Jun 22, 2018
Dustforce DX
Hitbox Team / PC (GOG), 2012
A tough as nails platformer with a speedrunning ethos that's comfortable not compromising itself for wider audiences. The majority of experiences will end on some difficulty spike; but, until then, the cathartic cleaning, lack of timed elements, and immediate resets keep you playing until levels that initially felt insurmountable seem trivial. Traversing the hub and watching replays are insufficient teaching tools to impart knowledge of mechanical minutiae that later stages demand mastery over.
