Beyond Hanwell is an Action Adventure Horror game developed and published by ‘Steelarts Software‘. Beyond Hanwell is said to be coming out the 18th of November 2024 on the Xbox Series X/S, PC and PS5. The early access was earlier this year. X35 Earthwalker knows a thing or two about Westminster in London. Those brits are strange. Beyond Hanwell wants to bring some horror to these crazy streets. Let’s take a look.
Beyond Hanwell is off course the sequel to ‘Welcome to Hanwell’. Now it’s time for the players to go deeper into Hanwell. More mysteries here than last time. So yes Beyond Hanwell is set after the events of Welcome to Hanwell. Now not only do players get to go back to Hanwell but ho beyond that. The surrounding areas but best of all Westminster in Tokyo- we mean London. There’s even a significant “enigmatic” character here known as “The Director”. What’s their stake in all this?
Now this series needs got make sure to take things to the next level. To this day we haven’t even heard of welcome to Hanwell. So this is another opportunity. We want Beyond Hanwell to bring the heat… well it’s London so maybe bring the cold. Combat for sure has got an upgrade as there’s now an all new system for it. Dual control melee. After landing a strike then combo up. Of course the survival aspects of games like this. Scarce amounts ammo and weapons. Make them work, make them last.
Creativity is needed though as environments can at times have the means to defeat anomolies. They can be crushed, set on fire off course and even electrocuted. Use everything to your advantage. Melee, shooting and environmental hazards. Oh and don’t forget the Minimal HUD design. Beyond Hanwell is out here trying to do things different and one of them is the whole immersion factor.
We checked out some Beyond Hanwell gameplay and it’s what we expected. We like the variety of areas and that they have different enemies and also boss fights. Now if you like Resident Evil then you should be fine in Beyond Hanwell. Already this is way more interesting than silent hill. Much better combat than Silent Hill 2 remake. We definitely how fast things can get and the action intensity. There’s times of slow and survival and then times of fast action. Block melee, double up, shoot etc.
Overall Beyond Hanwell looks like a great game so far. Its fast paced moments does remind us more of Doom 3 and Doom 3: Resurrection evil. A pace for sure. We do wonder about the difficulty of the overall game but fun factor is more important. Graphics look good for the current times. Animations are good too. Impact in melee is a hard thing to master but it does look good here too. The developers ‘Steelart software’ have done a great job so far. We at X35 Earthwalker will keep an eye open for this game. Now Beyond Hanwell may have dark mysteries in London but it’s not mysterious enough for… the ‘Earth Walk!’
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