OK, game of the year is a stretch but FuturLab's Velocity 2X features stylish visuals and addictive gameplay all packed into some puzzle-platforming action and it works. As far as top-down shoot-'em-up gameplay is concerned, this game is a winner.
Despite being Sony's handheld that couldn't quite make it, there's no shortage of the best PlayStation Vita games.
TSA writes: "Time is frozen for Lt. Kai Tana as she looks at her surroundings, travelling at a seemingly impossible velocity while navigating sharp corners and narrow tunnels with guile. She has to get home, and no one is going stop her, not even the nefarious General Glaive. The illusion is quickly shattered, as I crash into one of the nearby walls. Without a second thought, I press restart for the thirteenth time. This is Velocity 2X, and I have to get her home."
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Switch owners who never attempted Velocity 2X on Vita or PS4: do yourself a favor and check it out, especially if you enjoy scrolling shooters and/or fast-paced platform action. While some of the storytelling is tonally out of sync or corny, and a few stages outstay their welcome, the majority of the game is fast, fluid, layered, varied, replayable, and attractive. Don't wait another four years to play one of the better indie game on the market."
Excellent game, but GOTY? I don't think so
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great fun and tight gameplay but not GOTY worthy IMO.
can't bring myself to carry on playing
This is my favorite game so far on the PS4,clocked over 15hrs and am under 500 in the leaderboards.
Better than destiny rofl