Vane

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
49

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 53
  3. Negative: 24 out of 53
  1. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Jan 15, 2019
    85
    In its refusal to hold your hand or even guide you a little, Vane feels like it stands out among its peers as a vehicle to deliver narrative agency for players, not because they have a list of choices to sift through, but because they are presented with an environment and scenario that is so freely open to interpretation. With Vane, you get out what you put in, and while you may not come back to it multiple times, that first one is a doozy.
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 4, 2019
    80
    Vane is a storm of impressions. A beautiful and intriguing journey through innovation and mystery, plagued with bad camera angles, glitches and low framerate. Yet, it somehow manages to keep your sense of wonder over most of its flaws, and be an amazing and breathtaking, but sadly, a short title.
  3. The Digital Fix
    Jan 18, 2019
    80
    This game won’t be for everyone. A short playtime and lack of instruction of what to do or where to go, coupled with a range of annoying little glitches, may cause many to get frustrated. However the overall look and atmosphere is incredible. You’ll want to explore each location in order to enjoy the game because the pleasure we get from a journey is perhaps more dependent on the mind-set that we travel with, than on the destination we travel to.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Jan 18, 2019
    An ungainly but hypnotic exploration of worlds in the making and unmaking, and a fresh spin on the ethos of Team Ico's games and Journey. [Eurogamer Recommended]
  2. Mashable
    Jan 24, 2019
    While Vane alone may not be worth its $25 price tag, the lesson it can teach about the art form of game creation and its essential ingredients absolutely is.
  3. Polygon
    Jan 15, 2019
    Vane begins with me joyfully soaring above sun-bleached sand drifts. But it gently dissolves into me slowly pushing a giant rock from one tiresome puzzle to another. This feels like an apposite visual juxtaposition for my entire experience, which slides from admiration to mild boredom.
  5. The Verge
    Jan 16, 2019
    What makes the game memorable is also what makes it frustrating. Vane doesn’t really rely on story or characters. Instead, it focuses primarily on the audiovisual experience, presenting stunning scenes that you can imbue with your own meaning. But by leaving so much up to the player, Vane’s developers have also created an experience that can be obtuse and mystifying, often to its detriment.
  6. VG247
    Jan 16, 2019
    As my first real foray into the silent indie adventure genre, I was pleasantly surprised.

Awards & Rankings

80
#80 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 35
  3. Negative: 15 out of 35
  1. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 15, 2019
    5
    Vane
    3 and a half hours of frustration
    Vane at a glance looks like a team ico like game, and I’m in love with these types of games… so I was    Vane
    3 and a half hours of frustration
    Vane at a glance looks like a team ico like game, and I’m in love with these types of games… so I was so excited to play this one.. And unfortunately it’s just a broken feeling frustrating experience...
    Here you play as a bird boy…
    you transform back and forth… you take bird form to gather other birds around the different maps to help you progress through the next section of the game, and you take the form of a boy to run through the different little sections.. Unfortunately none of these sections or levels are fun to explore or play through…
    Both forms are frustrating to play as... the bird form feels awkward and stiff… I felt hardly any control as I’m trying to perch on items to call for my bird friends to help, and as the boy I feel you just move so slow that its just infuriating to run through sections..
    and the frustration here just deepened for me towards the end where the game just started breaking on me…
    I fell through a map and entered an endless death loop.. backed out into the menu and lost an insane amount of progress, but I pushed through… the game wasn’t awful and I wanted to see all it had to offer… so I finally find the solution to the spot I was stuck in, bringing these sections back to life with this orb im pushing around with my other little bird boy friends…
    an then one of them somehow gets stuck up on a ledge, making it impossible for me tpo progress the game, and once again I had to back out.. in hopes that okay I mad a nice chunk of progress, surely the game wont set me all the way back to the beginning of this chapter… and it did.. I wanted to cry..
    the checkpoints are awful for how broken this game feels…
    vane sadly looks far better than it actually is..
    There is a positive of a bunch of silver and gold trophies, but aside from that.. This is a highly skippable title that offers nothing but frustration, from its mechanics to its bugs….
    I give Vane
    a 4.5/10    … Full Review »
  2. SylviaLehman
    Jan 20, 2019
    10
    I just loved it. Is a exploration for another misterious world . I loved to fly as a bird. The visuals are awesome. The soundtrack is good.I just loved it. Is a exploration for another misterious world . I loved to fly as a bird. The visuals are awesome. The soundtrack is good. If you complete all the tasks, and there are so so many, the gameplay surpass 15 hours. Its my kind of game , perfect after a long and hard workday.… Full Review »
  3. EvilEmperor2
    Jan 16, 2019
    0
    Completamente tedioso, não parece um jogo bem estruturado apesar de Indie, e se mostra muito fraco até mesmo para carregar tal nome...
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