Vulture Island
Description (IGDB)
Help 4 friends escape Vulture Island in an exploration-oriented retro platformer.
Histoire (IGDB)
Benjamin has built a spectacular flying machine to take him and his friends around the world. During one of the first flight sessions something goes wrong. The youngsters have no choice but to parachute themselves to safety. After an exhausting swim Alex, Paul and Stella end up on a distant island. Barehanded and with no trace of Benjamin.
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Description Steam (Français)
Rather than stacking up high scores and running towards the end of each level, you get to roam freely in an open world and explore caves, swamps, temples, pirate ships and more.
You collect objects along your way, solve puzzles and talk to NPCs, all while being wrapped inside the platform gameplay mechanism we all have to come to love since the golden era of 8-bit computers and consoles.
THE PLOT
Benjamin has built a spectacular flying machine to take him and his friends around the world.
During one of the first flight sessions something goes wrong. The youngsters have no choice but to parachute themselves to safety.
After an exhausting swim Alex, Paul and Stella end up on a distant island.
Barehanded and with no trace of Benjamin.
GAME FEATURES
* Non-linear gameplay: Explore the island freely
* Non-destructive gameplay: When failing, you're simply thrown back to the overview map instead of losing all progress
* Interact with NPCs, trade tools and help each other
* Collect items to your inventory
* Solve puzzles
* Battle enemies & bosses
CONTROLLER OPTIONS
* Supports keyboard (Cursor keys, Space)
* Supports joypad (Any USB-joypad detected by Windows with 4 buttons or more)
* Supports touch screens (Touch control HUD appears automatically when touching the screen)
Éditions et prix Steam
Avis des joueurs Steam
Mises à jour et Actualités
v1.01 fixes Windows 7 compatibility issues reported by some users
Version 1.01 of Vulture Island was uploaded this Tuesday, and based on reports from Windows 7 users that previously had problems running the game, it seems everything works as expected now. :) Thanks for all feedback and please let us know if any other issues arise. The Donut Games team
v1.01 fixes Windows 7 compatibility issues reported by some users
Version 1.01 of Vulture Island was uploaded this Tuesday, and based on reports from Windows 7 users that previously had problems running the game, it seems everything works as expected now. :) Thanks for all feedback and please let us know if any other issues arise. The Donut Games team
Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« A challenging retro platformer whose nonlinear structure is both a rewarding aspect and a potential source of frustration. »
« Despite the lack of direction and precise controls, we enjoyed our time on Vulture Island. Each individual level, from the gorilla-guarded jungle to the seagull-infested pier, is a charming slice of an oddly cohesive whole thanks to the shared collection of puzzles and items scattered around the world. »
« While there's a lot that's odd about Vulture Island, I really like the game here. The puzzles are fetch quest type stuff, but their uses are just devious enough that they will make you feel stupid for not figuring it out sooner. And the whole game's clunkiness just kind of gives the game a particular character to it. »
« An homage to the classic 2D platform adventure games from the 8 and 16 bit era, from Super Mario Bros to Alex Kidd. »
« I really wanted to like Vulture Island, especially since it was made by Donut Games, makers of the excellent Traps n' Gemstones. That, and the game wears a lot really great inspirational touchstones on its sleeve. Unfortunately though, I spent the majority of my time with the game dying repeatedly or looking at a walkthrough and rolling my eyes at puzzle solutions, which was not particularly fun or satisfying. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Ignore the hater, this is a good game, although it can be a bit frustrating at times. The platforming ramps up in difficulty reasonably well. The puzzles are a bit obscure but will eventually reward even trial and error. I thought that the art style is charmingly retro. Overall, an entertaining game but not as deep as Donut Games' other somewhat similar title "Traps & Gemstones". »
« Game ****. How this overrated bucket of afterbirth got a 76/100 is beyond me. If you want to buy this game I hope you enjoy the annoying wild goose chase. »
