Velvet Assassin

$5.99

Release Date:: May 1, 2009
Metacritic:: 61
Developer:: Replay Studios
Publisher:: Missing Link Games
Platforms:: Windows Mac

Action Family Sharing Single-player Partial Controller Support

About This Game

Inspired by the fascinating story and unbreakable spirit of British secret agent Violette Szabo, players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful World War II spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government. Intense stealth action game play with a startling real-time lighting system and surreal visuals combine to produce an incredible gaming experience. Through third person game play, sneak up on enemies and pull the pins from their belted grenades. Infiltrate a Gestapo prison and slip cyanide to your own men before the Germans make them talk. And slink through the shadows to finish off your unsuspecting enemies with a single, silent move. Through Violette's fever dreams, experience what she experienced. Walk where she walked. And kill those she killed.

Stealth assasinations – Execute over 50 different brutal maneuvers to deliver a quick and silent death to enemy soldiers or use the environment itself to take down Violette's foes.
Dynamic lighting and shadows – Slip into the darkness of Nazi-controlled Europe and avoid the relentless searchlights of German guards that cut through your shadowy cover.
Stylized environments - Explore surreal, dreamlike settings that are modeled after actual World War II locations.
Unique perspective - Experience the unimaginable horrors of war through Violette’s fever dreams. Shift into Morphine Mode when Violette’s memories betray her to reposition and gain an advantage against opposing forces.

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User Reviews

Mixed

10 user reviews

60%

Positive

User #506049 english

1 hrs at review

Not Recommended

A lonely, isolated gaming experience, easy to forget and move on with. One of the hardest things about the 'Velvet Assassin' experience is finding the will to finish it. The games efforts to engage audience with the haunting audio only makes the game more boring and unpleasant . Just as the stealth genre continues to fall into commercial hell... the release of Velvet Assassin only justifies this predicament.

User #483948 english

5 hrs at review

Recommended

Velvet Assassin is a third person stealth game set in World War II. The whole game is about stealth from start to finish, but even though it’s only around 3 hours long, the gameplay feels repetitive way too quickly. The story is interesting though, and as a short stealth experience it’s not bad. 5/10

User #289714 english

16 min at review

Recommended

The stealth mechanics are somewhat flawed and often unforgiving, but the overall style and charm makes up for it. The only major let down is the very final level of the game, where the stealth gameplay is dropped entirely for the sake of increasing the difficulty.

User #176377 english

7 hrs at review

Not Recommended

This game reminds me of a game I played several years ago called Alpha Prime. It has been in my library for years and I finally got around to playing it and it was one of the hardest games I have ever played. Even on the easiest difficulty, the AI never misses a single shot and you get spotted in no time. This game is exactly that. Stupid hard on the easiest difficulty, almost impossible to play stealth because the AI is so broken that they turn around whenever they want instead of being in a timely manner, and the AI does not miss a single shot and kills you pretty much instantly. The fact that I beat this game and Alpha Prime is a legit miracle in itself.