Many games have you play as a character but very few let you inhabit their psyche. That’s the aim behind “John Wick Hex,” a strategy game that puts you inside the scenarios found by the titular mov…
Hex.” In this game, every step, kick, and gun throw depletes vital seconds. And with every forward motion, enemies too begin to surround Wick. The player must outwit opponents as they come out of hiding, figuring out ways to approach without getting killed in the process. It’s like a game of chess made up of action movie characters.“The way to make the player feel like John Wick was to think about how I could make a game which has you mirror his actions,” Bithell said.
For example, in the “John Wick” films, Wick will throw his gun at an enemy and use the brief second or disorientation to run up and punch him. There’s an inner split-second contemplation going on inside the mind of Wick, and that’s the experience Bithell is trying to give players. “And [Batman Arkham] is an amazing example of what I’m talking about… because the creators of those games didn’t just say ‘okay, let’s take a third-person action game, let’s put a bat suit in it’… they sat down and said ‘okay, what does Batman do, and I want to do that in a game,’” Bithell said.
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