Yesterday I wrote about Time magazine's Top 10 Video Games of 2008. One of the games they listed was a free flash game that I had never heard of called Hunted Forever. I spent a little time with the game last night, and found to to occupy a nice little crevice between Metanet Software's N and Pixeljam's Dino Run.
In N, the player employs all manner of gymanstics to get from one point on the map to another, collecting bits and bobs along the way. In Dino Run, the player runs from left to right as quickly as possible, avoiding obstacles as your little velociraptor attempts to escape a wall of volcanic doom.
In Hunted Forever, your dude runs around the map, avoiding an everpresent, laser-spitting, bomb-belching machine. You can run, but you can't hide, making for a consistently thrilling, if brief, adventure. With slick design and a good sense of humor, Hunted Forever surely belongs on a list of the year's best free games, though I don't think I'd go as far as placing it on a year-end list. Nice to see some indie love, though. Go play it.
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