReviews
    Jul 21, 2022
    0
    Yeah this game sucks… thought I would like it because Mario Odyssey is my favourite game but no. It’s just really bad. Nothing good to say. Waste of time and money. Graphics bad, camera bad, platforming bad. Just pure garbage all the way through. I try to find some good in every game I play but wow this one is a real stinker!
  2. MORJ
    Feb 12, 2018
    1
    Below subpar platformer, with little to no new ideas. Horrible camera, annoying hitboxes. Voice acting feels allmost comedical. The game lacks polish and was shipped way before it was ready. Stay away!
  3. bladex
    Oct 13, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. couldn't wait to try this but after playing it for a few hours i started to notice quite a few flaws the graphics look great and the soundtrack is amazing but through all this it really suffers in a few areas.

    1. CAMERA! the cam is very jittery and in tight closed areas it starts to go nuts and starts doing a wormhole effect you can't even see where your going half the time the more you zoom out the worse it gets!

    2. collision detection! it's screwed in most areas especially where you have to jump onto the ropes. Most of the time you'll pass right through it and when you do land on them when you jump your supposed to jump straight up and land back on the ripe right? wrong you end up jumping up and over to the left or right even if you don't touch the controller makes it very frustrating in some areas especially the last area.

    3. GLITCHES! i ran into quite a few glitches in this among one that's a serious game breaker. if you buy a badge pin and have cut scenes turned off you DO NOT get the extra badge slot! in the twilight bell stage i got stuck in a gate and had to restart the whole level! there is also a lot of areas you can get stuck if you accidentally jump in or behind them.

    4. voice acting! it's terrible just terrible the moment you hear the mustache girl talk you will be opening the menu at lightning speed to turn the voices off and oh yeah that racist jontron is in this making it even worse!

    5. too damn short! there are 4 areas total (5 if you count the final boss level) and oh yeah in the last area in the mountains they decided to not even have a boss at all so there is a total of 3 bosses in the whole game you can easily do this in under 20 hours. there's lots of stuff to collect like yarn but they made it so you only need to collect about 10% of it to finish the game which is a waste! Also there is not enough badges you can easily get the $ to buy all the badges just be playing the 1st two worlds again another wasted feature.

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    the platforming is great especially in the last world, the music is awesome and the game looks fantastic...but among all this it's just got too many flaws and is way too short. for the price they are asking for it right now...it's just not worth it! I'd wait till they release more worlds and the map editor to make challenging levels before picking this up and maybe fix a few of these damn bugs!    … Expand
  4. Nadeggo
    Nov 17, 2017
    3
    The camera is terrible, the hitbox detection is off, the level design downright bad, some obstacles are straight up stolen from Super Mario Sunshine, very content-poor and the game is way too buggy.

    Better luck next time, Jonas Kaerlev.
  5. Saint_jake
    Nov 3, 2017
    3
    Short, poor voice acting, shakey controls, glitches galore, poor hitbox detection, average-at-best story.

    It's generally unpolished and feels like a project that could have used more time in the oven.
  6. Mithaldu
    Oct 10, 2017
    0
    Since my review of this keeps getting removed, despite being based 100% in fact, here's my new review:

    It is a boring game and i don't like it. Psychonauts did it better.

    Also jontron shouldn't be publically in it. You'll have to google why.
  7. robomartion
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    So many weird design choices with this game. Gameplay sucks and the camera is annoying as all hell. Makes me think they don't really understand what made 3D platformers popular in the first place and just think its all about nostalgia with cute characters, pretty graphics and music, although even the graphics in this game are kind of glitchy and ugly to look at. Level design is sparse,So many weird design choices with this game. Gameplay sucks and the camera is annoying as all hell. Makes me think they don't really understand what made 3D platformers popular in the first place and just think its all about nostalgia with cute characters, pretty graphics and music, although even the graphics in this game are kind of glitchy and ugly to look at. Level design is sparse, controls are downright awful, there's this weird thing where you press shift and the whole screen goes black to show a small circle of where to go so you can't see anything which you will constantly press trying to roll. There's automatic wall climbing and she wants to grab onto anything and everything in sight then the camera locks onto this girl you are supposed to chase with no warning whatsoever. Its like you being pulled in a million different directions. I honestly lasted a grand total of 30 seconds after the first level loaded before I quit. Terrible game. Just from a technical standpoint needs much longer in the oven before it is really even playable. Then they can work out everything else like the level design, game-play mechanics and graphics.… Expand
  8. BonzaiTheHost
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    I have never 100%'ed a game so quickly. Hat kid is truly the cutest character to ever exist (unverified statistic).

Awards & Rankings

85
#85 Best PC Game of 2017
27
#27 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
19
#19 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 39
  3. Negative: 1 out of 39
  1. Worth Playing
    Jan 24, 2018
    85
    In the end, A Hat In Time features enough charm to overcome its shortcomings. If you can live with the unreliable camera, then you'll find a game that offers a pleasant platforming experience, tons of secrets to uncover, and a good amount of abilities to experiment with. The variety of environments and activities is appreciated, as are some of the breaks from platforming norms. The characters may be the main reason for playing the gamefrom beginning to end, just to see what they'll say or do next. For fans of platformers, A Hat In Time is well worth your time.
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  2. GameOver.gr
    Jan 19, 2018
    80
    A Hat in Time proudly doesn’t shy from showing its inspirations from the 3D platform classics while radiating its own unique personality thanks to charmingly designed worlds (although we could do with a bit more of them!). It is unfortunate then that precise jumping is never as… precise as it should be. Even though it may not hinder the enjoyment by much it is nevertheless a shortcoming in an otherwise especially enjoyable experience.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2018
    80
    A great game from a genre that we see so rarely on PC. It’s not too demanding, but it’s pure joy to play, as it’s charming, cheerful, full of stuff to gather and uncover and does a lot to keep you engaged all the time. Not all levels were designed to the same high standard, but even in its weaker moments A Hat in Time is still good. At its best it really shines. [13/2017, p.60]
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