As for the open world feel to things, and well, some will hate it and long for a more linear progression system, whilst their friends might just love everything about it. Maybe that’s my own hatred of boss battles coming to the fore and clouding my judgement, more than the game itself though. There are also some horrible boss battles, that were just far too repetitive and annoying for their own good, leaving me with an inclination to throw my controller across the room. Gameplay wise and everything works well enough, apart from some annoying camera angles that can really get on your nerves. A Hat in Time has some lovely strokes of genius and innovation that I don’t want to spoil here – but I think it will have Nintendo feeling very jealous indeed. One such quest may well have you sneaking through a house of horror trying not to be caught by its ghostly owner, just as another has you trying to solve a crime, while starring in your own film. The actual worlds that you’ll find yourself travelling through are also very inventive, as are the quests you have to partake in. There are many variations and the possibilities seem rather endless. More still will enable you to throw magical grenades. One might give you an extra boost in a jump, whilst another will point you in the direction of the next challenge. With the yarn you can make some very special hats and this is when the game begins to differ from most other platformers.Įach hat you collect or make gives you a special ability, and you are able to swap instantly between them all at a touch of a button. You collect orbs, special relics and then of course there is… yarn. You can hit enemies with weapons like an umbrella, or jump on their heads to destroy them. When you first enter a level, everything comes across as your standard platform fare, with jump, double jump and attack options all present. The more hourglasses you collect, the more worlds and levels you open up.
#Hat in time palette swaps full
The worlds you visit range from the Mafia run planet of hired thugs – one that is full of casinos and cafes – to a horror world of cartoon nightmares. It is therefore up to you to visit the different planets and get the hourglasses back, and to do this you have to action quests, defeat bosses and complete challenges.
Hat Girl refuses this demand and so the grunt smashes the window and sends the forty magical hourglasses that power the ship across the universe to every distant corner. In this ship you have all the modern bits and bobs that you would expect from a universe negotiating safe haven – but there is also a kid’s bedroom with a ball playpen! Suddenly a mafia stereotype appears at the front window and knocks on the glass demanding a toll for travelling near their Mafia planet. A Hat in Time puts you under the hat of Hat Girl, a small child who heads out on her spaceship travelling home across the universe.
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