There are no help or clues, everything is left to the player who will have to try to proceed to the sound of attempts until they find out how to complete their task.
While this factor can make the happiness of those who do not like to be taken by the hand and accompanied, on the other hand not knowing what to do in certain situations can make them feel a certain frustration, which results in long sessions without understanding the real. Scrolling through the levels you can also find hidden eyes in the most unthinkable areas: there are 146 in total, some of which are simply impossible to find if not thanks to a healthy dose of luck. At the end of our first walkthrough we have collected just over half of them, but we leave you to imagine our face when, after spending an extra couple of hours to complete this goal, we have not even heard the fateful noise of an unlocked trophy. Hohokum exudes sympathy and colors from all pores thanks to decidedly original characters and settings. The DualShock 4 also plays a creative role in Hohokum: the light bar changes color every time we hit an object, while using the touch-pad it is possible to change the direction of our character. The integrated speaker instead spreads different sounds depending on the stage being played, and is a pleasant addition to the already incredible soundtrack. Yes, because the music sector, created thanks to the collaboration of the Ghostly label and international artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Com Truise, fits perfectly with the sea of psychedelic and bizarre images that flood our screen, with a mix of songs ranging from ‘ambient to electronics, passing from chill-out to pop. We also played a couple of sessions with the PlayStation Vita version, a device on which no major differences were found compared to the living room counterpart, except for the obvious technical downgrade and slightly longer uploads.
Hohokum it is in fact part of the cross buy program, and by purchasing it on a platform you can download at no additional cost the versions for other Sony consoles, with which it also shares the always welcome cross-save. Let’s close by talking about the collectible trophies that the famous seven shirts will make you sweat: some of them are earned by finding naked crabs and ice cream makers, while others are a punch in the stomach like completing the game in less than an hour.
On balance, the latest effort by Honeyslug convinced us from a technical, sound and longevity point of view, where it takes about seven hours to be able to finish it without having found all the hidden eyes.
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