Valley

 PlayStation 4
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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 45 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 7 out of 45

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  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… 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…    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    … Expand
  2. destinyfan1
    Apr 25, 2018
    7
    I first thought it was a big 'meh',but after a while it became more fun
    The graphics are pretty decent ,but some stuff looks still bad,like the ground( not with grass on)
    The concept is great,you need to collect life to keep your suit working,and the animals and plants depend their lifes on it With this suit you can run faster ,double jump,run on walls,etc.... Collecting orbs will    I first thought it was a big 'meh',but after a while it became more fun
    The graphics are pretty decent ,but some stuff looks still bad,like the ground( not with grass on)
    The concept is great,you need to collect life to keep your suit working,and the animals and plants depend their lifes on it
    With this suit you can run faster ,double jump,run on walls,etc....
    Collecting orbs will bring them back
    Also the soundtrack is very great,and nice to relax to
    Only a few drawbacks make me give this a 7
    - stupid save system
    - it is short
    - pretty easy
    While this game is great and the developers clearly put love into it,it still felt a little shallow ,and could have been more,but it's still a great relaxing game worth the buy    … Expand
  3. SplitMind
    Jan 21, 2022
    7
    Valley is an interesting game that caught my eye as it appeared to be more of a running simulator than a walking simulator.

    The graphics of Valley are mostly pretty good. There are some amazing bucolic scenes greeting you a you soar through the air. The downside of this really is that they end up being one-dimensional. You're either in a nice forest or in the dank steel hallways of a    Valley is an interesting game that caught my eye as it appeared to be more of a running simulator than a walking simulator.

    The graphics of Valley are mostly pretty good. There are some amazing bucolic scenes greeting you a you soar through the air. The downside of this really is that they end up being one-dimensional. You're either in a nice forest or in the dank steel hallways of a factory, with the latter being very unpleasant to the eyes. Valley could definitely have benefitted from more variety especially during the fast-paced sections.

    The gameplay of Valley comes down to traversal, opening boxes and hitting switches. When I was on the move and going at great speeds the game was at its most enjoyable. The mech suit is a genius gimmick to elevate the game from a mere walking simulator. The downside was that faster speeds were of course harder to control. This is to be expected, but getting stopped abruptly in your tracks kills enjoyment easily and exposes where Valley is rough around the edges.

    The traversal could also be a bit wonky as you rely on grapple hooks being responsive and landing on sometimes small platforms. The good thing is the punishment for death isn't so severe but if you fall from a great height you may be respawned on a platform near to the height you died, not the height you fell from. This was infrequent for me but maddening when it did happen.

    The gimmick of Valley is that you can breathe life into the valley by reviving dead fauna and animals. This is a nice touch that adds a bit of optimism to the game.

    They story of Valley connects the areas you explore well. There are quite a few documents to read and I must confess I skipped a lot of these in favour of exploring, but the story comes together cohesively regardless. Rather than texts, Valley could probably have benefitted from audio logs that fed you the story as you explored like in other walking simulators.

    Overall, Valley is a great game conceptually but you can really feel the limitations of the budget in execution. There is still plenty to enjoy and I appreciated it not being a particularly long game either. This is the kind of game that makes me very interested to see what the studio put out next, and that's commendable in itself.    … Expand
  4. szastamasta
    Jul 24, 2021
    5
    Meh. Nothing interesting and very short. All the “unique mechanics” are pretty boring. Finished it and forgot about it.
  5. Kesagake
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    A surprisingly innovative and engaging game from the makers of the Slender series. An interesting story with fun and varied mechanics make this game worth your time.

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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. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  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.
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