A Short Hike in the test: fantastic, relaxing and full of heart

Fancy a short break, but because of Corona you can not (again) from the house? There is a remedy that costs only one handful of euro and flutter to PC and Nintendo Switch now also on your PS4: in A Short Hike is in the form of the vouch name Claire on a small, idyllic island. Our task there? Nothing!

Now well, looked at carefully, it s about the top of the icy mountain to reach in the middle of the island. What in the grandiose bouncy game Celeste, which follows a similar premise, but a tremendous challenge is full screen, is not worth mentioning in A Short Hike at all: Who wants, has done this task after a few minutes.

Table of contents

1. Let 1 spring

1. 2 small world full of adventure
2. 3um shoes forbidden

Distributed everywhere on the island, golden feathers who, once collected, expand our quasi-endurance strip. Thanks to that, we can climb on all rock walls and beat the wings with the wings with the joyful sailing, to get higher. And only seven dignity copies need it to climb the summit.

However, in A Short Hike is not only the way the goal, the goal is rather no matter. Very clearly inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and reduced to the essence of the gaming experience, it is about exploring the world to discover new things again and again. But where Breath of the Wild puts on fast reactions in struggling and generally a certain playful talent, it goes in A Short Hike to relax pure relaxation.

Leather

The higher we climb on the mountain, the colder it gets. Without a heat source we come far because of frozen springs not far. Source: PC Games Many feathers are simply lying around, for others you have to do small search quests, a handful we want to win a short race or crack a high score in volleyball with sticks. Everything is so easy to raise that one never comes to sweating only.

Gradually, you will learn the compact, but with interesting places and objects plunging world better and better, many animal NPCs with sympathetic character and very funky written dialogs (only in text form), which strongly reminiscent of the residents from Animal Crossing, and collects Cheerful springs in front of him.

Why that s all? Well, that s exactly the joke — just like that! A Short Hike does not want anything from one, except that one enjoys his time with the game. The game goal has been done for a long time, just want to get to know more angles of the island. There is no map, no quest log, which sets a subconsciously under stress, no hidden meta level or a tediously packaged message — a short hike is what it is, and it s great!

Small world full of adventure

At all corners and ends you stumbles on the island about NPCs and employment opportunities. Here, for example, we hunt as a duo after a stick ball high score. Source: PC Games Next to the springs there are also some other things to discover on the island. So we can cover Claire with chic hats, bought with coins, which we also find over the world scattered. But this economic system is hard to beat simplicity, and you never have too little money to get the objects of desire.

The clothes arrive together with many other items on the island, which we gradually find: with the bucket we collect water and pour plants that grow then and carry us in contact with the shovel, we dig our treasures Ax serves to open blocked cave inputs, the compass reveals us where north is and so on and so on.

Who keeps his eyes open, perhaps also encounters a boat with which he can make the sea unsafe in front of the island, getting a fishing route, thanks to which we can fishery the ponds and other waters of the Eland, or even discover a special object that is discovered Extra effectively can be sailed by the air. You can already see: There is much to discover in A Short Hike.

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So, comparatively. After a few hours, it has nevertheless as well as everything was crammed and as mentioned are those who only turn to the conclusion of the story, in no way — such players should give it. In case of doubt, however, we prefer a compact, greatly designed gaming experience of a longer, but full of filler-mounted variant in any case.

Refuse forbidden

A criticism of the island adventure must be pleased with all the praise, and that refers to the barely movable camera. Not only does this constantly swing out of unpredictable back and forth, which can not be freely looked at the (completely three-dimensionally designed) island is never developing such a feeling for the place such as in Breath of the Wild.

Nonetheless: A Short Hike is a really famous, small indie pearl and should find a home with appropriate hardware.

My opinion

Volumes Schmidt Editorial manager lukas.schmid@computec.de

All the good thing I had heard in advance about A Short Hike, turned out to be true.

Wow, A Short Hike is really fantastic! What is particularly fascinated by the small Open World Adventure: I felt when playing and feeling still no urge to complete it 100 percent, if necessary with internet complete solution. This is pure positive, for even my charm and the relaxing atmosphere of the island trip, the charm and the relaxing atmosphere of the island trip so much that I just explore in peace, discover stuff and have a good time. If I do not find all the golden springs now — yes me, then that s the way. A Short Hike demands nothing of one and yields so much. Great!

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From Lukas Schmidt Editorial manager 17.11.2021 at 11:53