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Games/VVVVVV/Reviews
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VVVVVV
Retro 2D puzzle platformer in which players, rather than jumping, invert their own gravity to cover gaps and avoid obstacles.
A short, scrumptious retro platformer.
The Short Pros - Simple in concept platformer involving switching the direction of gravity - Puzzles/platforming range from very simple to extremely difficult - Metroid-esque map system and non-linear… Read more
A Really Fantastic Game
I've never played a Commodore 64 , but VVVVVV is an interesting enough game to have sparked my interest. Although the pixel-precise gameplay would have been roughly impossible to create on the 64, the… Read more
It's brutal, it's punishing, and it's amazingly fun
1309 deaths in 2 hours and 43 minutes of gameplay. The total amount of times I died by the time I finished VVVVVV. I think that alone says something for how brutal this game is. Don't let it's simple… Read more
Jump for the shiney, land in the spikey.
For most people, the fun of a game is overcoming the challenges that come along as we progress through it. With every game, the challenges can be too easy, just right, thought provoking, brain-melting… Read more
VVVVVV offers a great ride while it lasts
VVVVVV, for all its simplicity in graphics and sound, managed to surprise me once I moved past the introductory levels. At heart it's a platformer that toys with gravity instead of jumping (in the sam… Read more
The Worst-Named game of 2010. And the Best.
So every year, I like to give out a very unprestigious award for the Worst Named Game of 2010. This non-honour goes out to the game whose title is either too pretentious, annoying or mis-marketed for… Read more
The fun and no fun of VVVVVV
The number of stars represents the amount of fun I've had playing VVVVVV. The fun: +The game introduces a new way of platforming that makes you think in terms of directional pull instead of just momen… Read more
Very challenging, but also very satisfying
"Simple, yet effective" is probably the best way to describe the independently-developed puzzle platformer VVVVVV . It looks and sounds like an old Commodore 64 game and doesn't have a lot of the amen… Read more
VVVVVV - A Modern Retro Classic
After playing this game, I had to invent a new word to describe how it made me feel; Sensegasm. Why? Because it's a visual orgasm. Because the soundtrack is so great it sends chills down your spine. B… Read more
Steam got VVVVVV and so should you
Funnily named VVVVVV is a Flash based 8-bit platform game. VVVVVV was released earlier this year for PC . Just this month the game got a Steam release as well, which is looked at here. Game-play is a… Read more
The "Portal of 2010
VVVVVV is part platformer, part Metroidvania adventure, and all awesome. You play as a ship captain that has all of his crew teleported all over a foreign planet and must go save them. Your character… Read more
Do you remember when games were unforgiving?
It’s no secret that the moment you make a 2D platforming game on a non-handheld platform, you’ll have my heart from the get-go. Releases in recent years have shown that unlike the 2D brawler genre, wh… Read more
VVVVVV is a love letter to 8-bit platformers
It's true that the central mechanic of VVVVVV (V^6) isn't new to video games. What makes V^6 special is how throughly the mechanic is explored through Terry's fantastic level design. If you've played… Read more