Valley

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Gaming Age
    Sep 9, 2016
    100
    You won't be sinking days after days into Valley — but the one day or so you do spend with it will be enough to stick with you for a long time.
  2. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Aug 24, 2016
    90
    I don’t know what I expected with Valley, but this was not it. I was not prepared to find an exploration game with a powerful story, fun exploration mechanics, a unique twist on death, beautiful artwork, and one of the best video game soundtracks in the industry.
  3. PlaySense
    Sep 15, 2016
    85
    A walking simulator that's very much worth playing, Valley sports wonderful environments, intuitive gameplay and a brilliant soundtrack. To top it all of, this game's story is memorable almost to a fault.
  5. The Jimquisition
    Aug 26, 2016
    85
    Despite a few missteps, Valley is an overall rush of an experience. Taking cues from BioShock with some Fern Gully on the side, there are few games that can claim to put players into the metal legs of an interdimensional necromantic freerunner, and be bloody infatuating while it does so.
  6. Shacknews
    Sep 21, 2016
    80
    There are layers here, and it all meshes wonderfully; the story, playing out like a radio drama as you explore the locations in which it took place; the Valley as this beautiful, vulnerable, and magical location; and the themes, which explore life, death, and purpose with surprising nuance.
  7. GameCritics
    Sep 21, 2016
    80
    Despite a cliché story, unnecessary combat and some borrowed elements, Valley delivers a well-paced, beautifully scored, and engaging first-person adventure. At times it achieves an extraordinary sense of majestic isolation, but more peaks and less valleys would have helped this adventure truly soar.
  8. God is a Geek
    Aug 25, 2016
    80
    Valley is a surprisingly smart and fun adventure game with fluid movement and intuitive controls, although it doesn’t last long.
  9. ZTGD
    Sep 13, 2016
    75
    Valley is a mish mash of other games before it, but still retains a unique feeling all to itself and my time with it was pleasantly surprising with it.
  10. COGconnected
    Sep 5, 2016
    75
    Vibration from the controller and the sheer speed and sense of losing control feels great and makes you believe you are in a powerful suit.

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 45
  3. Negative: 7 out of 45
  1. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 28, 2016
    7
    Valley
    A calming adventure…
    Valley is a mirrors edge meets sonic the hedgehog first person 3d platforming feeling walking simulator game…    Valley
    A calming adventure…
    Valley is a mirrors edge meets sonic the hedgehog first person 3d platforming feeling walking simulator game…
    Hard concept to wrap your head around, but it feels great…
    The game takes place as the title suggests in a valley...
    Youre there to search for the lifeseed
    You get a leaf suit very early on and as you progress youll unlock new powers for this suit…
    The first half of valley is so beautifully calming that as I sate in my first impressions video relieved me of all my real world stress almost instantaneously…
    The music and atmosphere is perfect…
    I almost felt like I was in a first person crash bandicoot game with 0 threat.....
    running through the hills with these adorably glowy guys running around, collecting orbs and breathing life into dead trees and animals that I didn’t understand why I was doing this at first, but It felt great…
    And then you learn why..
    The animals were dead because of a government project going on…
    these leaf suits are powered by life… and to give life you have to take life…
    So every time you die in a platforming section you take life from the valley…
    Animals and plants die…
    You can bring them back to life though with the blue orbs you find around… which is also your leaf suits fuel for pulling off new moves during the 2nd half of the game…
    So it’s a careful balance between making sure your suit has energy and keeping the valley at full health while you try and get to the life seed…
    The 2nd half of the game though, I feel takes a turn for the worst as things get more gray and colorless…
    I’m not a fan of factory or station type settings, and this is where the majority of the 2nd half takes place…
    The 2nd half is when things shift from feeling like a 3d platformer into more mirrors edge…
    You’ll get new abilities like being able to swing by a chain, double jumping.. walking up magnetic walls and 2 of my favorites being able to run faster on tracks and being able to run on water…
    These moments were some of my favorite in the game…
    These new abilities keep the game feeling fresh and really make the 4 and half hour long journey fly by…
    During your journey you’ll also run into some enemies that drain life from you, but you can defeat them by giving them life…
    they’re a little annoying, nothing too bad to deal with, but I personally felt they were pointless…
    Valley Is definitely an awesome experience that by the games end will have you questioning everything you just did to get to that point…
    But its weak factory levels hinder it enough from ever reaching an overall solid level of greatness…
    I give Valley
    a 7/10    … Full Review »
  2. MonkeyMan1976
    Aug 27, 2016
    9
    I absolutely love this game! Came out of nowhere. As soon as the Valley opens up and that music starts - kind of like Enya meets Lord of theI absolutely love this game! Came out of nowhere. As soon as the Valley opens up and that music starts - kind of like Enya meets Lord of the Rings - it grabbed me. What starts out like a walking simulator quickly ends the when the LEAF suit gets discovered. That's when the smile came across my face - with the epic leaps and insane running down hills at speed. The story is cool, about a WWII weapons project competing with the atomic bomb project. But the real cool aspect is the Valley's balance of life and death which forces you to be careful with the energy you use. Overall, even though its kind of short, I think its one of the real indie sleeper hits of the year!… Full Review »
  3. Evono
    Aug 27, 2016
    10
    This game i dont know what to say. i probably played around 300+ games already. and each year i think this new game is Meh or medium good onlyThis game i dont know what to say. i probably played around 300+ games already. and each year i think this new game is Meh or medium good only rare ones surprise me and make me really think "wow" or make me play it straight in one session till end ( because its so great )

    This game i cant describe it. its Fantastic, it looks GREAT , the sounds are GREAT , the Story is GREAT ( if you read the papers too ) it made me think wow in alot of parts , there were alot of game parts that were plain fun.

    i will buy it as soon as i can (i played it at a friend) atm iam extremely poor but as soon as i can i will support this dev , this dev is Probably one of the few out there that really deserves each penny . you see and feel the love put into this game at every corner every mile of this game

    the game was a bit short. but really it entertainment on multiple levels better as most AAA titles in the last years !

    Had 0 Bugs with it .    … Full Review »
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