Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
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Decent parkour, quick and enjoyable story, fantastic graphics and music.
Fun. Very short.
Good Game.
This is only a negative review because Steam doesn't allow for a middle ground. Valley is just fine... but it didn't excite me. I'll be honest - I got it eight years ago, played an hour or two, and then it landed in my backlog until now. Which is a shame; the concept is cool and it's right up my alley. I enjoyed the few characters that we get to know through voice logs.
There was no challenge to any of it, though. The movement is fun, but unfortunately it wasn't satisfying overall. You end up spending a lot of time slowly jogging around and looking for collectables instead of pushing the mech suit to its limits.
Keeping in mind that this is quite a short game, I'd advise waiting for a steep sale if you're considering this one. Like I said, it's alright, but I didn't love it enough to encourage others to try it.
walk walk walk run run run run RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN LEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
Un juego bastante bonito, me gusto el tema de la importancia ambiental y la valoracion de la vida misma.
i played this 7 years ago from waht i remember i like it
SPEEDDDDDDDDDDDD
One of the most satisfying games I've ever played. Movement is smooth, levels are varied and interesting to explore, the story is nice, exploration is rewarding, it's not too long, not too short, getting 100% achievements is doable. Played it twice now and will come back again for sure!
jUST PLAY IT
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A hidden gem, loved it so much I can't bring myself to replay years later to not to spoil the feeling
[h1]Rating: 7/10 -Decent[/h1]
Valley is a decent 3D platformer. You play as an archaeologist that tries to find the life seed. A powerful relic. you travel to a remote region to search for the seed. You find an exo suit that was left there in the Second World War. you use it to run and jump faster to traverse the valley. The suit also comes with a tape player that lets you play 1940s tapes that are scattered around the valley kind of like in Bioshock. There are also collectibles and suit upgrades to find. Your journey leads through forests, mountains and abandoned WW2 facilities in the search of the life seed.
這款遊戲我七八年前買的，但是因為不知道怎麼漢化緣故，我到現在才玩。
非常驚喜，一款老遊戲有那麼傑出的設定與藝術
最傑出的部分在於地圖設定與音樂，讓我在奔跑時非常有動感。
雖然戰鬥偏向簡單，解謎要素不難
但是真的是一款好遊戲
而且探討內容有深度
Good game. Dig around the discussions to find the fix for the odd vertical mouse sensitivity issue. Good story, great graphics, fair handling. Can't complain.
游戏质量可以，但是米中文鸭。
sry for u havnt cn.
202408，steam，steam掉卡抵扣，它处自定义包入的本体约5元。
爱人如己，目前就这，看以后追评。
short and sweet, doesn't overstay its welcome
[h3] Achievement Hunting Rating 3/5 [/h3]
An action platformer with a collectathon at the end. This game felt like a combination of Mirrors edge and Bioshock but stripped down to a limited 9 hour experience. You will need a guide to find everything and if you are not careful you might need to play through twice to get a skill related achievement.
Valley is a first-person 3d platformer and parkour game. There's a little shooting later on, not really difficult, but that's not the focus of the game. Great running and jumping. Can be exhilirating when you go at full speed and jump high and far. Beautiful in the outside areas. Acceptable but too dark in the inside areas. Decent level design overall but with lusterless lighting. Would have benefitted from ray tracing or at least more dynamic lighting. I liked the upgrade progression. It lacked variety in terms of chest contents and enemies, but again, fighting was secondary. The gimmick of draining or giving life to trees and animals was novel and nice. Game could be pretty short if you rush through without exploring.
Very unique gameplay and open world exploration. Nice visuals and great for a casual gameplay session.
Gameplay is repetitive but short, completed the entire game in just 4 hrs. Bought the game for few less than 50 cents from third party site green man gaming. It was well worth it.
A pretty good experience. It was a bit slow and dull for my taste, but the idea of speeding through the beautiful valley was great.
Hat Spaß gemacht
Great game.
Great stuff. Just enjoy the story.. read the notes.
Приятная атмосфера, классная музыка, кайфовый паркур. Не без недостатков, конечно, но после прохождения остались приятные ощущения.
