Hard Reset Message Board

In a post-re-Rise-of-the-Triad world, any franchise reboot is possible. Case in point: Shadow Warrior. The original was a ninja-themed first-person shooter sliced and diced from Duke Nukem 3D‘s cloth – Build engine, unrepentantly offensive humor, and all – but it didn’t exactly have legions of lovers banging down doors for its long-overdue return. At least, not that I’m aware of. Maybe I should’ve looked in more shadows. Regardless, it’s coming back, and Hard Reset developer Flying Wild Hog’s hefting the weighty, blood-rusted katana of responsibility.

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I’d be lying if I said the art of Hard Reset was the most striking thing about it – I’d be more inclined to go with ‘shooting lots and lots of robots with nice lighting effects.’ Nonetheless, it’s jolly nice of devs Flying Wild Hog to offer up a free, 137MB PDF artbook, whose 46 heavily-illustrated pages contain concept art, environments, characters and all sorts. There’s some dramatic stuff there, suggesting a distinctive world made of bits of City 17, Blade Runner and Rapture. Assorted download links below, and if you haven’t played the game yet (it evoked mixed but just about positive feelings around these parts, though I’m not sure we’ve tried the extended edition/ Exile DLC yet) it’s currently 75% offski for the complete package on Steam. In other news, Windows 8′s built-in PDF reader is just the worst thing, so definitely don’t open the artbook in that.(more…)

Well, this sort of came out of nowhere – not that I’m complaining, mind you. After already waving its magically miserly wand and poofing our dusty old copies of Hard Reset into shiny Extended Editions for free, Flying Wild Hog’s seen fit to hand out yet another freebie. Titled “Exile,” it’s available now and sends Major Fletcher into “the Barrens – dangerous lands beyond the last human city of Bezoar, where our hero will meet new foes and make new friends.” Friendship always was my favorite part of Hard Reset.

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Once upon a time we wrote a story about Hard Reset: Extended Edition, a retail version of Flying Wild Hog's downloadable title Hard Reset that includes five new levels, two new maps and a fresh backstory. Then the dragon killed the princess and the handsome prince married the ugly gold-digger. The End.

OK, not "the end" -- Flying Wild Hog has announced that Extended Edition is coming to Steam for free for those who already own Hard Reset, and will be available for download in the final week of April or first week of May. Hard Reset is available in the Indie Royale St. Patrick's Day bundle for a few more hours, for those who want Hard Reset: Extended Edition and three other indie titles for less than $5.

The End.

Indie Royale’s St Patrick’s Day Bundle includes the “old school” FPS Hard Reset, the awesome abstract 3D action puzzle game Vertex Dispenser, as well as Jolly Rover and DLC Quest. The current average is £3.19, with just over four days left. Paying over the average also bags you this Nintendo-inspired soundtrack.

That's it, run towards the light...

Hard Reset: Extended Edition is a retail-exclusive version of Flying Wild Hog's downloadable shooter. It adds five new levels to the single-player campaign, two new maps to survival mode and a new backstory -- some of which takes place in the following screens.

Kalypso Media and developer Flying Wild Hog have come to an agreement to offer Hard Reset in a new, retail-exclusive edition bolstered by new content next year. Hard Reset: Extended Edition will be available in March and adds five new levels to the single-player campaign, including four new enemies and one new boss fight.

There's also a "new back story," two new maps for the survival mode and an updated graphics engine to look forward to. If you want something to look at now, we direct you to our gallery below.

Hard Reset 1.21
- Mouse cursor will now disappear when using joypad/controller.
- When a joypad/controller is connected, the currently selected option will become highlighted.
- Joypad/Controller left analog stick is now used for navigating the menus.
- Improved Nvidia 3dVision compatibility with FSAA x2 and FSAA x4.
- ATI Eyefinity support.

Hard Reset 1.2
- New Survival Mode. Two new maps are available: 'Arrival Hall' and 'Landing Pad'.
+ To launch Survival Mode, select 'New Game' and then 'Survival Mode'
+ Survival Mode is available in all the difficulty levels selectable for Hard Reset Campaign.
+ Added Leaderboards for the Survival Mode.
- Full Nvidia 3dVision support.
- Full Nvidia Surround support.
- Support for multiple displays - recommended 3 display adapters for best effects, and several non-standard resolution modes.
+ To select the triple display mode in the game, change the Aspect Ratio to 'Other' in the Video Options menu, then select a resolution you wish to use.
+ Note that the 'Other' mode will be available only if you have 3 displays connected to your PC.
- Added a 'Details' tab in the Profile screen - now you are able to check the score you achieved on each of the game's levels.
- During bullettime, falling down won't cause additional damage to players.
- Changed the way how the Mortar Cyborgs react to player in vicinity.
- Crawling gorillas will explode when trying to jump off a higher place.
- Changed the way how Melee Cyborgs behave - now you are able to avoid their attacks while sprinting - their aoe frontal cone was lowered.
- All the crosshairs will be displayed in an appropriate way to objects in front of the player for 3dVision.
- Changed the way how the messages and hints are displayed to a way more appropriate for 3dVision.
- Changed the way how dynamic lightning is rendered on decals.
- Changed the way how weapons are displayed on screen.
- Changed the way how the HUD is displayed both in 3d and on multiple displays.
- Improved support for dual SLI users.

