Velvet Assassin

[coloumb]

Well..finished the game - a bit too short for the price tag. The last 2 areas require a completely different style of gameplay [those of you who like to run and gun will enjoy the last area] - the ending is kinda "meh" - leaves it open to a sequel. Dunno - the ending seems like it was rushed.

 

[AndroidVageta]

I won't go into detail...but drab.

Game blows...complete and utter waste of time and money.

Gameplay is horrid and contains nothing that made any stealth game (Splinter Cell, Thief, MGS) worth playing.

Graphics (Source engine) are ugly and wayyy behind the times.

Controls suck...though theres not much to do...just Ctrl to duck, left mouse button does everything else (climb, jump, shoot, stab, pull grenade pin, etc, etc, etc...)

Storyline doesn't suck...surprised? Well don't be...there literally is not one...nothing! No explanation of why anything is happening, we have no idea who the main character is or why she is doing any of this...I mean, theres no substance what so ever...and I'm not over exaggerating here.

Overall it gets a 1/10...and only because the audio is pretty decent, and that is all.

 

[Sam25]

Well I finished the game a while ago. The things which annoyed me were:

1. No quicksave/load options and the checkpoints are placed horribly in levels.

2. The parts which forced you into combat were stupid and the laggy shooting mechanics just didn't feel right when shooting any of the weapons. Bad aiming system implementation.

3. Very low ammo per weapon.

However I happened to like the graphics and the ambiance in the game. I would say taking all the cons it's 6/10 from me.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Sam25
Well I finished the game a while ago. The things which annoyed me were:

1. No quicksave/load options and the checkpoints are placed horribly in levels.

2. The parts which forced you into combat were stupid and the laggy shooting mechanics just didn't feel right when shooting any of the weapons. Bad aiming system implementation.

3. Very low ammo per weapon.

However I happened to like the graphics and the ambiance in the game. I would say taking all the cons it's 6/10 from me.

I'm getting really sick of console ports, which don't include proper quicksave options.

 

[Pepsei]

it's like commandos series , except it is in 3d, and you only have 1 character.

my complaint is that it is too short.... hmmm i should go play commandos 3 again....

 

[coloumb]

Search button is your friend:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me..._key=y&keyword1=velvet

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

I'm getting really sick of console ports, which don't include proper quicksave options.

+1, it should be a legal requirement.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

I'm getting really sick of console ports, which don't include proper quicksave options.

The game would have been way better with quicksaving option. Even if the checkpoints are placed at better parts in levels it makes the game less frustrating. The main problem here is that the checkpoints sometimes are too far in-between and sometimes (sadly in the easier parts) are more frequent.

 

[JSt0rm]

game was idiotic. Would it be too much to ask for similar game mechanics but a open sandbox? To much work I'm sure.

 

[KeithTalent]

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