个人评分：6/10
6年前玩过的老游戏，现在想起来给个好评。
一款前期无聊，后期还不错的跑酷游戏，当时对PC游戏懵懵懂懂，不过玩完后感觉还是一款制作用心的游戏。
Well, it only took me 10 years to finally play it, but Valley is a chill gamer's gem... for the most part. I was in love with the open spaces and speed mechanics, but when hostiles were introduced in later chapters, they were something of a bummer despite being a natural progression in the story. Great game for fans of running, restoring life to trees, and dying by drowning.
A fun little adventure with a cool world and decent story, pretty short but if you can pick it up on sale its a good way to spend an evening.
Good story and OK gamplay.
非常好游戏，让我飞起来
This game is an interesting playthrough
The story isn't too long or complicated, although I do think there are some under utilized aspects like the native people of the Valley that lived there before our story takes place.
Valley is something of a feathered fish. It's an atmospheric walking simulator and a platformer with FPS elements. However, it is a fish that manages to majestically fly and swim at once, at least when everything clicks together.
If you've ever played a 2010s walking simulator, you know what to expect. Your tossed into a mysterious land with only voice memos (remember those?) and other visual clues to piece together what happened as you journey further into the heart of the valley. However, what sets it apart is that it's a RUNNING simulator, as your new suit allows you to zoom zoom zoom at incredible speeds. Did I mention that you can also do crazy jumps, turning it into a fun platformer? As well as being able to shoot energy beams at malicious spirits and also use your suit to bring everything back to life.
It's a short game, evidenced by my play time (3.5 hours) for one playthrough (and that was me taking my time to scavenge for items). Valley is also a pretty easy game, as health is plentiful, jumping gives lots of mercy to your trajectory, and you're given so many "lives" that you pretty much have to get a game over on purpose. However, I think the easy difficulty fits its laid back atmosphere setting which turns it into the type of game you play when you want to chill for a while.
tl;dr Still worth a purchase when it's on sale.
Excellent action/adventure game.
Really mechanically fun to play
Boring. Empty. No other humans to interact with. Story was slow and boring also without being interesting.
What a hidden gem of a game, it does literally everything I look for in a game.
Amazing music
Great art style/graphics
Fluid movement
All the settings you need
Unique setting
A plot that doesn't get in the way
Man where has this been, some elements from NieR Automata, a bit of 1960's/Bioshock-Fallout and some fantasy RPG and it somehow works.
All things I love and not a single moment where I got annoyed or frustrated, a bit trivial but I don't think this was made to be challenging, super relaxing experience that takes 3 hours to complete.
Huge recommend!
Game is very pretty. Game is simple, not difficult by any means. I think it could have been way better by flushing out some level designs, and refining the application of certain mechanics to keep the flow of the game fast paced. It felt like it wanted you to be explorative but also largely played as a fast paced game so it was a bit off putting at times to stop to try and find and explore stuff when if you just sprinted through it would have felt like it was flowing better.
However I say again I thoroughly enjoyed it, and for the price and time commitment its well worth the time. I would have kept playing if there was more to play. Hopefully they make some sort of sequel to the game where somebody else discovers the leaf suits and starts abusing the power and you are forced to essentially go back and fight or something. I think that could be cool but who knows.
such a nice little gem, game is short but doesn't waste your time, just shows you some cool mechanics and environments then makes a timely exit
I really thought this game was a beautiful experience. I got it on sale. I wouldn't buy it for the standard price since I have to conserve my spending but of many cheap games I have purchased recently, this one stuck out to me. It reminded me of things like Portal and The Maze Runner. I would say I have a fondness for this game. It was special to me because I play games to have a good time and to feel good and this game did that, which is far more than many games have done.
Honestly loved it, it was one of those games that even though its a little short its a masterpeice, the gameplay is fun, the raising and elding life aspect is neat and the movement is so satisfying. The game was well worth the money, would buy again happily! Bravo to the devs
非常不错的一款跑酷游戏，风景美，音乐棒，尤其外骨骼的加入，主角的机动能力得到十分加强，因此跑起来十分带感，超级带感！！！隧道加速跑，以及超长滑坡跑，真的超级有氛围感。剧情也还不错。不过部分可能有一点指引不清楚的地方，以及一些容易死的点位，会有点折磨人。
очень красивая игра для своего времени
Really quite good, the story is average, really just set dressing for the stellar movement and game mechanics. This game knows exactaly what it is, its pretty and feels amazing to play, not much more to it though. The movement alone has gotten me to replay this game before.
