From The HipMen are on a roll when it comes to covering new indie titles for the Xbox One. They have provided us with hours of entertainment through previews of the most exciting indie games. Today, Greg and Lee play Party Hard.
In Party Hard, you play as someone who is really tired of the neighbors having loud parties. Instead of calling the police, you decide it’s a better idea to kill everyone–using your faithful knife and the environment. The tactical strategy follows a series of killings at parties throughout the United States.
Party Hard has semi-procedural environments and focus on unique ways of killing people. In the greatest traditions of sneaking games, your main goal is not to get caught, while silently picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Dancing and blending in during a suspicious situation is key.
The developers used to work mostly on casual, family-friendly games, until they participated in a game jam, creating the first prototype for Party Hard. tinyBuild backed up the original developers–Pinokl Games–to create a full version that’s now on Xbox One.
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