Hard Reset Redux
Released Jun 2016
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
80% positive · 2,368 reviews Definitive edition
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Hard Reset Redux is explicitly described by the developer as "the Definitive Edition of Hard Reset," released on June 3, 2016. It bundles all content from previous editions of the original 2011 game and adds new features including a Cyber-Katana weapon, a new enemy type, a quick dash move, and visual/performance improvements. The store description makes clear this is a complete, standalone package — there is no mention of planned DLC, a content roadmap, or ongoing development. The only post-launch developer communications were two identical patch notes on June 29, 2016, addressing minor bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements shortly after launch. No further updates, announcements, or developer communications have followed. This game launched as a finished, definitive package and has received no further content since its June 2016 patch.
Evidence
Store description explicitly calls Hard Reset Redux 'the Definitive Edition of Hard Reset,' stating it includes all content from previous editions plus new additions, framing the release as a complete package.
Patch 1.1.1.0 released shortly after launch addressing bug fixes and minor improvements — the only post-launch developer communication on record.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Good Shepherd Entertainment
Achievements
115
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
The acclaimed First-Person Shooter returns fully upgraded, and more beautifully challenging than ever. Hard Reset Redux is a brand new version of the cyberpunk classic that includes all the content of previous editions, and adds new improved gameplay, enhanced visuals and additional content to make this the Definitive Edition of Hard Reset.
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Having been originally developed to shake-up the shooter scene on PC, Hard Reset now returns to do it again on a new generation of hardware.
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Having been originally developed to shake-up the shooter scene on PC, Hard Reset now returns to do it again on a new generation of hardware.
New Features
- Brand New Cyber-Katana Weapon: A powerful new weapon which provides an effective close range combat option
- Brand New Enemy Type: Various variants of a threatening new Cyborg Zombie now lie in wait for unsuspecting players
- New Quick Dash Move: Provides players with a new movement option in battle to help avoid incoming attacks and enemies
- Enhanced Visuals: The game has been updated to the newest version of the RoadHog engine and includes improved lightning and effects
- Improved Performance: Enjoy faster Load times, a new Quicksave feature and full joypad support
- Rebalanced Gameplay: The game now includes improved difficulty levels and better pacing
- Different Enemy Placement: Enemies are introduced differently throughout the game, and provide a new challenge for even the most seasoned Hard Reset veteran
Story:
The world as we know it ceased to exist. Humanity is at the verge of extinction, living in the last closed city of Bezoar. Mankind wages war against the machines controlling vast areas of what became the 'Barrens'. Machines want to control and assimilate 'The Sanctuary' a network that holds billions of digitalized human minds. Our hero, Maj. Fletcher, is a soldier of CLN - a corporation combat unit, established to protect the city. Machines are constantly assaulting the walls of Bezoar. Fletcher moves in when Bezoar's protective barrier is breached.Are these done yet?
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