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Its core gameplay mechanics may be standard, but the how and where you’ll be operating those mechanics are anything but.Īnd this is where one of A Hat in Time’s greatest assets really comes into focus: how utterly unique and engaging its level design is. No, A Hat in Time hedges its bets not on the tools it places at the player’s disposal, but rather the settings and environments the player gets to use them in. At some level, it might not even be incorrect to say that A Hat in Time isn’t even selling itself on its core gameplay, which sounds counterintuitive for a video game. But A Hat in Time isn’t selling itself on the depth or complexity of its mechanics. While it’s all competent and it certainly functions quite nicely, there’s nothing that particularly stands out. The protagonist, Hat Kid, has access to a double jump, a mid-air dive, a wall jump, and some abilities depending on what hat she equips pretty routine by 3D platforming standards. And, indeed, if you boil it down its gameplay mechanics to their simplest level, it might not be unreasonable to call it fairly standard for 3D platformers. On the surface, A Hat in Time might not seem like a particularly extraordinary game.

Yet where A Hat in Time really sets itself apart is in the way it presents itself to the player, and it serves as a testament that a game can be far more than the sum of its parts if it can nail its first impressions.

Gears for Breakfast’s charming little title, originally meant to invoke the spirit of late fifth/early sixth gen 3D platformers like Super Mario Sunshine, quickly attracted a cult following all of its own, with solid platforming, some creative level design, and unique bosses. In that vein, it is perhaps worth taking the time to look back on one of the happier games in recent memory: A Hat in Time. Between a global pandemic, protests, and more, things to feel good about have often been few and far between. By Paul Broussard, posted on 04 September 2020 / 2,702 Viewsįor many of us, 2020 hasn’t exactly been a stellar year.