Весьма атмосферная игра, купил давно, прошел на одном дыхании. Спустя несколько лет решил перепройти на 100%.... И так же на одном дыхании проходится... ВСЕМ СОВЕТУЮ!!!
Game forces itself to run on my vertical screen, and even after forcing it on to my main (horizontal/normal) screen, it remains in a vertical aspect ratio. Unfortunately this isnt fixable as there is no way to change the resolution in the games options and even launch options will not force the games resolution to what i want. Why a game would ship without the ability to change resolution, i have no idea.
Definitely worth getting on sale. You get four to five hours of running, jumping, and shooting on a much larger scale than usual. The story is coherent if not terribly original, but you don't have to stop for it - it's told through recordings that play automatically when you hit milestones and they don't interrupt the flow.
I assume if you are a completionist you can get a more time out of it, but I was happy to just finish the story, Well worth a couple bucks.
Nice
A good (for the most part relaxing) journey through a different world. It rewards exploration, and is visually beautiful. Took me about 10 hours, but I like exploration. Definitely would recommend for gamers of all ages.
Valley made me run faster than I ever have in real life, which isn’t saying much, but still.
The story surprised me. It's not a masterpiece, but good enough. A decent game if you enjoy speed, nature, and breaking physics.
게임의 완성도에 비해 이상할 정도로 인지도가 낮은데 환경도 아름답고 재미도 있고 생각할 거리도 있음.
Very beautiful game. You run around, jump around, basically fly around and bring trees back to life. Relaxing as hell, the end is kinda wild tho.
3个小时回去把这款当时买的游戏rush掉了...
整体的感觉是一个艺术品...当时因为语言的原因，什么都看不懂，如同天书，现在知识水平起来了，零死亡通了，跑酷+观光游戏，纯流程不卡关3-4小时。
虽然话题有些老套但是，微妙的超然感，探索的依旧是人与科技与自然，比起游戏更像是观光浏览，有点青涩的小小的艺术品的感觉，在现在这个工业化罐头频发，快餐横行的年代，回味以前的游戏有一种能目睹那个万物竟发的怀旧情绪在其中，似乎都在探索不同的道路，我其实还挺喜欢这种看起来赚钱意味不太明显的游戏的hhhh
Valley is a really strange game. On the one hand, it is a perfectly adequate first-person arcade platformer with well thought out mechanics, magic acorns, pixies, and nice visuals. On the other hand, it tries to tell a serious story set during World War II that feels like a parody on Portal, written by a 12 year old. I kid you not, the notes you find spread all over this Sussurian valley are some of the corniest things you will ever read. The result is a game that feels like it was never finished and I honestly can't tell who it was made for. The difficulty is laughably easy as you are constantly fed energy upgrades even though there are infinite energy sources literally around every corner and never given anything challenging to do with all that energy. Enemies are few and far between and die instantly without ever posing any threat. Controls cannot be remapped. Sound volume settings lack a slider for audio tapes and I could barely hear the story advancing recordings behind the music. But worst of all, there is just no point in exploring this beautiful world to find all its secrets because all you get for going off the beaten path is more acorns and suit upgrades, which you didn't really need to begin with. And you don't even get a zoom ability to help look for collectibles in these massive environments. Valley has a lot of unrealized potential but in its current state the story is bad and the journey is just not worth it.
This was [i]such[/i] a beautiful game, both the story and landscape. It doesn't take a long time to get to the ending, I completed it in less than 9 hours overall. It was a nice way to change up the games I've been playing lately without feeling I had to commit to a long story with complex game play. Although I would gladly play a longer telling of this game, I had so much fun. Reading the notes from all the soldiers and researchers really made the world feel more immersive. The controls were simple too, I like that I didn't have a whole lot of buttons to remember or miss-click something. I also have to add how fire the soundtrack is. I could just play it by itself but each song was was fitting for their respective part of the game.
Bought this game many years ago...played it all on a day off. didn't know what I was getting myself into, but it was an interesting little game. if you pick it up on sale I'd say it was worth the playthrough.
