After starting with the More core, which grants you an extra heart, you quickly obtain others. The baseline experience for each node is determined by the core you opt for. Of course, the hacks help create a sense of irresistible power and there are a lot of them so it’s easy to synergise between them on the run which helps each attempt feel unique. It’s a one-and-done deal and failure at any point reverts you back to the beginning, leading to a lot of tense, white-knuckle finishes. There are no individual levels as players must conquer several ‘nodes’, made up of several bite-sized, roguelike scenarios each. Unlike the linear path to integration Superhot had players endure, Mind Control Delete plays out along a more branching path. It’s not as though Superhot had become outdated, but this shot in the arm keeps it unexpectedly fresh right out of the gate. Mind Control Delete leans into a clever, self-aware gamification of itself, giving the player two hearts and hacks, modifiers that buff the player, to give players a serotonin hit masked in-game as a ‘sense of hollow progression’.
In the first game, riding time’s ebbs and flows to shatter the red guards of each level was the crux of the experience. Mind Control Delete is a standalone expansion that expands on the elegant simplicity of Superhot. Mind Control Delete takes Superhot, bends and contorts it into a roguelike take on what made the original a memorable trip of mainframe machinations. It’s also about succumbing to the program itself, all under the thin-veil illusion of control, its meta-plot rich with fourth-wall breaks and mind games.
Superhot is a game about seduction where, externally, the player can’t resist the pull of the core loop that stops and starts time itself with your every input. On the surface, it’s a game with no plot and offers nothing to take away from the experience. Outgunned, outmatched and against seemingly insurmountable odds, Superhot is a game that constantly had you back against the wall.
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