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This game is really, really excellent.

The pixel art is charming, but may be simplistic for some, the incredible chip-tunes are like audio cocaine, but may sound too retro for some.

But the tight, tough gameplay is relevant to all who like elegent, challenging gaming.

It is only about £3 on Steam, and i loved every second of it. It's something like braid or portal in that it takes a narrow set of rules and completely exploites them in unimaginable ways, in situations that never repeat. The confidence with which it throws new scenarios at the player, then discards them casually, is almost Mario Galaxy-esque.

Anyone else played this gem?

Here's a tune to persuade you to:

A browser-based demo!:

http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCa ... vvvvv-demo

I've finished it, was a lot of fun.

For that price, I might have to bite.

Giant Bomb Quicklook for anyone wanting to get a better idea of what the game is about: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-vvvvvv/17-1878/

VVVVVVery good.

Alpha eX wrote:VVVVVVery good.

I see what you did thereVVVVVV.

Demo is pretty awesome (music more than gameplay), but seems awfully tricky.

It loses some kudos for somehow losing my complete-with-trinkets save file

Amazing game though I'm always fascinated by games that wring everything they can out of one gameplay mechanic, and this does it wonderfully. And the soundtrack is pure concentrated goosebumps.

StayDead wrote:

Alpha eX wrote:VVVVVVery good.

I see what you did thereVVVVVV.

...but I'm not quite sure what you're attempting there

Talking of getting all the trinkets, how hard is that Veni Vidi Vici segment?

When i first saw it i laughed in disbelief at what it was asking me to do. When that platform at the top crumbled i laughed again, but out of fear.

Completing it felt so, so good.

Played the demo a few days ago. Will get it as soon as I finish Braid.

á wrote:never again

Um, you should be able to do it pretty much every time if you did it once, unless you totally fluked it. It's all muscle memory.

I loved the demo of this and it's top of my list of games to buy on Steam as soon as I sort my computer out so that Steam doesn't keep strawberry floating it up.

I also downloaded Mighty Jill Off as well the other week after unlocking her in Super Meat Boy, fun little game and it's free so everyone should give it a go.

It's a travesty that this thread has lay barren for nearly five years.

I loved it on 3DS and now it's out for PS4.

+ Addictive gameplay
+ Terrific feel
+ Fantastic soundtrack
+ Simple but challenging
+ Captain Viridian
- The PS4 port is bare-bones; it's still in 4:3... but it's still ace. Of course.

In fact...

I replayed this game over the weekend on steam big picture Jawa, still a top game especially on a big TV.

I haven't played the 3DS version for a few years and I'm surprised at how much I've forgotton about the game. Normally I'd get frustrated by the "constant deaths", but in this game it just seems to drive me on. I've just completed The Tower level and rescued Vermillion, so I have some "two-player" levels to get through now. They're great, although I've just got to a really tough bit that I've died on quite a few times, so that's it for tonight.

Such a cool game. As I mentioned before, this PS4 version seems to be the most basic of ports... but when it remains this much fun I don't really mind.

I've got to Veni, Vidi, Vici.

And, yes, I am raging. I've done it before on 3DS and I now recall the whole painful, miserable process. It's insane.


I'll leave it for a while because my DualShock is in danger.