EDIT: I just kinda glanced at some comments and saw cortanis' negative review. everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this style of storytelling predates this game, and this game predates fallout 76 by 2 years so. This is a somewhat linear exploration game with an alright story. its not really a combat based game.
It's a decent little indie game from a decade ago. no more, no less.
Absolutely breathtaking.
An incredible experience with gorgeous visuals, superb movement and traversal, wonderful music, and a fascinating story.
Honestly one of the best games I've played in a hot minute, and one I can't recommend enough, go give this a try, you won't regret it.
Se juega en menos de cuatro horas y es una experiencia cuidada. Es un juego de 2016 de un equipo indie.
Destacaría tanto la música como los sonidos. Hay unas secciones de correr como Sonic que son bastante chulas.
Si te llama la atención por la atmósfera, la ambientación y la movilidad, adelante.
Valley, developed by Blue Isle Studios and published by Blue Isle Publishing, is a first-person adventure that blends exploration, science fiction, and nature’s quiet mysticism into a single sweeping experience. It begins with a sense of isolation and curiosity, placing the player in a remote, mountainous region filled with ancient ruins, forested trails, and remnants of a secret military experiment. The discovery of the L.E.A.F. suit—an exoskeleton designed to grant superhuman speed, agility, and control over life and death—sets the stage for an experience that balances beauty with danger. This premise alone is enough to intrigue anyone drawn to the mysterious allure of abandoned research projects and forgotten landscapes, but what truly defines Valley is how it translates that intrigue into kinetic freedom. The world is alive, breathing, and reactive, and every leap through the lush valley feels like an expression of vitality itself.
At its core, Valley thrives on movement. The L.E.A.F. suit is not just a gameplay gimmick—it’s the key to an exhilarating sense of flow that makes traversal both graceful and empowering. Running through open fields, bounding off cliffs, and soaring across gorges, the player feels momentum that rivals the fluidity of parkour-inspired titles while still being grounded in the game’s somber tone. Each region of the valley feels handcrafted to complement this motion: dense forests give way to meadows scattered with ruins, and narrow industrial corridors contrast sharply with the open natural beauty outside. The world encourages exploration through its verticality and hidden pathways, and although the progression is largely linear, it’s easy to get lost in the rhythm of the journey. The game captures that rare sense of “flow state,” where motion, sound, and sight blend into something almost meditative.
The central mechanic of the L.E.A.F. suit—the ability to both give and take life—adds a layer of moral and thematic tension to the adventure. The suit allows the player to restore dead plants and animals, reviving barren landscapes and rejuvenating decayed ecosystems. But the same power can also be used destructively, draining life energy to sustain oneself or fuel upgrades. This balance between creation and consumption forms the emotional spine of Valley’s experience. Every death carries a tangible cost: the player’s demise results in the decay of the surrounding environment, connecting mortality to the health of the world in a way that few games attempt. It’s a simple mechanic, but its implications are powerful. It encourages the player to think about their relationship to the world, transforming what would otherwise be routine respawns into moments of reflection about consequence and renewal.
Visually, Valley is a quiet marvel. The art direction focuses on mood rather than realism, combining the grandeur of mountainous terrain with glowing flora, ancient structures, and the haunting remains of wartime experiments. The contrast between nature’s serenity and the remnants of human ambition gives the world a melancholic atmosphere. The color palette shifts subtly between warm light and cool shadows, emphasizing the duality that runs through every aspect of the game—life versus death, creation versus destruction, science versus nature. The soundtrack enhances this emotional contrast beautifully. Its orchestral swells and ambient tones react to movement and discovery, often rising in step with your speed and fading during quieter moments, reinforcing the sensation that the valley itself is alive and aware of your presence.
Yet for all its artistry and mechanical charm, Valley’s weaknesses are hard to ignore. Its narrative, told through scattered audio logs and environmental clues, hints at deep lore and philosophical undertones but never fully develops them. The story touches on scientific hubris, environmental ruin, and the moral burden of power, but these ideas remain fragments rather than cohesive arguments. The pacing occasionally stumbles when combat encounters break the fluid rhythm of traversal, and while the suit’s energy mechanics are intriguing, they don’t evolve much over time. The game also ends rather abruptly, just as its world feels like it’s opening up to larger possibilities. This brevity can leave players with a sense of incompleteness, as if the valley still holds secrets it was never given enough time to reveal.
