3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.9 hrs on record
Posted: Sep 7, 2016 @ 7:24am
Updated: Oct 31, 2016 @ 7:27am

THIS GAME SCORES [0 1 | 2 *3*] = ~88% (75%-100%)

This is a great physics-based platformer with a unique feel that I can heartily recommend. It has mechanical physics but also liquid physics, which isn't limited to filling containers, the liquids even form beings that run around and do stuff, and it's not fake that the beings are made of liquid (like, a hidden transition from one model to the other), because if you mechanically affect them enough, they dissolve and flow around again.

On the one hand, your avatar's look and animation are a bit goofy (which doesn't matter, anyway), but on the other hand, that's because he consists of parts, if I remember correctly. (Writing this review from memory years after last play.)

The sounds work well with the physical gameplay, they have a good realistic feel to them.

Full disclosure: I haven't played through the whole game yet, but I can say that the 5+ hours I played have been good physics puzzle fun in one mostly continuous environment. I don't know if I would recommend the game for the full price of €20, but it's definitely a good product, you will not be disappointed.

(For some reason, whenever I think of Vessel I also have to think of Rochard which is a quite different physics platformer. Both are relatively hidden gems. Maybe I bought them at the same time or something.)
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Marion.B Dec 30, 2024 @ 2:21am 
Wow,your review is on point! So much info and thought put into it. I'm seriously impressed. Keep it up! 💖👏