Joey quickly befriends him, much to the horror of Xefros.
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I’m probably the biggest Homestuck apologist on the planet, but even I have my limits.) This is also where we are introduced to Marvus, arguably the best character in the game and a clown (these facts are likely connected). This first proper puzzle of the game surprisingly has multiple solutions and many different interactions with the various individuals present there, many of which had previously been introduced in another Homestuck spinoff series, the Friendsims. Joey’s disgusting red mutant blood screws up the machine, soīoth of them are forced to try and barter their way into getting tickets Getting a ticket involves the machine taking a blood sample so you don’t board (with the lowest ones sitting at the back of the train, of course) but also Segregation by blood, to the point that the train is not only divided by castes Gut-busting joke, but not truly remarkable. The first game, which is to say decently fun and containing the occasional Station where the game really starts to get going. It seems clowns are gamers on this planet, too. The fact that he’s a spoiled rich kid and a pathetic starfucker desperately trying to promote his shitty rap album is just icing on the cake. They’re not meant to be liked either, as the most prominent example constantly prattles on about “highblood privilege” and “hemonormative” views of the blood castes while being an arrogant, condescending asshole. Clout-chasing and general attention-seeking meltdowns are parodied via an obvious Twitter stand-in, while there are several characters that spout the kind of nonsense blatantly cobbled together from the Tumblr playbook. A curious and amusing stance bordering on the hypocritical, considering what kind of people are making this. Speaking of the resistance, one interesting little aspect of this game carried over and amplified from the first one is the tendency to mercilessly mock prominent aspects of both social media and hyper-left politics. Secret resistance that apparently takes umbrage at being ruled by a teenageĮmpress who has entire city blocks bombed for fun and executes people for not Our protagonistsĭecide to travel to a big upper-class party thrown by one of the members of the Together a shitty troll disguise for her in the process. Joey and her new rib-crushedįriend Xefros bumble their way though a few areas in the wilderness, scrounging Right after the end of the first game, naturally. With that extended prologue out of the way, we can get into the real Serves as setup, transporting protagonist Joey Claire to the alien world ofĪlternia. Whole, making the previous game mostly pointless in retrospect. Bizarrely enough, itįunctions as a useful introduction to both Hiveswap itself and Homestuck as a Which isn’t so much a question as poorĭecision-making, but the game tries to answer that anyway. Like: I just bought this thing called Hiveswap Act 2 and want to know what this To answer this and many other questions that you never wanted an answer to in Ride, or should you stay at home and watch anime instead? Andrew and I are here Wind up going the way of Star Citizen, albeit with better ship designs andĬoncert at a gated community’s retirement home, Act 2 suddenly burst onto the That the first act was completed at all and that the rest of the project would
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Given it’sĮxtremely troubled development history, it seemed like a borderline miracle
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Thinking that all it really amounted to was a couple of puzzles and someĪmusing dialogue buttressing a story that is all set-up, no payoff. Hiveswap was a fairly alright game, but back then you could be forgiven for