Despite these shortcomings, Valley remains a memorable and emotionally resonant experience. Its greatest triumph is how it conveys the joy of motion and the beauty of its world through gameplay alone, without the need for heavy exposition. Few games manage to make speed and grace feel so intrinsically tied to the narrative’s emotional core. Even when the story fades into the background, the act of running, leaping, and reviving life feels deeply satisfying, as though you are participating in the valley’s healing process. It is the kind of game that leaves an impression not through scale or complexity, but through the quiet strength of its design and the atmosphere it sustains from beginning to end.
Valley may not reach the narrative ambition of its premise, but it stands out as a rare example of a game that makes movement itself a form of storytelling. It is short, haunting, and filled with moments of serene beauty that linger long after the credits roll. Whether you see it as a parable about humanity’s connection to nature or simply as an exhilarating adventure through a forgotten world, it achieves something timeless: it makes you feel alive in motion. And in a story so preoccupied with life and death, that feeling alone is worth the journey.
Rating: 9/10
Top!
Fun game. Platforming mechanics are solid. Story is simple, but good with solid emotional beats. It's a short game, and I don't really have any desire to play it any more now that I've competed the story (3.5 hours for me, could be more or less depending on how much you explore vs push to the end). Since it's so short the value proposition is a bit iffy, but on sale, definitely recommend picking it up. I enjoyed my time with it.
I first got this game when I was ~16 y/o, and only reached the first electrified-rails section because my little laptop had been too much of a potato (there was a definite lag between input and response, iirc). When I bought a high-end gaming PC (~8 years later), I remembered this existed and dedicated my Saturday to finally finishing Valley. This game... is beautiful, and my memory did not do it justice at all.
Took ~10 hours to get through the main story, including *most* of the LEAF suit and energy pool upgrades, as well as stopping to read every piece of paper I could (big props to the writers for including such a source of lore, and to get all the different characters to feel unique!). Valley is overall very forgiving, as well as very rewarding for methodical players, so I was able to get all the way through without dying... except to my own audacity as I bamboozle my way into areas I'm not supposed to be in (like slipping down the gap between a rock and scaffold floor until I get stuck in the collision box under them, so I had to finagle my double-jumps to escape... only to give up after a few minutes by travelling back to the start of the level). Gorgeous graphics, especially the moss curtain/ropes
The only negative I have is a small one, about the aspect ratio being square, but that's more because the black side spaces would keep an afterimage of the last thing on it (like an achievement popup in the bottom right or the time and play duration from Shift-Tabbing into the Steam menu when paused). I actually don't mind the square itself as a gameplay negative; it made the experience feel more cozy/nostalgic for times long past).
It didn't like being Win-Shift-Right to my primary monitor after incorrectly opening on my secondary (Steam issue), which *did* send it into fullscreen (stretching the main menu and text obscenely). But since I found out that issue as soon as the game started, it was easy to just close it from the monitor I wanted it on, then just reopen it.
Valley — це атмосферна пригодницька гра від першої особи, яка поєднує платформер, дослідження та філософські мотиви.
🌄 Геймплей
Valley — це гра від студії Blue Isle (автори Slender: The Arrival), де гравець досліджує мальовничу долину у футуристичному екзоскелеті L.E.A.F., який дозволяє бігати, стрибати, літати та маніпулювати життям і смертю. Головна механіка — баланс енергії життя: гравець може оживляти природу або жертвувати її для власного виживання.
Гра поєднує швидкісні пробіжки, екологічні головоломки та легкий бойовий елемент.
✅ Плюси
- Унікальна механіка життя/смерті: Впливає на навколишній світ і геймплей.
- Відчуття швидкості: Екзоскелет дозволяє рухатись із шаленою динамікою.
- Атмосфера: Мальовничі локації, спокійна музика, медитативний настрій.
- Філософські теми: Дослідження природи, балансу, відповідальності.
- Невелика тривалість: 3–5 годин — ідеально для одного вечора.
❌ Мінуси
- Порожній світ: Мало NPC, взаємодії чи живих елементів.
