Virginia (computer game)
| Virginia | |||
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| Studio | Variable state | ||
| Publisher | 505 games | ||
| Senior Developer | Jonathan Burroughs, Terry Kenny | ||
| composer | Lyndon Holland | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
22nd September 2016 | ||
| platform | Microsoft Windows , OS X , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One | ||
| Game engine | Unity | ||
| genre | Adventure | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | German English | ||
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Virginia is an Adventure - Computer game which was produced by British-Irish development studio variable State.
action
Virginia is set in the US state of the same name and tells the story of the young FBI agent Anne Tarver, who, together with her experienced partner Maria Halperin, tries to track down a boy who has disappeared in the fictional town of Kingdom.
Game principle and technology
Virginia is a 1st person adventure. The presentation of the event is from the perspective of the player. With the help of the input device (mouse or controller depending on the platform) the player can look around in all directions and move through the game world with the help of the WASD buttons or the controller. In the middle of the screen there is a fixed cursor which, when positioned over a manipulable object, indicates its manipulability and enables interaction with this object. Since the number of manipulable objects in the game world is very small compared to classic adventure games and interactions only allow the paused action to continue, the game is marketed as an interactive film and is referred to as this in the press. Numerous temporal and spatial leaps result in an unusual narrative structure. A special feature of the game is the lack of dialogues.
reception
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Virginia received mostly positive reviews. The Metacritic review database aggregates 36 reviews to an average of 74. The innovative narrative style of the plot and the music were praised in the press.
“It is the game that titles like Dear Esther , Gone Home and Firewatch have hinted at, but in a way that evolves the interactive narrative form way beyond anything we've seen before. It's a game to savor and talk about for years to come, one that left me, just like the inhabitants of Kingdom, Virginia, speechless. "
Awards
TIME , The Daily Telegraph, and The Washington Post included the game in their Top Ten Best Video Games List of 2016. Virginia has a metascore of 74.
| year | Award | category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Fun & Serious Titanium Awards | Best indie game | Nominated | |
| Best soundtrack | Nominated | |||
| Unity Awards 2016 | Best Desktop / Console Game | Nominated | ||
| Global Game Awards | Best Adventure | Nominated | ||
| Best indie | Nominated | |||
| Best audio | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Writers' Guild Awards 2017 | Best writing in a video game | Won | |
| Independent Games Festival | Best audio | Nominated | ||
| Excellence in Narrative | Nominated | |||
| Excellence in Visual Art | Nominated | |||
| The Nuovo Award for innovation | Nominated |
Web links
- Official website
- Virginia at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/38123/82133/0/Virginia.html
- ↑ a b Adventure-Treff.de: Virginia. Retrieved August 26, 2018 .
- ^ A b Metacritic.com: Virginia. Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Chloi Rad: VIRGINIA REVIEW. ign.com , September 22, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Rainer Sigl: "Virginia" in the test: An FBI game of the mysterious kind. derstandard.at , September 30, 2016, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
- ^ Benjamin Schmädig: Test: Virgnina "A nightmare for David Lynch". 4players.de , September 28, 2016, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Allegra Frank: WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE END OF VIRGINIA? polygon.com , October 9, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Sven Wagener: TEST VIRGINIA "Confusing Adventure Travel". gameswelt.de , September 29, 2016, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
- ^ Virginia. rockpapershotgun.com , accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Olivia White: Virginia review - The X-Files meets Twin Peaks in a remarkable interactive thriller. telegraph.co.uk , September 22, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 . /
- ^ Matt Peckham: The Top 10 Video Games. Time Magazine, November 22, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ The 10 best video games of 2016. telegraph.co.uk , October 6, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Christopher Byrd and Michael Thomsen: The best video games of 2016: 'Inside,' 'Superhot' and 'Doom' come out on top. washingtonpost.com , November 30, 2016, accessed March 22, 2017 .
- ^ Metascore Virginia. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ a b The list of finalists for the Fun & Serious Titanium awards has been revealed | Fun & Serious Game Festival 2016 .
- ↑ 2016 Unity Awards Finalists Announced! | Virtual Reality Reporter (en-US) . In: Virtual Reality Reporter , October 7, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Virginia Global Game Awards Nominee 2016 .
- ^ Writers 'Guild Awards shortlist - Writers' Guild of Great Britain (en-GB) . In: Writers' Guild of Great Britain , December 6, 2016.
- ^ Writers 'Guild Award winners 2017 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain (en-GB) . In: Writers' Guild of Great Britain , 23 January 2017.
- ↑ a b c d 2017 Independent Games Festival announces Main Competition finalists! (en) . In: IGF , January 6, 2017.