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Heaven's Vault
Released On: Apr 16, 2019
76
6.5
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
76
52% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
76
52% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
With Heaven's Vault Inkle offers us another extraordinarily packaged adventure, able to concentrate on very few playful elements, decorated with overflowing aesthetic and artistic qualities.
Heaven's Vault communicates the beauty of assigning meaning to symbols, and thus the people who wrote them.
It lacks the infectiousness of 80 Days, but as a story and a reckoning with history, it leaves most videogame fantasies in the shade. [Issue#332, p.120]
An intriguing game for graphic novel fans with a lovable old style art design.
At the end of the game something is revealed about Aliya, and she must make a choice. Unfortunately, neither option held any impact for me. The core mystery of Heaven’s Vault and the puzzles that must be solved to illuminate it are compelling. Yet, like its world and its core character, Heaven’s Vault gets caught up in physical things and forgets the human, rendering its final revelations as cold as the dead moons where Aliya digs up her artifacts. Then again, perhaps it’s fitting for an archaeologist that the story she uncovers is more compelling than her own.
Heaven's Vault may have one of the most well-realized video game worlds ever, with your curiosity and personality molding your story through the Nebula. Whether you're fascinated by history or just by a personal sense of duty, there's a lot to love about Heaven's Vault, even if the clunky movement and frustrating sailing sour the overall experience.
With its beautiful piano and violin score and occasionally arresting visuals, it is a game meant to be a meditative experience. Players should relish in slowly uncovering new facts about an ancient peoples and sharing this information with their friends, new and old. But even as trimmed as the game is, with small "open-world" locations and limited movement, it still seems like too much polish was placed around a core element that is enjoyable in its simplicity.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 User Ratings
6.5
53% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
22% Mixed
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25% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 User Ratings
6.5
53% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
22% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
25% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
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Summary An archaeological narrative adventure with an entire hieroglyphic language to decipher. Sail the rivers of space, explore lost moons, uncover ancient artefacts, and piece together a 5,000-year-old secret. Every answer feeds into a story that adapts around your actions. Will you uncover the path to Heaven’s Vault?
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Apr 16, 2019
Developer:
- inkle
Publisher: inkle
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