- Слабкий бойовий компонент: Бої з ворогами виглядають примітивно.
- Нерівномірний темп: Швидкісні ділянки чергуються з повільними, що може дратувати.
- Сюжет подано уривчасто: Через аудіо-логи, без глибокої емоційної залученості.
- Обмежена реіграбельність: Після проходження — мало мотивації повертатись.
神。从头爽到尾，战斗不难，死亡惩罚轻，画面非常美，主角基本上是个超人。
即使完全忽略剧情也能正常玩，玩得很爽，虽然地图挺大但是路线引导做的很棒，不用太思考跟着直觉就能走对路，不会卡壳从而影响爽感。
剧情虽然是挺常见的那种环境保护立意，但是从一开始随意用能力杀死森林，到后来看着自己手里的lifeseed时不时就大面积消灭森林产生焦急情绪，我把能量给树木的原因从 ‘在游戏里复活的次数和森林的生命息息相关’ ，慢慢转变成了 ‘谁敢动老子的树’。 剧情也是一步一步显现出来，全程没有道德绑架的感觉，所以不仅不会对剧情产生一点厌恶，反而还会在最后庆幸自己一个人能让这么美的山谷免受灭顶之灾。
在游戏里夜晚那一章的时候，我真的是被美哭了，有巨大的一个月亮挂在天边，这个时候我准备往反方向走，去看看那个月亮。在明知道这不是正确的路的情况下，我竟然在离月亮最近的岩石上发现了一个箱子！这一刻真的很泪目，感觉游戏会用心的支持玩家的每一个兴趣点，即使不是在走主线也会有很多惊喜。
总之夯，总流程大概是3-4h，犹豫的兄弟姐妹们可以入手了。
I liked it
Das Spiel war seit jahren auf meinem Stapel der Schande.
Kurzer Jump&Run mit sehr leichten rätseln und einer netten story.
Ist ganz lustig...kann man machen!
It didn't read my controller's LEFT TRIGGER so I wasn't able to run, and I don't want to use the keyboard, I play on laptop, that will burn my fingers. I'll come back soon.
Platform oyunlarından hoşlanıyorsanız. Doğayla iç içe bir ortamda hız yapabileceğiniz, hoplayıp zıplayarak bitirebileceğiniz kısa güzel bir oyun olmuş.
В целом очень приятный платформер/раннер с сюжетом и в необычном сеттинге. Но если хочется получить максимально приятные впечатления, нужно просто сломя голову его пробежать (как и полагается раннеру), полностью игнорируя поиск предметов.
Потому что поиск предметов во-первых знатно сбивает темп игры, а во-вторых сделан в стиле "ну давай, исследуй меня полностью, загляни за каждый угол - да куда ты, блин, полез, дурак". Потому что порой они запрятаны так сурово, что начинаешь просто пылесосить локацию и в 9 случаях из 10 нарываешься на кривую коллизию и проваливание в текстуры за пределами игрового уровня. То есть дают свободу и стимулируют ей пользоваться, и тут же бьют по рукам, если ты начинаешь это делать.
Долго сомневался какую оценку ставить, решил - отрицательную. Просто чтобы уравновесить общий балл игры. В своём жанре это 8 из 10. Поиск предметов лучше было бы убрать.
very good
:)
Divertido plataformas en 3D, con una gran sensación de velocidad y saltos increíbles.
Buenos paisajes, se pueden explorar los mapas bastante si quieres, y es muy variado, cada poco tiempo te dan algo nuevo para probar.
Corto, entre 3 y 4 horas explorando un poco los mapas, aunque no haciendo los niveles opcionales, pero más largo hubiera estropeado el juego.
Having completed the game now, I'd say a review is in order...
The story in itself isn't really that bad. It's very poorly told using Fallout 76 launch tapes instead of actual characters or much of anything else worth note. Most of the game leaves you to find notes and left documents but it all but trains you as a player to ignore them because a good 80-90% of it is filled with information you already knew before you got to the notes themselves or it's inane prattle from characters that don't even make an appearance in the game.
