<s>
Hob	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Runic	O
Games	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
centers	O
around	O
two	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
exploration	O
and	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
Hob	B-Application
's	O
simple	O
combat	O
system	O
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
four	O
main	O
actions	O
:	O
quick	O
sword	O
attack	O
,	O
slow	O
punch	O
attack	O
,	O
slower	O
charge	O
attack	O
,	O
and	O
roll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
line	O
of	O
Hob	B-Application
is	O
expressed	O
through	O
environmental	O
storytelling	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
clues	O
being	O
revealed	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
goes	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
chamber	O
it	O
opens	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
's	O
,	O
Hob	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
game	O
,	O
Hob	B-Application
will	O
find	O
many	O
deceased	O
disciples	O
,	O
who	O
they	O
obtain	O
sword	O
components	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Hob	B-Application
finds	O
enough	O
power	O
cores	O
to	O
awaken	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
robots	O
,	O
which	O
creates	O
a	O
bridge	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
High	O
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
climbs	O
the	O
high	O
tower	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
find	O
the	O
remaining	O
three	O
elders	O
and	O
the	O
infected	O
disciple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
stumbles	O
upon	O
a	O
spore	O
pod	O
when	O
realizing	O
the	O
elders	O
are	O
alive	O
,	O
and	O
starts	O
becoming	O
infected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
infected	O
'	O
queen	O
 '	O
awakens	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
her	O
power	O
to	O
draw	O
the	O
infection	O
from	O
Hob	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
then	O
offers	O
Hob	B-Application
the	O
choice	O
of	O
either	O
joining	O
her	O
and	O
the	O
infection	O
in	O
co-existing	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
or	O
siding	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
elders	O
and	O
destroying	O
the	O
infection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Hob	B-Application
chooses	O
the	O
Queen	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
becomes	O
covered	O
with	O
the	O
rainbow	O
crystalline	O
structures	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
more	O
of	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
converted	O
into	O
symbiosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Hob	B-Application
chooses	O
the	O
Elders	O
,	O
it	O
fights	O
the	O
infected	O
disciple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Hob	B-Application
kills	O
the	O
disciple	O
the	O
Queen	O
accepts	O
her	O
fate	O
and	O
offers	O
herself	O
to	O
be	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
then	O
takes	O
her	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
throne	O
as	O
an	O
elder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Runic	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
version	O
titled	O
Hob	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Definitive	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
published	O
by	O
Perfect	O
World	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
ported	O
by	O
Panic	O
Button	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
April	O
17	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hob	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
Hob	B-Application
has	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
favorable	O
"	O
rating	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
with	O
89%	O
of	O
user	O
reviews	O
being	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
previewed	O
it	O
positively	O
,	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
From	O
the	O
archaic	O
machines	O
dotting	O
the	O
landscape	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
bizarre	O
creatures	O
and	O
even	O
the	O
mysteries	O
surrounding	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
Hob	B-Application
's	O
narrative	O
strength	O
lies	O
in	O
showing	O
rather	O
than	O
telling	O
...	O
I	O
walked	O
away	O
from	O
this	O
demo	O
impressed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wordless	O
approach	O
to	O
the	O
story	O
creates	O
some	O
confusion	O
and	O
the	O
fix	O
camera	O
sometimes	O
results	O
in	O
unnecessary	O
deaths	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
does	O
the	O
time	O
spent	O
with	O
Hob	B-Application
feel	O
wasted	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
