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VEV: Viva Ex Vivo
Released On: May 17, 2016
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VEV's low price tag is a plus, as is the unique concept behind the game. You should keep in mind though that VEV also offers extremely repetitive gameplay and controls that don't always work the way they should.
Viva Ex Vivo is back. It was always waiting for PlayStation VR and now it feels like an essential purchase if you’ve got some spare change in your PSN account. It’s still a shallow, and occasionally obtuse, game but now it’s a good one.
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All in all, VEV: Viva Ex Vivo is quite a conflicted game. It gives the impression that it wants to be quite a laid back, almost zen-like experience, yet it’s frustratingly challenging. It’s also as clear as mud when it comes to explaining itself, revelling in throwing science jargon at you to the point where it overcomplicates matters; it’s essentially quite a simple survival game.
VEV: Viva Ex Vivo is an interesting experience. In a lot of ways it’s different from anything I’ve experienced in recent gaming history. It’s also very interesting and at least somewhat educational. But it needs tuning. Someone really needs to just sit down and give it a triple-A comb over. It doesn’t need more levels or plot or anything like that. They just need to add in some goals so that you aren’t just floating around for no reason 30 minutes at a time.
I absolutely adore VEV: Viva Ex Vivo‘s concept, which only serves to make me more disappointed in the final release. Exploring these different microscope slides should be exciting, but instead players are left frustrated due to awkward controls and bored by how little there is to do.
Summary Viva Ex Vivo is a game by Truant Pixel which features a unique mix of non-traditional arcade, simulation, and survival gameplay intended for all audiences. Players assume control of the "Virtual Eukaryote Visualizer," or VEV: a remote-controlled nanoscale artificial organism capable of surviving in a multitude of familiar and foreign mic...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: May 17, 2016
Developer:
- Truant Pixel
Publisher: Truant Pixel
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