• Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Nov 22, 2013
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  • Summary: Adventure through a vibrant papery world with your new friend Iota, a plucky messenger with a unique message to deliver-to you.This paper world is small enough to hold in your own two hands, allowing you to reach into the game with your god-like powers and help Iota complete this veryAdventure through a vibrant papery world with your new friend Iota, a plucky messenger with a unique message to deliver-to you.This paper world is small enough to hold in your own two hands, allowing you to reach into the game with your god-like powers and help Iota complete this very special delivery. Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 82
  2. Negative: 0 out of 82
  1. Jan 1, 2014
    100
    Tearaway is one of those rare games that gets exponentially better with its ending.
  2. Nov 28, 2013
    95
    A love letter to creativity and the PS Vita, Tearaway is a game you shouldn't miss and it is a real system seller.
  3. Nov 20, 2013
    93
    It sincerely believes that imagination really is the most important faculty, and in turn, succeeded in transporting me back to a time when I built strange worlds equipped with nothing but crayons and card.
  4. Nov 20, 2013
    90
    By casting the player as a character in the game, and through the use of the Vita camera, this title makes us reevaluate where a game world stops and reality begins.
  5. Nov 20, 2013
    88
    Moving and unique, funny and imaginative: Tearaway is an amazing experience with a few nuisances preventing it to become the true masterpiece PlayStation Vita deserves.
  6. Nov 25, 2013
    80
    A charming vindication of the PS Vita, that uses the console’s many abilities to the fullest – even if that does mean you’re left wanting more.
  7. Nov 20, 2013
    60
    Tearaway is cheerful, clever, and colorful, but never quite attains the masterful blend of art and gameplay exhibited by developer Media Molecule's previous efforts, the LittleBigPlanet games.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 77
  2. Negative: 0 out of 77
  1. Nov 22, 2013
    10
    Quite possibly, one of the best handheld games I've ever played! It's as if you're involved in the game somehow with the many features on theQuite possibly, one of the best handheld games I've ever played! It's as if you're involved in the game somehow with the many features on the Vita. A very unique creative game that even makes Nintendo games look pale compared to Tearaway. I highly recommend this! Money well spent. Kudos to media molecules Expand
  2. Dec 28, 2013
    10
    Absolutely brilliant. One of the best platformers of 2013. Flawless. Every vita owners should buy this game. It is truly unique in it's genre.Absolutely brilliant. One of the best platformers of 2013. Flawless. Every vita owners should buy this game. It is truly unique in it's genre. From it's level design to the atmosphere to the graphics, it really is an experience that you can't afford to miss. Especially if you like platforming and puzzle games. Expand
  3. Sep 21, 2015
    10
    Really Really God Damn Good best Vita Game overrall. Media Molecules you out done yourself, good on you Media Molecules. Clap, Clap, ClapReally Really God Damn Good best Vita Game overrall. Media Molecules you out done yourself, good on you Media Molecules. Clap, Clap, Clap yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Expand
  4. Dec 1, 2013
    10
    This game is a piece of art. Among the few truly great exclusive titles on the Vita, Wipeout 2048, Uncharted GA, Killzone Mercenary, TearawayThis game is a piece of art. Among the few truly great exclusive titles on the Vita, Wipeout 2048, Uncharted GA, Killzone Mercenary, Tearaway is something special. Instead of creating a regular 3d world Media Molecule created a living, breathing paper world. Every single detail in this game makes the experience a pleasure. A must own title for anyone who can appreciate a charming game that provides a experience off the beaten pass of fps et. a. Expand
  5. Feb 17, 2018
    9
    Tearaway es una gran experiencia visual y una conmovedora historia. Tomamos el papel de un mensajero cuya meta es llegar hasta su destinatarioTearaway es una gran experiencia visual y una conmovedora historia. Tomamos el papel de un mensajero cuya meta es llegar hasta su destinatario y para ello tendrá que explorar distintos sitios, cada uno más hermoso que el anterior.
    No existe otro juego que explote tanto las distintas cualidades de la PS Vita, los controles táctiles son muy precisos, y el uso de la cámara y el micrófono hacen única cada experiencia.
    Si tienes una PlayStation Vita jugar "Tearaway" es la mejor forma de probar cuan asombrosa es la consola, ésta historia hecha de papel es un regalo a la vista que merece ser jugado.
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  6. Nov 22, 2013
    9
    INITIAL IMPRESSIONS

    Having now spent a good couple of hours in the company of this wonderfully executed lesson in innovation and story
    INITIAL IMPRESSIONS

    Having now spent a good couple of hours in the company of this wonderfully executed lesson in innovation and story telling, from those crazy-talented folks over at Media Molecule, I feel obliged to wade in with some brief impressions for my fellow (and perhaps, future) Vita owners.

    I'm delighted (and more than just a tad relieved) to confirm, that having previously digested reviews from the digital pages of esteemed gaming sites like Destructoid (10/10), Pocket Gamer (also 10), IGN (9.3) and Edge (9), their overwhelmingly positive findings are indeed entirely accurate.

    The first chapter is a little slow to get going, and to a lesser extent, so is the second. However, it is in these early sections that MM holds your hand a little, slowly but surely endowing you with the skills required to negotiate many of the wholly unique underpinnings on which Tearaway's delightfully whimsical world (a world that is inextricably linked to the real one, might I add) is built.

    Furthermore, these skills take full advantage of the Vita's entire suite of input channels (front touchscreen, rear touchpad, gyro, camera's...) making Tearaway a genuinely unique experience. An experience that is genuinely only workable on Sony's otherwise oft-maligned pocket-rocket. With this in mind, as far as I'm concerned, Tearaway is Vita's first bona fide system seller! Yep, that good.

    Like I said, having played Tearaway for just over two hours, these are only my initial impressions, so I'll be sure to pop back in the next day or two to report more. HOWEVER, in the meantime, I really must get back to this frankly wonderful game!

    Happy gaming everyone!
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  7. Jan 8, 2022
    6
    To be honest for me it was just a really dull experience. I get it that ps vita have a lot of inputs options... But whole game is built aroundTo be honest for me it was just a really dull experience. I get it that ps vita have a lot of inputs options... But whole game is built around that unnecessary inputs like blowing into the microphone or rubbing back screen. The gameplay is nowhere near great platformers, like those from nintendo for example. But it's kinda fresh though... Only for an hour. Expand

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