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Velvet Assassin
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Sabotage the brutal Nazi regime in this World War II stealth action game inspired by the adventures of a real-life British secret agent.
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"Tedious, contrived, repetitive stealth mechanics make this a game you should try your best to hide from."
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Stab Nazis Like Uh Uh Uh Uh

Satisfying in parts, but sadly held back by a lot of problems. It is a pretty poor PC-port in general - so expect things like controlling menus with your keyboard, or accepting option changes with ent… Read more

Sent out to die.

The former head of the UN, Kofi Annan, once said that war is always a catastrophe, and even though that was the general view of World War 2 stealth title Velvet Assassin, the game itself has much more… Read more

A Fun, If Flawed, WWII Journey

Velvet Assassin is the story of British Intelligence agent Violette Summer, a character "based" on real life Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent Violette Szabo. I use the term based lightly becau… Read more

Truly Terrible Game

Even the early stealth games weren't as tedious as this affair is. While the main character looks nice and I do like the environments, the AI of the enemies is baffling and the game is just another in… Read more

It went quietly... that's good.

Simplisity has never really been a problem for me in gaming. A game is too easy to beat? fine, beat it forget it, but this is the first time in a game where simplicity actually frustrates me. You will… Read more

Hitman without the hit. Or the man.

Most every game, like it or not, falls into one of several well established genres. There isn’t anything necessarily wrong with this either. Sometimes I want a shooter, sometimes I want to race, somet… Read more

Fun stealth action that's held back by uneven difficulty.

It’s hard to get stealth games right. With games like Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell doing it so differently, it’s hard to say which game does it the best. Velvet Assassin doesn’t try to re-invent… Read more

Death could of been much sweeter.

It’s always refreshing to see a game without a number or subtitle on the box, especially a good old stealth title. Snake has grown old and Splinter Cell Conviction is taking too dammed long to get rel… Read more

Killing Me Stealthily With Her Knife

Violette Summer is one Bad-Ass (Yet, Respectable) Lead Character.+Nice Story,Music and Atmosphere +Ability to improve character over time +Respectable Female protagonist -Basic Stealth game with Heavy… Read more

Beautifully Stylized Game

I must admit that I am a sucker for stealth games. I have loved the Hitman series since the first one (and managed to 1000 the 360 game, which took several patient hours), and in this way Velvet Assas… Read more

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