

02ALLEY (Grab the Gun): another easy level – just grab the gun and kill the guys to the right.01KICK (Time moves only when you move): an easy starter level with 2 enemies to kill.Levels: all of the story levels so you can go back and replay your favourites.In this article they describe the levels but I’ll list them myself below as I complete them, just in case the XBox/Switch games are different and to give my own views of them: The story mode gives you 26 playable levels (there are a few that just contribute to the story) and once you have completed them the game unlocks 3 new “folders” with more levels. Later in the game you can also HotSwitch into the body of one of your assailants, which adds another dimension as you try to decide which assailant is best to morph to, to give you an advantage over the others. Oh, and did I say? It uses the gyro controls so you can move around to change what you see on the screen and to aim. The skill comes in being able to judge which baddie is really your most immediate threat, fire your weapons or move to shelter, while dodging incoming bullets and looking around you to check for new threats.

So stand still and the world around you moves at a snail’s pace – bullets inch their way towards you and shards of glass fall serenely … but pick up a weapon, shoot or or move in any direction and suddenly time restarts and it all gets very scary indeed. But the most brilliant aspect of the game is hinted at by its strapline: “Time moves when you move”.


You can also use your fists if you can get close enough and each level ends when either you are killed (1 bullet or 1 punch is enough) or you kill all the baddies – so far all normal FPS stuff. In each level you are dropped into a whitewashed landscape where red objects are enemies that must be killed and black objects are weapons to shoot or throw. It also combines a disorienting back story which suggests you are hacking into the game itself and a shadowy admin is exerting mind control over you, and while this is odd it doesn’t detract from the fun in the game itself. SuperHot is the unlikely hybrid of a “strategy game” with a “first-person shoot-em-up” (FPS), which works amazingly well. There are many different types of computer game and I’ve played most over the years but the games that intrigue me most are the ones that bend the rules and play with the standard genres.
