Virginia
Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Sep 22, 2016
A first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. The game centers around a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
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5 (0) 4 (1) 3 (0) 2 (1) 1 (1) 2.3 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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The (As It Were) Cinematic Aspirations of Virgina 1
THE (AS IT WERE) CINEMATIC ASPIRATIONS OF VIRGINIA There are games that tell a story and games that have a story, with the difference being more important the more you consider it; a difference between obedient listening and participation in a story, and reckless collaboration between player and programmer. Virginia is thoroughly the former, telling a complex, multi-layered narrative to you that is crafted and considered. You might enjoy the narrative Virginia shows you but any player looking to...
3 out of 3 found this review helpful. -
Creativity can go a long way, but not when you're reaching straight to blithering oblivion. 0
[Full disclosure: My copy of Virginia was supplied by www.pcgamesnnews.wordpress.com]There’s something to be said for being bold and creative when it comes to video game development; be it mechanics, what is expected of player input, visual style, storytelling and so on. This of course often leads into the trap of being called ‘hipster bait’ or ‘art house garbage’ if these creative angles end up being too far straying from the ‘typical’ game design path,...
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A cinematic, thought provoking journey 0
"Virginia...Press ENTER to take a trip" greats the player when the title screen of Variable State's 2016 Virginia is first loaded, and it could not be more appropriate. What awaits is a short but extremely cinematic experience that will likely leave you wondering what just happened.Virginia falls into the category of a walking simulator, or a game in which the player spends the majority of the game walking through scenes, looking at characters or items to tell the story. The game is played in fi...
1 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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