The Hex

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28

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  1. Snyx
    Dec 28, 2018
    8
    The Hex is an original and entertaining meta game and well worth your time if you are looking for something fun and clever.
  2. samtoy3
    Dec 27, 2020
    8
    Oynadığım indie oyunlar arasında kalitesini gerçekten hissetiren bir oyun oldu. Oyun bir barda balıyor ve barmen bize bir cinayet işlendiğini ve bunu çözmemiz gerektiğini söylüyor. 6 karakter ve 6 sekansdan oluşuyor. Her karakter farklı oyun tarzında karşımıza çıkıyor. Ana hikaye ise; bir oyun yapımcısının geçmişinde yaptığı oyunların ana karakterlerinin, farklı nedenlerle oyunlarınınOynadığım indie oyunlar arasında kalitesini gerçekten hissetiren bir oyun oldu. Oyun bir barda balıyor ve barmen bize bir cinayet işlendiğini ve bunu çözmemiz gerektiğini söylüyor. 6 karakter ve 6 sekansdan oluşuyor. Her karakter farklı oyun tarzında karşımıza çıkıyor. Ana hikaye ise; bir oyun yapımcısının geçmişinde yaptığı oyunların ana karakterlerinin, farklı nedenlerle oyunlarının iptal edildikten sonra oyun stüdyolarına karşı başlattıkları isyan. Oyunda adventure, fighting, mmo, rpg, fps, hotline miami tarzı ve what remains of Edith Finch tarzında farklı karakterlerin senaryolarını oynuyoruz. Oyunun hikayesi ve oynayan oyuncuyu da bu hikayeye dahil etmesi güzel. Gizlenmiş detayları ve bize daha oyun yapımı göstermesi muhteşem. Grafikleri de güzel. Eksi sayabileceğim bir yanı yok. İndie oyunlar arasında şimdiden benim için yeri ayrı olan bir oyun oldu. Aynı yapımcının bir önceki oyunu "Pony Island" da çok beğenilmiş. Vakit bulunca onu da oynayacağım. 8.5/10… Expand
  3. drlowdon
    Mar 29, 2023
    8
    Inside The Six Pint Inn, six video game protagonists are enjoying each others company when the barkeeper receives a call telling him that someone is planning a murder. Throughout the game you’ll explore the inn and delve into each characters past through a series of flashbacks. Each flashback plays out in an entirely different genre, and exploring these memories you begin to discover someInside The Six Pint Inn, six video game protagonists are enjoying each others company when the barkeeper receives a call telling him that someone is planning a murder. Throughout the game you’ll explore the inn and delve into each characters past through a series of flashbacks. Each flashback plays out in an entirely different genre, and exploring these memories you begin to discover some dark secrets.

    A couple of the genre flashbacks go on a little too long, but for the most part they all work pretty well. As one would expect from Daniel Mullins, The Hex also loves to mess with player expectations, and will keep players guessing throughout with all sorts of plot twists and secrets to discover. If you’re looking for something a little different, give this a go.    … Expand
  4. Klewer
    Jul 11, 2019
    8
    Great follow up to Pony Island. Everything you'd expect from the creator of that game with the storytelling and atmosphere brilliant. The actual gameplay aspects are basic but enjoyable enough. Well worth playing.
  5. Bashfluff
    Oct 18, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad. I adore games like The Stanley Parable and The Beginners Guide, or Undertale and Doki Doki Literature club--all kinds of games about games. Those games are full of wit and charm and passion and life. Despite being inherently and pointedly artificial, the games I mentioned are more genuine than almost any other game on an emotional level.

    This isn't. Meta things happen. You switch between playing different styles of games as one of six characters, and there's an overarching metanarrative that is interwoven into gameplay, but that's where the comparisons end. You the time you spend playing each game is upwards of a half an hour at a time, and it's spent playing the worst version of any one of a given genre of game, like an RPG or a top-down shooter, only being paid off by a few seconds of metacommentary or little bits and pieces of the story--sometimes in the middle of the gameplay, usually at the end.

    Games like this need to be short and punchy and say things worth hearing, and the game isn't any of that.

    Even the story only comes to anything in the end, but it doesn't much feel like tying together a bunch of individual parts as much as it's just a straightforward reveal. It's bizarre and fun and the clear highlight of the game. It reminds me of what sort of game this may have been if it was more focused on the sense of mystery, because the climax was everything I could have hoped for.

    Ending was a mite bit weak, though it's less about that and more about the ride getting to it. But that's... maybe 20 minutes out of 4 hours of playtime, which weren't worth it at all.    … Expand
  6. Archound
    Aug 31, 2023
    0
    It's way worse than Pony Island and Inscription, solely because some quite lengthy chunks of this game are... boring, which is unacceptable in this "meta-breaking-fourth-wall" genre.
  7. Sado
    Jun 2, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра отличная , что и следовало ожидать от создателя pony island . Игра рассказывает нам о 6 персонажей игр разной тематики - 1 персонаж platformer , 2 персонаж - fighting , 3 персонаж - RPG , 4 персонаж - пошаговая стратегия , 5 персонаж - шутер с видом сверху , 6 персонаж - Игры от первого лица . Игра очень захватывает своей атмосферой советую всем поиграть.… Expand
  8. Moromete
    Apr 30, 2020
    8
    The Hex mixes and matches some cool ideas and the final two chapters are particularly well crafted and emotionally raw but the overall story is not entirely coherent and, even around six hours in terms of playtime, some of the mechanics are rather limited. Daniel Mullins has great ideas and delivers something unique with his games but a little more care when it comes to the execution wouldThe Hex mixes and matches some cool ideas and the final two chapters are particularly well crafted and emotionally raw but the overall story is not entirely coherent and, even around six hours in terms of playtime, some of the mechanics are rather limited. Daniel Mullins has great ideas and delivers something unique with his games but a little more care when it comes to the execution would really elevate his releases.… Expand
  9. Miitopian
    Nov 22, 2021
    10
    A must-play for anyone. It's not only fun and completely varied in its gameplay, but it also manages to tell an incredibly meta and intriguing story that I won't dare spoil here. So happy to see Daniel Mullins finally receiving the love and attention he deserves.
  10. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    5
    Some interesting subversions and the story does a decent job at holding onto attention and making interesting meta commentary, The gameplay itself is a collage of styles, none of which has much too it. The variety stops it from growing stale. But even so in the end the game does not feel like anything all that special.
  11. Seathate
    Aug 18, 2023
    9
    Her saniyesinde sizi şaşırtan oldukça renkli, farklı ve eğlenceli bir oyun.

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2019
    85
    It’s six hours of a diversified gameplay with loads of secrets and good music in the background. And the finale is so delightful I wanted to clap during the credits. [13/2018, p.72]
  2. Everyeye.it
    Dec 25, 2018
    90
    The Hex is a masterpiece that any enthusiast should play.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Nov 7, 2018
    91
    The Hex is a brilliant game that mixes six different genres: it is a shooter, a walking simulator, a fighting game, a classic JRPG, a platform, a tactical RPG and a surreal game that you have to play.
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