It’s all expertly done and outside of one or two puzzles which require an inordinate amount of trial-and-error never becomes about overcoming one’s frustration to complete the game. The puzzles grow quite devious over the 2-3 hours of gameplay, starting off simple and requiring little physical dexterity, but eventually in some cases become masochistic exercises of muscle memory.
And in perhaps the most mind-bending of these you’ll need to wrap your head around a world where every room is a loop upon itself.Įach level in VVVVVV is subdivided into individual rooms each usually containing a puzzle or obstacle (although more complex puzzles can span multiple rooms). In one level you may encounter tripwires that reverse your orientation without regards, in another you need to race against the scrolling screen as you traverse a tower. Instead Cavanagh in each different level sets out on exploring a variation of what is possible with the flip mechanic. What he was in the beginning is who he remains at the end. While rescuing your compatriots across 5 different levels connected by an overworld Viridian never learns any new skills, never acquires any equipment or weapons or armor. It’s a mechanic whose initial simplicity is deceiving as the game VVVVVV ruthlessly sets out to explore just about every permutation of this mechanic possible.Īnd that’s where VVVVVV really shines.
Instead by reversing his own gravity the ceilings become floors in VVVVVV and vice-versa. The Captain doesn’t fly or jump or even skip across the world of VVVVVV. Your method of choice (and the only method of choice) is your ability to flip. An emergency teleporter is used, things go wrong, and before you know it you’re crash-landed on planet and needing to rescue all 6 of your crew. There’s a simple storyline where you learn that you play as Captain Viridian, leading his merry ship of other characters (all of which have names that start with V), when disaster strikes. VVVVVV is – for all intents and purposes – a gamer’s game. Cavanagh has crafted within VVVVVV one of the most punishing gaming experiences in recent memory. Taking inspiration from the ZX Spectrum and games like Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner, Mr.
VVVVVV, the new game by Terry Cavanagh, is with no doubt the first great indie game of 2010. It’s a wonderful moment, but for better or for worse to it belies the true nature of VVVVVV. It’s strangely eerie and unsettling as a brief staccato of surrealism within VVVVVV. Except the usual smile on his face switches out for the frown reserved typically for deaths and cinemas. The character Captain Viridian like he does for most of the game silently walks by. The elephant doesn’t do anything except sit there and glow with a single tear in its eye. And within this room lies a amazing Technicolor glowing elephant that fills up every corner of this space. But while stumbling across these little caverns I discovered something larger – a room so large that it takes up around 4 screens worth of space. The world of VVVVVV is full of secrets and it pays to explore every inch of the space to find new teleporters and shiny trinkets to collect. While exploring the open world of VVVVVV (pronounced like six V’s) searching every nook and cranny I stumbled across the first beautiful image in videogames for 2010.
0 kommentar(er)
