Reviewers Liked
- Charming
- Challenging
- Original and budget priced
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Some puzzles can be frustrating
- AI occasionally stumbles
Vessel
79
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A novel use of fluids, but sometimes scuppered by cumbersome platforming and the annoyingly happenstance...
By PC Gamer onAs soon as you feel like puzzle-physics games have reached a standstill, suddenly something new and interesting shows up and changes everything. Vessel takes the classic sidescroller RPG concept, and combines it with some impressive liquid physics and...
By Gamers Daily News onPuzzle platformers are a bit of a staple of independent games. Since Braid saw critical and commercial success in 2008, the genre has almost become saturated, and while each game may explore its own new ideas in various ways, it has become...
By Destructoid onWhenever a game has gears, cranks or monocles, the term "steampunk" gets tossed around liberally, but how many games actually use steam as a key gameplay component? In Vessel, steam is kind of a big deal, and so is the water and molten metal you’ll...
By Games Radar onFixing machines, moving drain pipes, re-directing water flow... it sounds like the everyday work of your average plumber. It also sounds like a pretty terrible concept for a video game, unless you happen to be Nintendo and your plumber-themed game...
By GameSpy onHowever, Arkwright isn't done. He's currently working on a building-sized creation known only as the accelerator. What is the purpose of this invention? Only time (or the end of the game) will tell. Vessel is an indie side-scrolling puzzler. The main...
By technologytell.com onThat look of grim determination on the protagonist's face matches the one most players will have as they try to get a fluro to just GO DOWN THE DAMN GRATE IT'S RIGHT THERE ARGH NO DON'T STOP WHAT ARE YoU DOING? As puzzle platform games go, Vessel is...
By Ars Technica onstellt den Spieler vor zahlreiche pfiffige Herausforderungen und liefert dank angenehmer Lernkurve sowohl knifflige Kopfnüsse als auch die erhofften Erfolgserlebnisse bei deren Lösung. Das Spiel hält sich dabei mit Hinweisen sehr zurück, mit genug...
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