By Jim Rossignol on October 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm.
Reader Travers sends word of an intriguing platform game on Kongregate, the aptly named Hunted Forever. (Although I suppose “Forever Hunted” would be a better cadence?) It’s a mixture of N, Another World, with shades of GlaDOS from Portal. You are a tiny, hyper-atheletic silhouette who must collect machine parts and travel across the platformed-landscape at speed. The faster you are, the better you score. The name, however, comes from the fact that you are being constantly observed, chased, and commented upon by some kind of laser-wielding flying saucer creature. Yikes.
21/10/2008 at 15:23 Ian says:
Just gave this a quick go and it’s really good fun. Love the robot/hunter/mocker.
21/10/2008 at 15:37 suibhne says:
That’s actually a lot of fun.
21/10/2008 at 15:43 Valentin Galea says:
Pretty nice – the animation is top notch – but overall is sluggish – deserved a standalone delivery … or maybe its just badly unoptimized:)
21/10/2008 at 16:07 Pags says:
Doesn’t quite do the feeling of momentum as well as Fancy Pants and it isn’t as fiendishly addictive as N, but it’s a worthwhile distraction.
21/10/2008 at 16:46 Someone says:
Am I the only one that thought of Hunter Hunted while reading this article?
21/10/2008 at 16:52 Dr_demento says:
Gotta love the Powerthirst 1 & 2 references in there.
UNACCEPTABLE!
21/10/2008 at 16:52 nabeel says:
Pretty damn cool.
nabeel
21/10/2008 at 17:01 LewieP says:
Saw this on the indie games blog this morning and it made me be late for my lectures. It’s a lot of fun, and some of the animation is great. Another World and N both sprang to mind for me too.
It’s a shame I can’t save my game.
21/10/2008 at 17:31 Aldaris says:
Anyone thought of Shift when they saw this? Absolutely awesome.
21/10/2008 at 18:15 Stupidumb says:
I’m stuck inside the walls
21/10/2008 at 18:50 Jetsetlemming says:
The controls are too loose and floaty to be fun. In particular, mantling on the edges of ledges and wall jumping don’t work well enough for a proper flow to work. Disappointing, because the basic concept is decent.
21/10/2008 at 19:23 noexes says:
Shades of GlaDOS? More like buckets and buckets of GlaDOS pored over everything to make it cool without actually doing anything new. But yea, it actually is really fun, I just wished they did a little more to make it feel fresher.
21/10/2008 at 22:45 reaver says:
It would have been cooler if the saucer-thing had been the one with the sarcastic remarks. Pretty neat anyway, shame it finished just as I was getting the hang of the controls.
21/10/2008 at 23:31 Cian says:
I love this, every time I casually mantle over an object midair and hit the ground running I little part of me lights up. Now to get double jump.
10/12/2008 at 07:57 Cian says:
The eighth best game of the year according to Time magazine.
09/05/2009 at 08:02 skizelo says:
All I’m hearing is that it’s a more actiony version of Warning Forever.
I am not very good at listening.