All in all, Replay: VHS Is Not Dead is a brilliant game. It may not have particularly compelling visuals, music, or stories, but the gameplay is just superb. If you’ve got puzzle-platformer on the brain, Replay: VHS Is Not Dead is for you.
It can be a mind-bending challenge to set three characters on carefully timed movements to clear stages full of contraptions, and figuring out those machinations requires patience and practice. For those up to the challenge this offers great value and interesting playtime; this is one to enjoy rather than overwrite.
Replay: VHS is not Dead is a challenging and enormously intricate puzzle platformer on a retro style that will surely find its audience among the Wii U players. With a difficulty level that rises without mercy and very entangling mechanics that force the players to pay close attention to the details of each movement, this experience could only benefit more from a local multiplayer mode.
SummaryReplay: VHS is not dead is a puzzle/ platform game, set in a movie-based universe. Record your characters’ movements. Use the remote control powers to bend time. Change character and play again to combine their actions.