Vesper: Zero Light Edition

Incredible visuals and soundtrack, and overall the game is very clearly drawing inspiration from the original oddworld games which are great. However... This game has absolutely TERRIBLE level design and gameplay. I was bored within about 20 minutes and only pushed past an hour in hopes that it would eventually start getting interesting, but it doesn't seem like it ever does. 90% of your playtime is just holding left or right and walking in a straight line The puzzles and platforming are completely brain dead, there is actually zero challenge. Lot's of chase sequences to try and make the game seem exciting, but they happen so often and they are so simple that it almost becomes a joke. There are no characters or story to help motivate you through the boring game, its all just a bunch of vague imagery and cryptic text messages. Would not recommend even if it was free. Go play the following games instead. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Or maybe the remake, though I haven't played it s...

All in all I can say, if you liked Oddworld you will probably like Vesper as it employs a similar style of gameplay. Instead of trying to figure out how to save your people, you juggle light sources around try to sneak them past enemies, which is especially interesting because you can't hide as long as you stand in light or carry light. There are still a lot of similarities though, as you still get to possess enemies and control them, use their light sources and attack other enemies. It's fun and I haven't finished it yet, so I'm just going to say I'm three chapters in and thus far the puzzles are not as difficult or mind-bending as those you might see in the original Oddworld. However, as there's still a large chunk of the game ahead of me, the difficulty could definitely still ramp up. The art is something I'm two minds about, and I'll talk about it since I've seen it mentioned by other people as a distinct feature of this game. Overall it looks great, but it's diminished a little ...

Didn't have much time yet to play the game, but really like the first minutes. Beautiful art style and great mood, love the sound, too. Reminds me a lot about Inside, one of my favorite games.

Vesper has a few awesome things going for it like the Art, the sound design, the mood, and the storytelling, but I think it has just as many negatives if not more. Starting with the platforming. Its simple which i like, but its also a bit too clunky and sluggish. Most jumps end up being ledge grabs so then you have to wait another second for your character to get up. The game couldve used more variation in this. Secondly, there are way too many chase sequences in the game. Early on it was fine, but by the final level it was just felt like entire chase sequence. I think this ruined the threat the weird data block things possessed. The controls were generally okay, but I put the game down for a few weeks and when i launched my save file i had totally forgotten what some of the keys were, but I thought it was a bad design decision to not have the controls in the menu. Why is it that they only show up in the main menu? Some of the keys were also weird for keyboard and mouse. I thought Q...

It looks very nice, but it's so tedious.

I don't like the overabundance of chase sequences. The puzzles are not difficult, thoughtful, nor interesting in any way. There is atmosphere and a lot of artwork which is impressive in the background. I don't like the pseudo-philosophical tone. I really dislike it when the game talks to me as if I did something super important. That's all I can say.

Insane art design. I thought it was similar to inside and limbo and bought it. But found it even more interesting <3.

Do not expect much more than the art and soundtrack.

This game was made for OLED TV

Beautiful game. Game play and mechanics are straight forward and well done, but the visual and audio atmosphere of the game are where it really shines