EB: It’s a shame that Sony didn’t have DrinkBox Studios’s Severed a few years ago during the Vita’s launch, because it is easily one of the system’s most intuitive and best titles to date, which is a shame to think about now after the handheld has all but been forgotten by its creators. Severed, unlike most of the games made for the Vita, fully takes advantage of the unit’s touch controls in a non-gimmicky way to create an immersive journey through its beautiful and colorful world, while guiding its heroine through a depressing yet emotional narrative. Its simplistic touch controls keep the gameplay feeling fresh and frenetic, while allowing you the player to become one with its lead character, but the charming visuals and perfect map design are what keep you swiping through its 5-8 hour campaign (depends on player skill) to see how the lead character’s adventure pans out.
"When PlayStation Vita released in 2012, expectations were high as Sony's previous handheld (PSP) was quite successful even if it could never quite match with Nintendo's handheld juggernauts." - Tyler Hall from Video Chums
It’s not stranded until 2019, if people really wanted to get some great experiences out the way then they’d buy it. But there are so many stubborn people that made their mind up that won’t happen.
You can go on eBay, OfferUp it any social market place and get one from 70-120 WITH memory card and the games are dirt cheap. But I bet people feel like buying their 5th 3DS for 200 plus because of its color is better then checking out great games.
I guess it’s not always about the games
I could just never find one after I got a stable income, could find games all over the place though
Quite a few of the games aren't dirt cheap. Guess it depends on what you like though. The Japanese anime games tend to hold their value quite well.
One can get digital games pretty cheap a lot of the time, and if they were smart, they'd have added all those vita games on PS+ over the years, and have quite an impressive backlog when they get their system.
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Alyssa Wejebe writes: "These characters were chosen for varying reasons like timeliness, diversity, history, and the sheer potential for a good time. If you haven’t experienced the games on this list, beware of spoilers!"
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
DrinkBox Studios is one of my favorite smaller development teams. They have a knack for merging cool gameplay mechanics with bright, colorful visuals that I happily spend hours with at a time. Severed is no different - in fact it may be their best overall effort yet. While it is true that this title has seen some prior releases, it plays better on the Switch than any of its prior platforms.
If you own a Vita, this is a must buy. I enjoyed the near 8 hour story, exploration and sweet obtainable platinum. This is definitely one of the best games on the device.