Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

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  • Summary: Ed Miller, a writer, came out unscathed from his car crash down into Brody Canyon, California. Even though no one was found inside the car wreckage, Ed insists that he was traveling with his wife and daughter. Traumatized by the event, he begins to suffer from severe vertigo. As he startsEd Miller, a writer, came out unscathed from his car crash down into Brody Canyon, California. Even though no one was found inside the car wreckage, Ed insists that he was traveling with his wife and daughter. Traumatized by the event, he begins to suffer from severe vertigo. As he starts therapy, he will try to uncover what really happened on that tragic day.

    Prepare yourself for a most disturbing investigation inside the human mind: truth is sometimes worse than madness.

    An original story about obsession, manipulation and madness, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Impulsegamer
    Jan 10, 2022
    82
    Vertigo offers a thrilling and captivating playable story that touches on some very serious themes. Not for the feint hearted or weak in temperament.
  2. Riot Pixels
    Feb 23, 2022
    77
    A bit more polish on the story, better attention to technical details and improved camera/editing would have turned it into a masterpiece. Still, this solid interactive thriller is absolutely worth one full playthrough.
  3. JeuxActu
    Dec 27, 2021
    76
    With Vertigo, Pendulo Studios is abandoning the genre of puzzle adventure games in favor of slightly interactive fictions, Dontnod Entertainment style. The initial promise was enticing, but the pacing issues, lack of real gameplay, and bugs got the better of our enthusiasm.
  4. Jeuxvideo.com
    Dec 20, 2021
    65
    Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an intriguing thriller if not breathtaking. Its common thread is woven through the mysteries that we are keen to unveil. But it suffers from such a slow pace that it can become heavy. The spectacle is also appreciated in half-tone; Pendulo Studios develops a conclusive sound atmosphere to the detriment of particularly lame animation and technique.
  5. GameOver.gr
    Oct 22, 2022
    60
    With a great story and an engaging cast of characters, it feels a bit frustrating that the game falls so short on so many other elements like its gameplay, animation, controls, voice acting, pacing etc.
  6. The Games Machine
    Oct 13, 2022
    60
    Vertigo's main problem, probably, is its ambition. When you choose such a cumbersome source of inspiration, the risk of ending up crushed by it is real. The Pendulo game wisely chooses not to retrace the path traced by Hitchcock, but to borrow the main theme. Unfortunately, however, it manages to keep the interest high only in the initial stages, then a under-the-bar acting and questionable narrative choices prevail over originality. You could appreciate the attempt, not so much the outcome.
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  7. Guardian
    Sep 28, 2022
    20
    This version of Vertigo portrays women in a way that is seriously difficult to stomach in a post-#MeToo era. Here, women prey on an unsuspecting man using, for instance, sex and hypnosis to lure him in and do him harm. Male trauma is of course absolutely real, but this game doesn’t have the tools to examine it with the required care, and ends up essentially saying #MenToo – and doing a significant disservice to the body of cinematic work that inspires it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Noelia27
    Dec 27, 2021
    10
    Súper recomendable! Me ha encantado la estética y la construcción de los personajes a medida que avanza la historia. Te mantiene en tensión,Súper recomendable! Me ha encantado la estética y la construcción de los personajes a medida que avanza la historia. Te mantiene en tensión, pegado a la pantalla, sin poder pausar ni un minuto.… Expand
  2. RodroG
    Mar 18, 2022
    7
    Un buena aventura narrativa en forma de novela de suspense interactiva. Trama y giros de guión que enganchan, aunque su conclusión terminaUn buena aventura narrativa en forma de novela de suspense interactiva. Trama y giros de guión que enganchan, aunque su conclusión termina haciéndose innecesariamente larga. La trama se va oscureciendo según avanzas, tocando temas como los trastornos psicológicos, la psicopatía, el maltrato infantil, los abusos sexuales y conflictos no resueltos. Su duración, es de unas 8-9 horas de juego. Aunque lineales y algo repetitivas, la dinámicas de juego y sencillos QTE cumplen correctamente su principal función, que es servir como pretextos para la revelación y resolución progresivas del misterio o misterios que se nos plantean. Aunque las expresiones faciales de los personajes es mejorable, los entornos y escenarios principales está bien conseguidos visual y estéticamente. También cuenta con buenos diálogos y doblaje al castellano. El rendimiento gráfico es bueno la mayoría del tiempo, aunque hay algunas partes de cinemáticas con bajones y tirones importantes de FPS.… Expand
  4. hardkot
    Jan 6, 2022
    6
    Frustration