Pretty-lookin’ cyberpunk robo-blaster Hard Reset – which John was amused but disappointed by – has received a big old patch, 1.2, which adds a Survival mode which “unleashes wave after wave of robotic hell upon the player, who has make good use of weapon upgrades to delay the inevitable as long as possible.” The mode is based in two new maps, and has a leaderboard setup so that Hard Reset adherents can fight their way to an obscure kind of fame with their survival skills.

The patch also “adds full NVIDIA 3D Vision and Surround support, as well as support for multiple displays.” So that’s fancy. The patch should automagic via Steam.

Hard Reset Gets Survival Mode with New Maps and More.

1.2 Patch for Flying Wild Hog's Old-School Shooter Adds NVIDIA 3DVision Support and Gameplay Fixes.

Flying Wild Hog's debut shooter turned a lot of heads when it was released last month, thanks to its fast-paced, destructive action, unconventional weaponry and incredible visuals. Flying Wild Hog is kicking the heart-pounding gameplay up a notch with the introduction of Survival Mode in the 1.2 patch, which is available today. Survival Mode unleashes wave after wave of robotic hell upon the player, who has make good use of weapon upgrades to delay the inevitable as long as possible. The new game mode is available in all of the game's difficulty modes, and brings with it two new maps, as well as leaderboards to compare scores with friends.

In addition to Survival Mode, the 1.2 patch adds full NVIDIA 3D Vision and Surround support, as well as support for multiple displays. A number of other gameplay tweaks and fixes are also introduced in the patch, with Flying Wild Hog busily working on future content and gameplay updates.

What's new?

• New Survival Mode. Two new maps are available: 'Arrival Hall' and 'Landing Pad'.
◦ To launch Survival Mode, select 'New Game' and then 'Survival Mode'
◦ Survival Mode is available in all the difficulty levels selectable for Hard Reset Campaign.
◦ Added Leaderboards for the Survival Mode.
• Full Nvidia 3dVision support.
• Full Nvidia Surround support.
• Support for multiple displays - recommended 3 display adapters for best effects, and several non-standard resolution modes.
◦ To select the triple display mode in the game, change the Aspect Ratio to 'Other' in the Video Options menu, then select a resolution you wish to use.
◦ Note that the 'Other' mode will be available only if you have 3 displays connected to your PC.
• Added a 'Details' tab in the Profile screen - now you are able to check the score you achieved on each of the game's levels.

What's changed?

• During bullettime, falling down won't cause additional damage to players.
• Changed the way how the Mortar Cyborgs react to player in vicinity.
• Crawling gorillas will explode when trying to jump off a higher place.
• Changed the way how Melee Cyborgs behave - now you are able to avoid their attacks while sprinting - their aoe frontal cone was lowered.
• All the crosshairs will be displayed in an appropriate way to objects in front of the player for 3dVision.
• Changed the way how the messages and hints are displayed to a way more appropriate for 3dVision.
• Changed the way how dynamic lightning is rendered on decals.
• Changed the way how weapons are displayed on screen.
• Changed the way how the HUD is displayed both in 3d and on multiple displays.
• Improved support for dual SLI users.

For how awesome the future has to be, we're not looking forward to the annoying parts of future-life: taking forever to download a weapon module; friendly AI terminal units "aiding" us; and, most importantly, all of the techno-spider things we'll have to shoot just to get to the bus stop.

The basic gameplay of the first person shooter is simple: point, shoot and kill. Some shooters dress up the experience, adding story, developing character and creating a believable world to give context to your violent actions. In some cases maybe they even force you to question whether pulling the ...

Hard Reset is Now Available on Steam!

Hard Reset is an action-packed, single-player shooter for the PC. With over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting, Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene.

Hard Reset might be the perfect game for anyone looking to rinse away the memory of Duke Nukem Forever for good. It's a simple, straightforward, totally crazy first-person shooter. You walk into areas, murderous enemies spawn and you use superpowered weaponry to shoot them until they die. Then you do it again...

Announced and released within just four months, the first game from Polish super-group Flying Wild Hog, Hard Reset, was something of a surprise to the world of PC. Dedicated to the platform, it’s a defiant thing: a first-person shooter with no multiplayer, no console vibe, and old-school shooter values, and it’s due out next Tuesday. So does it deliver in its specific niche. Having just completed it, I’m fully equipped to tell you Wot I Think.

