Hard Reset Redux

 PC
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    Jul 6, 2016
    70
    If you had not a chance to play the original one, you could have a great time enjoying Redux. There are a few additions, but visuals overhaul are not so impressive and the game feels a bit dated nowadays.
  2. Areajugones
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    Hard Reset Redux is a great upgrade for the game from 2011. A FPS with a classic touch and frenetic action. However, it's really short and becomes a little bit repetitive.
  3. Everyeye.it
    Jun 7, 2016
    70
    Quotation forthcoming.
  5. Hardcore Gamer
    Jun 5, 2016
    70
    For those who take kindly to games that are as much about agility as they are indulgence in many an unfolding set-piece, Hard Reset Redux might just be one to check out.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Jun 3, 2016
    70
    Hard Reset Redux is still a challenging, solid FPS with tough enemies and nice weapons, but the graphics look dated.
  7. 4P.de
    Jun 3, 2016
    67
    Five years ago it was a solid old-school experience. But since then a lot has happened within retro action – most notably Doom. And compared to the glossy dynamics you can experience in id Software's latest hell on Mars, this plainly feels outdated in almost every aspect.
  8. The Games Machine
    Jun 3, 2016
    63
    When it first came out almost five years ago, Hard Reset was a pretty standard old-school shooter, with decent gameplay and a generic sci-fi atmosphere. The Remastered version does not improve a lot; the new katana in particular is pretty useless, if not detrimental, to the gameplay, and the graphics improvements are negligible.
  9. CD-Action
    Aug 21, 2016
    60
    A low-budget but solid arena shooter that drops superfluous mechanics for the sake of fast-paced gameplay. [08/2016, p.57]
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User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 31 out of 74
  3. Negative: 11 out of 74
  1. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 13, 2016
    6
    Hard Reset Redux
    Decently Fun, but super repetitive
    Hard Reset Redux is the extended version to Hard Reset released in 2011 nearly doubling    Hard Reset Redux
    Decently Fun, but super repetitive
    Hard Reset Redux is the extended version to Hard Reset released in 2011 nearly doubling this games length and of course extending the story...
    that is if you can actually follow what’s going on…
    Something about AI gone wrong and you have to save the city they occupy...
    I’m not even sure...
    If you’re playing Hard Reset you’re playing for the gameplay…
    And this game can be great fun at times…
    You get 3 weapons in this game... a rifle...a plasma gun, and later a katana…
    But both the rifle and the plasma gun all have 5 variations that you can unlock as you collect xp from secrets or just by killing enemies...
    As you progress through the game your meter will fill up and give you a skill point to spend on either a new weapon, a weapon upgrade, or gear upgrade…
    And these weapon upgrades are really all there is to keep the game feeling fresh and ultimately what keeps it even the slightest bit engaging…
    There are a few enemy variants that you can take down with any weapon, but you’ll clearly fall in love with one weapon type to deal with a certain enemy over another, for example I like using the shotgun on explosive enemies.. And I loved using the katana on pretty much everything else.
    I easily had the most fun with the katana... but the fact that I had a favorite weapon for every enemy type tells you a lot about how much weapon variety actually matters in this game…
    That is such a refreshing feeling, where I feel like in most first person shooters I can get away with anything and it doesn’t matter… but here it does
    unfortunately after you’ve played with all of the variants for a while, the game really starts to get boring and feels like it drags out way too long…
    Hard Resets biggest issue is hands down the level design…
    Every levels is activating switches while you kill everything between you and the switch…
    And every level really looks nearly identical…
    and honestly without having known that the game would be the same throughout, I was already unimpressed the moment the game started, as It looked like a dated bargain bin game
    Its gray and boring, but there are some cool nail-biting sections towards the end of the game if you can manage to drag yourself through 7 hours of the same thing to get there…
    You practically see all there is to see in level 1, minus a few boss fights thrown in there…
    Hard Reset Redux offers a great deal of fun with its weapon variety,
    But if you don’t like feeling like you’re stuck in a demo level for 8 hours, you’re better off looking for your fun elsewhere
    I give Hard Reset Redux a
    6/10    … Full Review »
  2. Letiste-Gaming
    Jun 8, 2016
    7
    Hard Reset: Redux deja claro en todo momento el público al que va recibido; al de la vieja usanza, al del quick save y al del "la saludHard Reset: Redux deja claro en todo momento el público al que va recibido; al de la vieja usanza, al del quick save y al del "la salud regenerable es lo peor que existe". Ante la tremenda saturación de shooters modernos, ver algo como esto es poco menos que una bendición, sintiéndose hasta original y diferente.… Full Review »
  3. Rhapsody747
    Jun 3, 2016
    10
    This game led the old school FPS charge back in 2011 when no other dev dared, and the upgraded version doesn't disappoint. Has more creativeThis game led the old school FPS charge back in 2011 when no other dev dared, and the upgraded version doesn't disappoint. Has more creative weapon design and upgrade system than the new Doom, along with wonderfully atmospheric levels.… Full Review »
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