VVVVVV

Decent platformer game with everything you love like simple mechanics, creative level design, optional challenges, extra modes, plenty of acessability features, and a level editor. Short but fun and well priced.

Played on 3DS. Full review: https://pastebin.com/0NqrYEHg This game really surprised me!; wasn't expecting to complete it at all. I've been intending for a while to try it out. Being a cheap indie 3DS game; both in price and probably budget, I wasn't expecting such a superb game! My first impression of the music when in the main menu, was that it had its own pleasing, unique retro vibe to it. I was still at this point expecting the OST to be a somewhat generic chiptune that was just a little catchy, but GOD I did NOT expect it to be such an absolute BANGER. Seriously, this games retro OST is amazing! I'm still obsessed with 'Potential for Anything'. Getting into gameplay, I wasn't overly impressed from the get-go, but wasn't unimpressed either. After all, I wasn't expecting a high quality game, & had no idea this is considered an 'indie classic'. The thing I first noticed was that the controls felt a bit slippery. Somehow though, this didn't make it frustrating. The slipperiness of the controls didn't make the challenges any less fun. In fact, I think they would've been a bit too easy had they been tight. Just know this is very much trial & error style gameplay in which you will die MANY times The story is simplistic but pretty unique. Without going into much detail: You & your crew were each teleported to a random location in the world map-- that's right "world map". This game is technically a metroidvania. However, unlike so many other metroidvania' I've played, this one doesn't block progression to certain areas by locking you out until you find items and/or abilities. The only thing locking you out from areas are the challenges themselves. The game is great simple fun, really. The challenges get VERY difficult a few times, but the checkpoints are so common that dying's almost never an issue. If you're not playing the game expecting to breeze through each room, the challenges aren't too frustrating at all, and your going to have surprisingly fantastic time.

Pros: 1. Great stage design. 2. Short game, won't consume much time. 3. The difficulty is borderline to frustration but in a good way. 4. Nice music score to accompany playthrough. Cons: 1. One to two stages and trickets are really hard to get.

A clever 4-5 hour exploration of a single game mechanic from every conceivable (and some inconceivable) angle, set to wonderful visuals and one of the best soundtracks in modern gaming. If you're a fan of platformers, wicked level design or C64/Spectrum games, VVVVVV is well worth your money.

I love how VVVVVV on hudgames has such a simple concept yet it’s so complex