Release Date: August 24, 2016
An FPP action-adventure game featuring sci-fi elements and focusing on exploration. It was developed by Blue Isle Games - a Canadian team popular for Slender: The Arrival. The player is taken to the titular valley, which is a mysterious place located somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Assuming the role of an unspecified character, the player traverses a set of diversified locations, trying to discover the secrets hidden in the area.
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Valley for PC, PS4 and XONE is a first-person action-adventure game featuring sci-fi elements and focusing on exploration. It was developed by Blue Isle Games - an independent Canadian team popular mainly for Slender: The Eight Pages,
The action takes place in the titular valley - a mysterious place located somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The player takes on the role of an unspecified character who traverses a set of diversified locations (colorful forests or dangerous ruins for example), making use of the L.E.A.F. exoskeleton (Leap Effortlessly though Air Functionality) - one of technology's latest achievements. The protagonist tries to discover the secret of this amazing place.
Valley for PC, PS4 and XONE is a first-person exploration game, that contrary to the majority of relatively static representatives of the genre, delivers substantial amounts of dynamism in of the gameplay, through implementation of the exoskeleton. For instance, this allows to move faster and jump higher, so the protagonist can reach locations inaccessible for ordinary humans. L.E.A.F. is also useful in combat against hostile creatures inhabiting the valley.
Alongside progression, the player unlocks new abilities that come with the exoskeleton. Control over life and death allowing both to deprive organisms of life and literally breathe it into them is probably the most important one. However, high price is to be paid for this ability - each time the player-controlled character dies, the titular valley deceases gradually. Consequently, solving the mystery behind the place, as well as both how it looks and what is the fate of the creatures inhabiting it are all dependant on the player's ability to survive.
Similar to Slender mentioned above, Valley for PC, PS4 and XONE utilizes the popular, multi-platform Unity engine. However, minimalism present in the developer's first game is not part of Valley - the creators made the most of the engine's capabilities, offering a large-sized, diverse, colorful and detailed game world.
Platforms:
PC Windows August 24, 2016
PlayStation 4 August 24, 2016
Xbox One August 24, 2016
Nintendo Switch March 7, 2019
Developer: Blue Isle Studios
Publisher: Blue Isle Studios
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Blue Isle Studios, which previously gave us Slender: The Arrival, is working on Valley – an action adventure game about manipulating life. The game's main focus will be on exploration of its open world and using superhuman powers.
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System Requirements for Valley Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Dual Core 3.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 650/Radeon HD 7770, 5 GB HDD, Windows 7.
Recommanded System Requirements:
Intel Quad Core 3.0 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870, 5 GB HDD, Windows 7.
Game Ratings for Valley Video Game.
Hardcore Gamer: 3.5 / 5 by Matt Whittaker
Valley plays host to movement mechanics that feel awesome to use and a story that eventually becomes worthwhile.
NZGamer: 6 / 10 by Ben Wilson
Valley’s answer to one of its main mysteries doesn’t quite satiate the curiosity it taunts, though it wisely leaves others unsolved. The questions it does pose it can’t answer, because no one can. That’s the siren Valley will use to carry you by the song of its story – though it is somewhat betrayed by its lack of mechanical prowess. I'm not normally one to be bothered by technical issues – I'm more concerned with messages and ideas, hence I can forgive a few breakdowns on the way so long as we get somewhere. Whether it’s a trip worth taking will depend on your tolerance for bumpy rides and the many spell-breaking hiccups curtailing the credulity of your experience.
Push Square: 7 / 10 by Liam Croft
Valley's heart is most definitely in the right place, and for the most part it succeeds in the execution of its gameplay mechanics. Unfortunately, the game's technical faults can't be ignored. The sloppy framerate in particular damages the experience far too much, and has held back what would otherwise be a great game.
Average score from votes.