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The first mirror I’ve found for the demo of this “old school” PC-only shooter is here. The second is here. And it’s also on Steam. If you want something to read about what is in store for you while it downloads, you can go here. John says: “That’s mostly what Hard Reset is about. Having some weapons, and shooting at the enemies. Also, shooting at the scenery to make stuff blow up to destroy the enemies. And it’s no more sophisticated than that.”

Sounds okay. I’m downloading it right now. Race ya’!

Duke Nukem: Forever disappointed a lot of people earlier this year. I wanted it to give me a taste of the so-called "good ol' days" of first-person shooters. To take me back to a time of super-fast action, absurdly powerful weapons, and near-endless ammo counts. Well, Duke may not have succeeded, bu...

Been following Flying Wild Hog's cyberpunk shooter Hard Reset since it was announced a month and a half ago? Well the wait is almost over. Hard Reset is set to launch on Steam on September 13...

The big K has gone and recorded seven Imperial minutes of video footage of Hard Reset, the P.C. O.N.L.Y. FPS from newly formed Polish super-dev, Flying Wild Hog. It’s full of explosions, environmental interactions (usually involving explosions), fights with baddies, some explosions, some spectacular looking explosions environments. This is one to watch, says I. (more…)

Take two-thirds of a cup of Sin City, whisk vigorously with 14 ounces of powdered Ghost In The Shell, and then slowly add a generous tablespoon of gravelly voice acting. After an hour at 375, you'll have a piping-fresh tray of this Hard Reset story trailer. Mmmmmmm.

[Thanks, Chris!]

#hardreset Earlier this month I took a good hard look at Hard Reset, the upcoming single-player shooter coming out next month from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog, telling you all about my favorite parts of the game. Now I can show you. More »

In the future, robots will excel at cooking breakfast, mowing the terraformed lawn and driving cabs on Mars. Today, they're designed to be destroyed without consequence or guilt. If you have to shoot something in a lineup of video game villains, the robot is less messy than the nazi and just a tad more relatable than the extraterrestrial insect.

It's in a shooter's best interests, then, that you prevent the artificial near-citizens of the future, as envisioned by Hard Reset, from overthrowing authority and hastening their own evolution. You enter the city of Bezoar (eww), a neon-lit pastiche of flying billboards, talking storefronts and Blade Runner's Los Angeles grit, with a straightforward mission in mind. Cover the streets in smoldering servos and protect a database of digitized human personalities. Let's file this preservation and attempted theft of what is easily humanity's least useful component under "suspension of disbelief," okay?

#hardreset It's okay if you've never heard of Hard Reset, the new single-player cyberpunk first-person shooter coming next month from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog. Up until a couple of weeks ago, no one had. It happens. It just doesn't happen often with a game this good being released this soon. More »

Hard Reset seemed to appear from nowhere. First a screenshot. Then a name and a video. Then a pile of screenshots. That started barely a month ago, with the game due out as soon as September. And then yesterday we found a few levels of the game arrive in our inbox. So I’ve had a play of this PC-only shooter. (The screenshots aren’t ours, as the code was watermarked, but those below are all new, and you can click on them for bigger versions.)

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Why, twas only Sunday that Alec brought us the in-game footage of Hard Reset – the PC only shooter from Polish Travelling Wilburys-like developer best-of, Flying Wild Hog. Made up of developers from People Can Fly, CD Project and City Interactive. And today, for those who find moving pictures distracting and upsetting, I’ve some still images of the game in action. And for once the word “action” is actually appropriate. Okay, for one of the four, anyway. One other has some action. The other two would be rejected by any editor if you tried to submit them with a review.

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Flying Wild Hog's first game, Hard Reset, may look a bit familiar at first glance. Considering the dev is made up of ex-Bulletstorm, Sniper and Witcher 2 staff, it's only natural FWH's first effort would be full of big guns. The nifty thing about this trailer though is that these aren't your typical big guns.

A cyberpunk FPS coming exclusively to PC this September!

#hardreset The Polish super-team building the cyberpunk FPS Hard Reset must think it's 1996 or something. The game is a PC exclusive, has no multiplayer, and although it was announced earlier last month, it's coming out later this year. That's how things used to get done around here. More »

Time for a proper look at Hard Reset, the PC-exclusive FPS from new studios Flying Wild Hog, a supergroup of devs formely from CD Projekt Red, People Can Fly and City Interactive. The initial trailer was really just a bloke very slowly looking up, with occasional flashes of some manner of urban dystopia. This one’s a full minute of cyberbunk manshootiness aimed to demonstrate Hard Reset’s graphics card-troubling techno-clout, but take heart – it also includes more footage of a bloke slowly looking up. Except he doesn’t look very well this time.

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