Game Review: VVVVVV

  The Story of VVVVVV is rather interesting and unique, You are on a ship when it hits interference and gets stuck in an alternate dimension, however the ship's crew evacuates the ship, or at least tries to. The Teleporters, due to interference scatters the crew members about and you take control of Captain Viridian, who must save the other crew mates and escape the alternate dimension in which you are trapped in and collect materials and find out clues about where you are along the way.

  The graphics are somewhat something you would expect from an older game as the graphics are done in an 8-bit style, however the graphics work well with the game style and enhance the game to a bit, along with the music which does help the game and gives the universe more life to it.

  The game-play is unique in the fact that unlike traditional 2D Puzzle Platforming games, you can't jump, instead you switch gravity to either fall or float. There are also trinkets you can get which unlock certain features. The game also seems to reward exploration and gives you a nice large world to explore, which is nice at times. There is a no-enemies mode and I suggest you turn it on for the first play-through as it is hard with it on. Also be prepared to die a lot. It's worth mentioning game's mechanics makes it hard and might cause you to quit every now and then, but more than likely you will come back to it. The game does have a lot of check-points so this way you don't have to worry about death that much, and death is more of an inconvenience that anything else as you don't have lives.

  There is also a degree of re-playability as there is user-made levels, timed trails, bonuses and you can always go back and explore new areas and try new things. Also the Shiny Trinkets which you can pick up are something that you might want to try to get if you haven't done so already. However the re-playability is somewhat offset by the difficulty, which makes it harder to want to play it again, but also make you want to play it again.

  In short the game is fun, and is addictive, but you will find yourself commonly quitting time and time again, due to the difficulty. However after completion you may want to try and build your own levels or try the user-made ones as well. VVVVVV, while unforgiving at times is fun to play and is worth the anger in some ways. The Graphics and Soundtrack enhance the game and refresh it in a way from the ways games are done today. This game will give you hours of fun, and frustration. I recommend this to anyone who likes Nintendo Hard Games , who loves 2d Puzzle-platforms, and to anyone who has a bit of experience with games, and this game is not as much for the causal gamer in my opinion, although they can play this game as well. All in all this game is worth the money, time, and frustration needed. I give this game an 8.5 out of 10.