Vane
Friend & Foe Games · 2019 · Adventure, Indie, Casual, Action, Exploration
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About Vane
In a ruined desert, a strange golden dust transforms a free-spirited bird into a determined young child, setting off a chain of events that will reshape the world itself.
Set out on an exploratory quest, transforming between bird and child, using both perspectives to unravel the land’s mysteries and create a path forward through the barren landscape. As you do so, the world reacts to your passage, evolving and building into something altogether different.
From the team at Friend & Foe Games, Vane is a stunning, emotional and unnerving experience. Developed with the conviction that players should find their own path through the world, the result is a minimalistic, stark environment that encourages exploration just to the edge of getting lost, set to an all-original brooding synth soundtrack.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
In my opinion, this game—created by former members of the team behind Fumito Ueda’s The Last Guardian—is far too little-known, and unjustly so. The outstanding art design, with its breathtaking megastructures and landscapes, lends a special touch to this fascinating world that requires no explanation. The simple gameplay fits well with the cryptic “plot,” and the sparingly used but beautiful soundtrack and excellent sound effects make the game a short, special experience.
This game was a mixed bag, but I'll still recommend playing - twice (one to get all but one of the achievements, and the other to get the remaining one). The game gives you the least bit of indications on where your objective (or what for that matter). It also gives sort of free rein to just roam around as a bird for a most of the time (should you choose so). The game world and the events appears to be a metaphor or symbolism (which mostly went over my head). The graphics though are a different thing altogether. They are... unique. It's well made but doesn't give you the impression some times. The generation of environment due to the player actions is quite something the first few times, but you get used to it. I loved the way they had pulled out animating the movement of birds flying (the player character) to an unnatural degree (except for the landing ones or the stallilng ones). You will see other NPC birds moving along a line slowly when trying to land and wonder what the hell happened to their animations. The camera angles spoil a lof of the fun and can make you mis-judge things too. It's not fixed in most cases, but is not well functional in most cases. You think you…
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I enjoyed it, sort of. It has a great puzzle dynamic, beautiful visuals and deep soundtrack. But the camera and controls are absolutely rubbish. The game is overpriced and buggy. The theme and story is very shallow, you have to dig really deep to make connections to philosophical and psychological contexts. Only play this if you have patience and enjoy indie games a lot.
I don't recognize my controller. I can't even fly in the game :(
Games are supposed to be fun, not a chore. At no point it what you do in this game "fun." The flight and landing is too clunky and resistive to your intentions. The hints as what to are horrid. Maybe some will enjoy but I just feel it is too poorly executed.
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