{{Short description|2011 video game}} {{for|the computing process|Hardware reset}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox video game | title = Hard Reset | image = Hard Reset cover.jpg | developer = Flying Wild Hog | publisher = {{Unbulleted list|Flying Wild Hog|Gambitious Digital Entertainment {{small|(''Redux'')}}}} | director = Michal Szustak | designer = {{Unbulleted list|Michal Szustak|Klaudiusz Zych}} | artist = {{Unbulleted list|Pawel Libiszewski|Zbigniew Siatecki|Lukasz Zdunowski}} | composer = Wojciech Blazejczyk | engine = Road Hog Engine | platforms = {{ubl|Microsoft Windows|PlayStation 4|Xbox One|Amazon Luna}} | released = '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|13 September 2011}}'''''Redux'''''<br/>'''Windows, PS4''', '''Xbox One'''{{vgrelease|WW|3 June 2016|PAL|8 June 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-03 |title=Defend Against the Cyborg Apocalypse in Hard Reset Redux, Out Today globally on PC, Xbox One and on PS4 in North America |url=http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2016/06/defend-against-the-cyborg-apocalypse-in-hard-reset-redux-out-today-globally-on-pc-xbox-one-and-on-ps4-in-north-america/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Capsule Computers |language=en-US |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219013708/http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2016/06/defend-against-the-cyborg-apocalypse-in-hard-reset-redux-out-today-globally-on-pc-xbox-one-and-on-ps4-in-north-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <small>(PS4)</small>}}'''Amazon Luna'''{{vgrelease|US|20 October 2020}} | genre = First-person shooter | modes = Single-player }}
'''''Hard Reset''''' is a 2011 first-person shooter game developed by Flying Wild Hog<ref name="gamespot1">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hard-reset-qanda-whats-old-is-new-again/1100-6326099/|title=Hard Reset Q&A - What's Old Is New Again|author=GameSpot staff|website=GameSpot|publisher=Fandom|date=29 July 2011|accessdate=7 September 2016|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322102138/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hard-reset-qanda-whats-old-is-new-again/1100-6326099/|url-status=live}}</ref> and released for Windows in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/hard-reset-gets-a-firm-release-date-solid-system-reqs-5835365|title=Hard Reset Gets a Firm Release Date, Solid System Reqs, and Sharp New Screen|last=Fahey|first=Mike|website=Kotaku|publisher=G/O Media|date=29 August 2011|accessdate=28 November 2022|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128164725/https://kotaku.com/hard-reset-gets-a-firm-release-date-solid-system-reqs-5835365|url-status=live}}</ref> The game features a cyberpunk plot within a dystopian world, and draws inspiration from the works of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Philip K. Dick to create its story, setting and atmosphere.
In 2012, ''Hard Reset'' received a free expansion titled ''Hard Reset: Exile'', and was then bundled as ''Hard Reset: Extended Edition''. In June 2016, a remastered version called ''Hard Reset Redux'' was released alongside versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with upgraded graphics and new weapons and enemies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-05-19 |title=Hard Reset Redux release date set for June |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/hard-reset-redux-release-date-set-for-june |access-date=2022-12-19 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219013707/https://www.eurogamer.net/hard-reset-redux-release-date-set-for-june |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Redux'' was made available for Amazon Luna in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gartenberg |first=Chaim |date=2020-10-20 |title=Hands-on with Amazon's Luna game streaming service |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/20/21525339/amazon-luna-hands-on-cloud-gaming-streaming-early-access-price-games |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=The Verge |language=en-US |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218211342/https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/20/21525339/amazon-luna-hands-on-cloud-gaming-streaming-early-access-price-games |url-status=live }}</ref> The game received mixed reviews from critics.
== Gameplay == ''Hard Reset'' is modeled on video games such as ''Quake'' and ''Unreal'', which results in more straightforward gameplay than most contemporary first-person shooters. The various stages have secret areas with hidden pick ups such as health and ammunition. The environments are designed similarly, as there are explosive barrels and various vending machines outfitted with electroshock anti-vandalism defenses, that can trigger splash damage by being shot at, scattered throughout the levels, which the player can use by luring enemies near them. The game lacks a multiplayer mode, which was a chief criticism.<ref name="gamespot1"/>
Unlike most old-school first-person shooters, which feature a liberal variety of guns and throwable weapons that can be stored in a magic satchel-style inventory, ''Hard Reset'' features only two weapons, the CLN Modular Assault Rifle, and the EEF-21 Plasma Rifle. Both weapons have unlockable firing modes, the Modular Assault Rifle including the option to strap add-ons such as grenade and rocket launchers, and the plasma rifle allowing railguns and stasis modules.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLNfjq8O78Q|title=Hard Reset Weapons Trailer|author=HardResetGame|website=YouTube|publisher=Google|date=9 September 2011|accessdate=9 September 2011|archive-date=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118191150/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLNfjq8O78Q|url-status=live}}</ref>
== ''Exile'' and ''Extended Edition'' == ''Hard Reset: Exile'' is a free expansion for ''Hard Reset''. It was first released in March 2012 as a part of the boxed ''Hard Reset'' re-release called ''Hard Reset: Extended Edition''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hard Reset Extended Edition Trailer |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95NphqJhFRk |website=YouTube |publisher=Flying Wild Hog |access-date=2 August 2025 |date=3 February 2012}}</ref> The expansion is available for all Steam owners of ''Hard Reset'' for free since July 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hard Reset: Exile Now Available |url=http://store.steampowered.com/news/8385 |website=Steam |publisher=Flying Wild Hog |access-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016050954/http://store.steampowered.com/news/8385 |archive-date=16 October 2012 |date=11 July 2012}}</ref> ''Hard Reset: Exile'' features a few new weapons, levels, enemy types, and a boss. It further continues the story of James Fletcher, as he journeys into the outer city's robot-controlled territory and tracks down the Corporation's secret weapon that is self-aware and blocks the path toward the "Resistance" bases.
