Hive Jump
"Hive Jump is one part Spelunky, one part XCOM, and all parts alien ass-kicking. You and your friends assume the role of JUMPERS, and blast your way through subterranean alien hives in run-and-gun 2D…
Hive Jump is an arcade developed by Graphite Lab, released 12 October 2016 on Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Xbox One and Linux.
What Hive Jump is
Hive Jump is an arcade game developed by Graphite Lab and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"In the 24th century, humanity is at war with a hostile alien race. Outnumbered a million to one, mankind’s only hope of survival is the J.U.M.P. Corps. Its mission is to fight the alien menace hive by hive and planet by planet."
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, party and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hive Jump holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 53% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core™ Duo or faster, 2 GB RAM and 512 MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Hive Jump launched on 12 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
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