    Visual (6/10): good enough, but not great. No motion capture, specific faces - it's not AAA game, but it feels like Pendulo    Frustration

    Visual (6/10): good enough, but not great. No motion capture, specific faces - it's not AAA game, but it feels like Pendulo still live in 2014.

    Gameplay (2/10): boring and repetitive one button clicking in the same scene but in different time lines. No choice matter, no new mechanics, reading Teltale choices is less boring.

    Story(8/10): story is really good and enjoyable, buuuut ending is kind of strange and frustrating(imho)

    All in all the game is not bad, just watch walkthrough on youtube and you will enjoy it more than playing.    … Expand
  5. AllNewSuperfake
    Dec 19, 2021
    5
    +10 because every game could be a 10.

    - 5 This is not a game. It's a more or less straightforward animated movie where you have to    +10 because every game could be a 10.

    - 5 This is not a game. It's a more or less straightforward animated movie where you have to constantly fiddle around to keep it going, pull the stick here, click the mouse there, press a key,

    "Call of Duty"-players know the drill: Press F to pay respect.

    I kind of expected an adventure game, since that is what the studio is known for, and they weren't bad at it. But for some reason they decided to go down the David Caige route, which is daring because the only saving grace of those "games" is the technical side aka: Lots of money. Pendulo Studios does not have that kind of money, and it shows.

    And as if making a psychological horror movie wouldn't be hard enough, they decided to decorate themselves with one of the biggest names out there.

    I wonder: How can you be a fan of Hitchcock and think that padding your narrative with useless filler dialogue and inane activities would improve the experience?

    How can you have watched any decent movie and not understand that pacing is everything?

    How can you think that an obviously tight animation budget and mediocre voice acting can be a substitute for a great actor?

    How do you not understand that there is a reason why you normally don't spend 6 to 8 hours in a cinema? Even in this age of trilogies going home -aka saving the game- and doing something completely different before you continue watching the story isn't the norm for a reason. You don't get up in the middle of a movie and do the dishes and drive your kid to school for a reason. Movies are built to keep you in your seat and keep your attention. And if your movie doesn't do that, it failed, especially when you put *that* name on it.

    Having to press buttons and move the controller does not equal engagement, especially if there is no reason to do it in the first place. There is no failure here, there are no branching storylines, you won't miss out, and you won't "win" anything, you can't be good at it, and you can't get better at it. So what am I supposed to do with this?! It's a passable animated movie that I have to wind up or it won't play, and that is why it actually doesn't deserve a 5, because it's more of a chore that way.

    Let's just hope that this represents an evolutionary stage of a new medium that's neither a game nor a movie that we'll look back at like the 15 seconds of moving black and white pictures back in the late 18th century. A sideshow at best, and there really isn't a reason to pay for this except supporting the developers.    … Expand
  6. ProbablyRight
    Dec 22, 2021
    1
    Hitchcock deserves better quality , I expected more than this.

    - Psx 2 graphics - Facial animation doesn't match voice or feels    Hitchcock deserves better quality , I expected more than this.

    - Psx 2 graphics
    - Facial animation doesn't match voice or feels disconnected.
    - Some 3d character models are just horrible
    - Lineal gameplay , you don't take any decision along the way to change plot or ending.
    - The story is not that good...    … Expand
  7. papapap
    Dec 29, 2021
    0
    کیرم تو ننت امیر گیم شو کص ننتو لیسیدم وبعد کردمش بمیر امیر گیم شو برو با اون نقد های زباله ات ننتو گاییدم سگاتو هم گاییدمکیرم تو ننت امیر گیم شو کص ننتو لیسیدم وبعد کردمش بمیر امیر گیم شو برو با اون نقد های زباله ات ننتو گاییدم سگاتو هم گاییدم

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