There are times when you’ll get a little lost and the slightly confusing coloured objectives do begin to mould into one big mashup on the latter levels, but a well thought out map which gives you the opportunity to scan the surroundings for your next move is a great help. With the teledash system making its way from the platforming Kai and the option to drop telepods at any point in time, you can be sure that as you search out your way home, you’ll be safe in the knowledge that safety is just a stones throw away. With forward facing lasers dishing out the biggest damage and a push on the right stick firing bombs in all directions, explosions will engulf your life as you head forwards and up the twisty enemy ship filled areas that are put in front of you. Leaving the platforming behind, the Jet brings about a ton of shmup gameplay that is quite simply the best I’ve played for many a year. Tana jumps into her fast shooting and faster flying Quarp Jet.
And there are other times when I’ll slowly make my way through the stage, stuttering and fumbling as I go about helping Kai escape.īut no matter which way I’m going about things, I’ve had immense fun throughout, never getting bored and always looking forward to the next objective, with the game seemingly happy for me to struggle along if need be.
At times I can get a flow going to such a degree that muscle memory kicks in and I’ll freely move from obstacle to obstacle, platform to platform in the most glorious of ways.
#VELOCITY 2X XBOX ONE FULL#
With levels being cleverly and intelligently designed, a telepod system that allows her to teleport her way out of trouble and a teledash giving her the chance to magically fly through both walls and bad guys, even after many hours of playing the game, I still feel like I’m not doing it full justice. Whilst on foot, laser rifle in hand, Kai must jump, slide and dash her way through sections that are filled with collectible Rekenium shards, enemies galore and switches that need to be hit in order to open up the way for her to jump back into her Quarp Jet and make good her escape. With controls to die for and a subtle but obvious switch between the two forms, Velocity 2X is a super fast paced rush through space that has grabbed me like no other game this year. Split across two main forms of gameplay, both the puzzling platformer side of the action and the vertical shmup sections are of extremely high quality. Kai Tana, a humourous but deadly serious badass, must use all her skills and fast running in order to infiltrate space stations, moon bases and alien planets as she disrupts the evil Vokh Empire. Hopping into her powerful Quarp Jet, and leaving her platforming prowess behind, she’ll need to rescue enough survivors on each level as she looks for an escape…and her way home. It’s the near on perfect game.Īfter being abducted by a race of hostile aliens, Lt. It’s graceful and destructive seductive and rewarding. Sierra and FuturLab have delved deep into their skills to bring us a sci-fi puzzle platformer-cum-vertical shooter that has quite obviously had so much love put into it that at times it makes me want to cry.