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== Reception == {{Video game reviews | MC = (PC) 73/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hard-reset/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Hard Reset for PC Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|accessdate=5 October 2011|archive-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005191217/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/hard-reset|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mc2">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hard-reset-redux/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Hard Reset Redux for PC Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=4 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604221556/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/hard-reset-redux|url-status=live}}</ref><br />(PS4) 69/100<ref name="mcps4">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hard-reset-redux/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4|title=Hard Reset Redux for PlayStation 4 Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=4 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604223231/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/hard-reset-redux|url-status=live}}</ref><br />(XONE) 67/100<ref name="mcxone">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/hard-reset-redux/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-one|title=Hard Reset Redux for Xbox One Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=4 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604223328/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/hard-reset-redux|url-status=live}}</ref> | Destruct = (PC) 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-hard-reset/|title=Review: Hard Reset|last=Sterling|first=Jim|website=Destructoid|publisher=Gamurs|date=12 September 2011|accessdate=28 November 2022|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128164318/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-hard-reset/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Edge = (PC) 4/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/hard-reset-review|title=Hard Reset review|author=Edge staff|magazine=Edge|publisher=Future plc|date=16 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923182954/http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/hard-reset-review|archive-date=23 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> | GI = (PC) 7.75/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/hard_reset/b/pc/archive/2011/09/09/an-afternoon-of-sci-fi-carnage.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005172129/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/hard_reset/b/pc/archive/2011/09/09/an-afternoon-of-sci-fi-carnage.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=5 October 2011|title=Hard Reset: An Afternoon Of Sci-Fi Carnage|last=Biessener|first=Adam|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|date=9 September 2011|access-date=4 January 2012}}</ref> | GamePro = (PC) {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/222883/review-hard-reset-pc/|title=Review: Hard Reset (PC)|last=Nichols|first=Scott|magazine=GamePro|publisher=GamePro Media|date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924032037/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/222883/review-hard-reset-pc/|archive-date=24 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> | GSpot = (PC) 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hard-reset-review/1900-6333789/|title=Hard Reset Review|last=VanOrd|first=Kevin|website=GameSpot|publisher=Fandom|date=12 September 2011|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201509/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hard-reset-review/1900-6333789/|url-status=live}}</ref> | GSpy = (PC) {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/hard-reset/1193889p1.html|title=Hard Reset Review|last=Meunier|first=Nathan|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=12 September 2011|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213326/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/hard-reset/1193889p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | GT = (PC) 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=15274|title=Hard Reset Review|website=GameTrailers|publisher=Viacom|date=15 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926013851/http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=15274|archive-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> | GameZone = (PC) 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/hard_reset_review/|title=Hard Reset Review|last=Liebl|first=Matt|website=GameZone|date=14 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925060716/http://pc.gamezone.com/reviews/item/hard_reset_review|archive-date=25 September 2011|url-status=live|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> | IGN = (PC) 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/14/hard-reset-review|title=Hard Reset Review|last=Onyett|first=Charles|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=13 September 2011|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527202831/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/14/hard-reset-review|url-status=live}}</ref> | PCGUK = (PC) 58%<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/hard-reset-review/|title=Hard Reset review|last=Cobbett|first=Richard|magazine=PC Gamer UK|publisher=Future plc|date=25 December 2011|page=80|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref> | PCPP = (PC) 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Review: Hard Reset|magazine=PC PowerPlay|publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd|issue=196|date=December 2011|page=58}}</ref> | TELE = (PC) {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-reviews/8848373/Hard-Reset-review.html|title=Hard Reset review|last=Bell|first=Sean|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 October 2011|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527202044/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-reviews/8848373/Hard-Reset-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | VG = (XOne) 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/hard_reset_redux_review.html|title=Hard Reset Redux Review (XOne)|last=Orry|first=Tom|website=VideoGamer.com|publisher=Resero Network|date=3 June 2016|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=28 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052536/https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/hard_reset_redux_review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev1 = ''The Digital Fix'' | rev1Score = (XOne) 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaming.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/3643/hard-reset-redux.html|title=Hard Reset: Redux Review (XOne)|last=Porter|first=Ryan|website=The Digital Fix|publisher=Poisonous Monkey|date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628144736/http://gaming.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/3643/hard-reset-redux.html|archive-date=28 June 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> }}
''Hard Reset'' and ''Hard Reset Redux'' received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic.<ref name="mc"/><ref name="mc2"/><ref name="mcps4"/><ref name="mcxone"/>
Reviewers cited the visual quality and the intensity of the gameplay as strong points, evoking comparisons to other "old-school" shooters as ''Serious Sam'' or ''Painkiller''. Common points of contention were the game's relatively short length, limited level design, and the perceived difficulty.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|https://www.hardresetgame.com}} *{{moby game|id=/windows/hard-reset}} *{{moby game|id=/hard-reset-redux|name=''Hard Reset Redux''}} {{Authority control}}
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