Vigor

 Xbox One
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 71 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 47 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 71
  3. Negative: 15 out of 71

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  1. Razzz
    Sep 3, 2019
    5
    Vigor at it's best is a survival shooter with tense moments of panic that leave you smiling after the fact.
    Or it can be a buggy mess where every moment is stressful and leaves you wishing you were playing something else.
    (Vigor is a FREE game in the XB1 store however this does not dissolve the criticism for it.) You're one of many survivors living out in an apocalyptic(?) Norway.    Vigor at it's best is a survival shooter with tense moments of panic that leave you smiling after the fact.
    Or it can be a buggy mess where every moment is stressful and leaves you wishing you were playing something else.

    (Vigor is a FREE game in the XB1 store however this does not dissolve the criticism for it.)

    You're one of many survivors living out in an apocalyptic(?) Norway. The game does a good job of pulling you into that, mixing gameplay choices with design choices to make a convincing survival experience. Just from how your house is separated from the rest of the population is one cool choice, the maps pushing you away with nuclear radiation, losing all your loot on death, trading and donating to other survivors all pull you in.

    The gameplay:
    The gameplay is simplistically fun, although I doubt it's long term use. You join one of 6 current maps, then when you're in that map you are dropped randomly onto one of 8 points, in which your job is to scavenge materials to upgrade your base while 8-12 players also compete to do the same
    The maps are big, big enough to the point where I have gone multiple games in a row without ever encountering a single person. Which is kind of cool? I am a big fan of this battle-royale ensure games, especially ones that are slower and bigger. While I feel slightly annoyed I have yet to shoot anyone in 5 games I understand that's how the game can work, even if I am actively searching for someone.
    The shooting in this game is weird. And I don't mean just battlefield specific where they did it well.
    The shooting is an utter ass, but whether or not that's because the game is buggy as hell, or it's meant to be that way is unknown, although it feels intentional. It feels like one of those heavily realistic games, aiming in the first person and third is unreliable which can be really frustrating, As I've my crosshair over someone ten feet away and I miss all shots before they can turn and shoot me or just run-away. Which is another issue, spring is so fast and so inconsequential and the shooting so inaccurate and unreliable if you're being shot at, just run around you're guaranteed to get away and live. The only ways you can REALLY die in this game is either:
    - Getting snuck up on
    - Engaging in a firefight
    - Accidental Suicide
    - The nuclear wave (Which is like a battle royale safe zone. Just more dangerous as it will sweep across the map instead of creating a smaller zone from the outside in.
    You will likely never be killed from running away from someone unless you get trapped and they get lucky. This game is in beta and definitely needs to tweak it. It feels like never shooting and never taking guns with you can be the best option. As when you die in the "Outlands" (the multiplayer maps) whatever you had on, you lose it all unless you have insurance which is costly.
    But the bugs hold this game back, so many laggy and server connection issues, doors and cupboards not working properly, Gltiched moving really dampens this game, making it that more frustrating when you die to lag. Which has always been a thing in FPS games, but this makes it worse.

    You can also shoot in 1st/3rd person but not move in 1st person which is really disappointing for me, as I love to experience a large map in 1st person it is more immersive and exciting that way.

