Variable State·Released Sep 22, 2016·Single player
Virginia is a first person interactive drama. It is the story of a recently graduated FBI agent and her partner as they seek to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young boy. In the birthplace of America nothing is quite what it seems.
Variable State's Virginia is by and large an unsuccessful attempt to make something interesting. An absolutely incredible soundtrack and great environmental art fail to lift the game from a bog of issues. There are some severe technical issues here, but real criticism should be pointed in the direction of the oftentimes incomprehensible narrative, which needed to be much stronger given the general lack of interactivity elsewhere.
An interactive story that delivers an emotionally compelling drama without a single line of dialogue.
The world is a maze, and the minotaur lurks at the centre. What form will it take? I shouldn't really talk about it. Ev…
A taut thriller that balances between storytelling and interactivity in a way narrative-driven first-person adventure games rarely accomplish.
If you’re a little bit curious, or if you enjoyed any of the games with which it shares its DNA, Virginia may be one of the oddest and most fascinating things you’ve played in a long, long time. Vivid Virginia is a hell of a lot more than plain old “walking.”
A slick cinematic thriller, but interaction is limited and the story loses focus in the final act.
