SeekerJohn Wick Hex
John Wick Hex is a game that attempts to turn the stylish action of the Keanu Reeves movies into a more cerebral strategy experience.
-- As reviewed by The Verge
Product details
- Unique time line strategy: featuring a unique blend of strategic momentum-based combat, John wick hex captures the feel of the unique tactical combat from the films and blurs the line between the strategy and action video game genres
- deep combat system: unlock new weapons, suit options and locations. Each weapon changes up the tactics you'll use and the manner in which you'll play
- new original story: experience an original new story set prior to the events of the films which sees John on a desperate mission to rescue Winston and charon from a dangerous new adversary
- Stellar voice cast: the story is brought to life by the world class voice talents of Ian mcshane and Lance reddick, reprising their iconic roles from the films, and voice acting Legend Troy Baker
- electrifying score: John wick hex compliments the style of the films with a unique graphic Noir art design and an original score by renowned composer Austin Wintory
PROS
+ Beautiful "graphic noir" art style
+ Lots of options from a limited toolset
+ Builds on the film lore in interesting ways
CONS
- Difficulty ramps up quickly
- Easy to back yourself into a corner on first runs
- Occasional XCOM-style dice roll frustration
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Expert reviews and ratings
By The Verge on October 08, 2019
John Wick Hex is a game that attempts to turn the stylish action of the Keanu Reeves movies into a more cerebral strategy experience.
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By PCWorld on October 08, 2019
John Wick Hex is a satisfying strategy game that aptly captures the feel of the films in a way no true action game could, though the difficulty ramp-up might drive some away.
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By TechAdvisor on October 09, 2019
John Wick Hex is basically a top-down tactics game with the time system of Frozen Synapse or Superhot, but it’s maybe best to think of it as its own new genre: the John Wick sim.
From top to bottom this is meant to make you feel like Keanu’s iconic assassin, and when it pulls off the trick Hex feels like nothing else out there. Unfortunately after a few hours the devs run out of surprises, and with a strictly limited moveset you’ll likely become more aware of all the things that movie Wick does that his videogame counterpart simply can’t.
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By IGN on October 08, 2019
It’s not totally fair to expect the animations of a turn-based strategy game to match up with the elaborately violent choreography of a series of action movies that is defined by little more than that, but John Wick Hex doesn’t even come close. It’s hard to appreciate its handful of smart ideas when every slick series of moves you pull off by deftly managing a group of enemies’ attack timelines is countered by a dozen other encounters that play out awkwardly due to animation glitches and a stingy persistent health system. John Wick Hex certainly does have its moments of tactical joy and tells a decent simple story, but it’s so consistently unpolished that it’s hard to appreciate them.
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