    Finally, it's free to play the game, so yes there are microtransactions although this is probably one of the best ways it's been handled. You can buy "Crowns" or you can generate them through a windmill on your little piece of Norway. The crowns never do anything besides cosmetics and upgrading the loot for everyone in the game. The only thing is the insurance, but no-one is paying real money for the insurance, it isn't worth the money since you can build weapons
    The game is fun in its state, but the bugs, building times, and hard to hit requirements for upgrading your house in it's mid to late levels made me play this game for hours for the first few days, but now I barely touch it. But there is hope this game will continue to grow and is definitely worth the try.    … Expand
  2. HonestreviewTV
    Nov 14, 2019
    5
    It’s not good, it’s not bad, so 5 should be the the score but it’s free so a 5. They update it pretty often usually making it worse. So another update will drop and fix the problem until you realize there’s 3 other problems that started because the update. There’s also some issues with shooting, it’s so “realistic” the fact that it’s a video game makes it not at all. At the end of the dayIt’s not good, it’s not bad, so 5 should be the the score but it’s free so a 5. They update it pretty often usually making it worse. So another update will drop and fix the problem until you realize there’s 3 other problems that started because the update. There’s also some issues with shooting, it’s so “realistic” the fact that it’s a video game makes it not at all. At the end of the day it’s free, it’s fun 25% of the time and frustrating 75% of the time. Try at no expense. Be warned though you will get stuck in game with no escape just glued to your location at the absolute worst times.… Expand
  3. Matt24tdg
    Mar 28, 2021
    7
    I really enjoy the game play. Pretty easy to get going, get an ok gun, and put up a fight against others. Wanna run and gun? Go for it. Wanna loot quietly and get the hell out? Done. So far, the games biggest weakness? The servers, holy crap batman. Literally lost dozens of valuable guns and loot to dropped servers. Virtually makes the gun unplayable some times. Other then that, it's aI really enjoy the game play. Pretty easy to get going, get an ok gun, and put up a fight against others. Wanna run and gun? Go for it. Wanna loot quietly and get the hell out? Done. So far, the games biggest weakness? The servers, holy crap batman. Literally lost dozens of valuable guns and loot to dropped servers. Virtually makes the gun unplayable some times. Other then that, it's a nice break from Warzone :).… Expand
  4. helmetologist
    Apr 6, 2023
    5
    this game had a very strong start. all elements that made it good had been there when it came out for open play testing in 2018. since then, not much had been added aside from micro transactions and a few new maps. the map design and asthetics of this game are exeptional. vigor is one of the best looking games of its time, and still today is one of the best looking games aviable on xbox.this game had a very strong start. all elements that made it good had been there when it came out for open play testing in 2018. since then, not much had been added aside from micro transactions and a few new maps. the map design and asthetics of this game are exeptional. vigor is one of the best looking games of its time, and still today is one of the best looking games aviable on xbox. the gameplay was buggy and janky at the start, some of which has been fixed. gun balancing is absoluteley horrible and has only been made worse with every consecutive update. i have spend 4200 hours in this game, so two hours every day for the last 5 years. what kept my in the game for so long was an idea of where it could go. not a lot was needed to make this a game of the decade, but that was never added. ultimately i had to admit to myself that all this is is a good looking but cheaply made tarkov clone with the singular goal of making money. is it fun to play? yes absolutely. the game looks amazing, gameplay is hard and punishing, there is a strong skillcurve to the gameplay. but there is nowhere to go. there are a lot of cosmetics in the game, every single one of which comes with a pricetag, so prepare your wallet if you dont want to be a greencoat for the rest of your time, or try for one of the two outfits that can be gained via shootout and elimination crates. shelter building is nice, but not worth the effort. there is no noteworthy player interaction aside from a discord server and the ability to shoot each other. it should also be said that pricing is inconsistent. the same jacket can cost you 5€ one day, and then be on discount for 7€ so do keep that in mind. seasons were an interesting concept, but with legacy seasons there is no time pressure on them. and all season cosmetics can be bought in the shop after the season is over, so there is no "item prestige" as there would be in similar games. there is no rarity balancing, even though guns are colorgraded in rarity grades. gold and purple guns are the most common guns in the game, and even though they are referred to as the rarest, are actuallly the easiest to get from the environment. blue guns are the hardest to get usually, but even they are commonly found. your stash will quickly overflow, so one good thing is that there is no maximum cap of how may guns you hoard. i had 11000 guns, at least 100 of each, before i turned them all into resources and uninstalled the game.

    in short.
    visually it is exceptional. one of the most beautifull games i have ever played
    gameplay is hard, punishing, now sort of fixed, and also very pointless. you are playing towards nothing and even though your loadout disapears when you die, there are few loadouts that you could not regain in 1-2 rounds of looting.
    the microtransactions are some of the most annoying ones i have ever seen in any game.

    sometimes i install it to look at it, but then i uninstall it again because i dont want to play it.

    this game had an ambitious start and then did nothing with it.

    5/10 i love it, dont play it, and dont buy anything so that you dont encourage bohemia to think
    that they should do this with any of their other games too.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. GamingTrend
    Sep 9, 2020
    60
    Vigor is clunky and brutal. There is no satisfying single-player to fall back on, so every game session feels like a strain. It’s a shame because the ideas are sound, and it could be great, but the poor mechanics torpedo any competitive urge you have going into it. Vigor’s gunplay needs to improve drastically before it can start to accrue a real audience of passionate players.
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  2. Everyeye.it
    Dec 29, 2019
    40
    There is no fun in waiting six hours to have the opportunity to produce a weapon which, however, will require a project and materials; there is no greater nervousness than being killed to get a poor gun removed and there is nothing more tedious than an obsolete and redundant system of microtransactions.
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  3. GameSpace
    Sep 19, 2019
    55
    Vigor is a looter-shooter experience that presents a strong form in its post-looting part, but when it comes to action moments, the game lacks required challenge due to its unbalanced design. Vigor will worth playing if the developer attempts to add more new content to the game.
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