{"id":1125182,"date":"2026-02-01T17:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/AGkBeoBH3Ndih6fuS8rtmE"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:39:40","slug":"despite-a-teamwide-oops-guess-we-made-it-too-hard-moment-hyper-light-breaker-has-no-regrets-about-its-mixed-response-early-access-launch-and-now-its-got-a-roadmap-so-everyone-can-git-gu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/despite-a-teamwide-oops-guess-we-made-it-too-hard-moment-hyper-light-breaker-has-no-regrets-about-its-mixed-response-early-access-launch-and-now-its-got-a-roadmap-so-everyone-can-git-gu\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite a &#8216;teamwide oops, guess we made it too hard moment,&#8217; Hyper Light Breaker has &#8216;no regrets&#8217; about its mixed-response early access launch, and now it&#8217;s got a roadmap so everyone can &#8216;git gud&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Although I had an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/roguelike\/hyper-light-breaker-brought-back-all-my-memories-of-dark-souls-greatest-boss-and-it-instantly-became-one-of-my-favourite-demos-at-summer-game-fest\/\">excellent time with Hyper Light Breaker<\/a> at last year&#8217;s Summer Game Fest, the game&#8217;s had <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/roguelike\/undaunted-by-mixed-steam-reviews-hyper-light-breaker-dev-says-its-encouraging-to-have-extremely-reasonable-early-access-feedback\/\">a rough go of it<\/a> since hitting early access a month ago. The game currently sits at a 63% Mixed rating on Steam, with players put off by tech trouble, issues with the controls, and the simple fact the game might just be too dang hard.<\/p>\n<p>But the devs at Heart Machine tell PCG they&#8217;re undaunted, and despite a &#8220;teamwide &#8216;oops, guess we made it too hard&#8217; moment&#8221; when the game first hit Steam, they&#8217;ve got &#8220;No regrets&#8221; about releasing in early access. &#8220;There is no amount of time you can spend in isolation that will make the game great,&#8221; says lead producer Michael Clark. &#8220;You get the best version of a game by maximizing the amount of feedback-and-iteration loops you can go through, and Early Access is the way to do that for a title like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, for now, Heart Machine has turned its first barrage of mixed feedback into an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1534840\/view\/521957239648419891?l=english\" target=\"_blank\">early access roadmap<\/a>, released yesterday. The devs promise a February update consisting of performance fixes, a combat and gear rebalance, bug fixes, and new <em>stuff<\/em>: enemies, affixes, a new player character, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll be followed by another (relatively) small update in March before a bigger, named patch in April: the Buried Below update. That one will feature more tweaks, more new stuff, and an &#8220;improved onboarding&#8221; experience for new players who find themselves a little baffled by the game at first blush. Which, yeah, I get that. Although I liked my time with HLB, I could easily see a new player getting overwhelmed with how much is going on and bouncing right off. Better hand-holding wouldn&#8217;t go amiss.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got high hopes for the game, and Heart Machine sounds very open to change. &#8220;We had a lot of balance changes going in right up to launch,&#8221; says Clark, &#8220;and we had been tuning things to be more difficult, as we had found that we were getting pretty good at beating our first Cycle on a fresh save.&#8221; But they might have overcorrected just a little: &#8220;We knew that we were better at the game than a new player would be, but we misjudged the difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want the game to be tough, but fair and clear to understand\u2026 We aren&#8217;t looking to make it easy, but it should be fair and you should be able to analyze what you did wrong and git gud.&#8221; Not a bad philosophy, if you ask me. Here&#8217;s hoping Heart Machine pulls it off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"fbbb757b-66e2-4b7a-a5a4-baa8fa274767\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/despite-a-teamwide-oops-guess-we-made-it-too-hard-moment-hyper-light-breaker-has-no-regrets-about-its-mixed-response-early-access-launch-and-now-its-got-a-roadmap-so-everyone-can-git-gud.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"fbbb757b-66e2-4b7a-a5a4-baa8fa274767\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/despite-a-teamwide-oops-guess-we-made-it-too-hard-moment-hyper-light-breaker-has-no-regrets-about-its-mixed-response-early-access-launch-and-now-its-got-a-roadmap-so-everyone-can-git-gud\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I had an excellent time with Hyper Light Breaker at last year&#8217;s Summer Game Fest, the game&#8217;s had a rough go of it since hitting early access a month ago. The game currently sits at a 63% Mixed rating on Steam, with players put off by tech trouble, issues with the controls, and the simple fact the game might just be too dang hard. 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