That brings me to the actual game play and the genre. The genre has it classified as exploration and such. Problem is that there is enough "exploration" in the game to be technically true but only just. It feels like almost the entirety of the game actively punishes you for daring to actually explore the environment with dead ends with nothing to find or gain. I managed to finish the game in 6 hours and that's with exploring the majority of the game environments only to be left high and dry for daring to play the game as it was described as the exploration game it was described as. There are literally two types of enemies in the game that you have to contest with and they're a slight inconvenience at worst with the soul exception of the ONE boss battle in the game.
Which leads me to the actual game play and story. This game is little more than an on rails "exploration" game in the sense that you're exploring precisely and only what the devs wanted you to explore. You're quite literally on rails for most of the game down long running tracks that are little more than run forward at speed with nothing to explore, see, or really do other than occasionally jumping. The plot itself is more or less mad scientist drunk with power in the most classic, cliche, and boring ways imaginable. Often times you've figured out the story elements well before the point that they've come out to literally spell them out to you. I have never had the feeling of hand holding this badly in a game before and it gets old incredibly fast. Finishing it in 6 hours was honestly being generous and frankly it could easily have been done in 4 hours.
[b]TL;DR:[/b]
Great visuals, audio, and movement physics, but the story and gameplay are often boring, and lack meaningful choices.
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[b]STORY[/b]
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[*][b]The story could have actual twists and nuance[/b]
The twists in the story are predictable: the military scientist [spoiler]goes mad and builds super weapon, but you destroy it[/spoiler], the end.
Nature good.
Military bad.
You could have two flawed characters making compelling arguments:
- the scientist willing to sacrifice the environment, to [spoiler]give people immortality[/spoiler]
- the environmentalist willing to kill people, to save the environment
Then you choose who to help.
That could have been more interesting ending than [spoiler]destroying a giant laser.[/spoiler].
[*][b]The reveals that blue orbs [spoiler]are eggs[/spoiler] and they can be used to [spoiler]give people immortality[/spoiler] could have a payoff[/b]
These reveals occur and.... don't come up again.
It could have been great if they were utilised in the story, and tied into game play. E.g.
- using orbs or dying repeatedly leads to a “bad” ending, but preserving orbs leads to a “good” ending
- consuming orbs makes traversing faster, but makes nearby enemies aggressive
[*][b]The exposition dump could be cut[/b]
Act 1 starts with an exposition dump from a character you never hear from again. It could be easily replaced by environmental storytelling, or a leaked audio log from the scientist or environmentalist.
[*][b]We could discover the story[/b]
Your character finds dozens of audio logs in a mech suit and… doesn’t play them until the exact moment they’re relevant. It would be more sensical and fun to discover them at relevant moments.
[*][b]The repetitive, leading questions could be cut[/b]
Whenever a character asks a question. E.g. “Could this be sapping life from the environment?”
The unsaid answer is almost always: “Definitely yes, you idiot.”
[*][b]The protagonist’s inner monologue could be cut[/b]
Hearing the protagonist restate the obvious is grating, and robs players of self-insertion.
[*][b]The order of reveals could be improved[/b]
When I first saw [spoiler]spirits[/spoiler] I couldn’t tell whether they were considered mundane or exceptional. It needs to be established earlier.
The current story reveals: [spoiler]Spirits > mech suit > WW2 > ancient cultures teasers.[/spoiler]
It could be great if the order was: [spoiler]WW2 > mech suits > ancient culture teasers > spirits.[/spoiler]
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[b]MOVEMENT[/b]
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[*][b]Monotonous paths could be skilful[/b]
Roughly a twelfth of your time is spent moving in corridors, with an occasional jump, devoid of scenery or story.
Sometimes you are literally on rails. These segments were so repetitive and boring I closed my eyes and had my girlfriend tell me what to press. They’re unnecessary and make the world’s architecture nonsensical.
Simple fix: make rails cost energy, and cover their paths in energy pickups. Unlimited energy could still be an accessibility option.
[*][b]Monotonous paths could be optional[/b]
The mech suit offers several ways to traverse the environment, but you’re almost always forced to use one.
Most egregious example: after unlocking water-running, there’s water beside a wall… but you’re forced to slowly walk up the wall.
Most moments could allow at least two options.
[*][b]Hooks could be signposted, or a bonus[/b]
Often, if you’re unsure of where to go, it’s because there’s a hook above you that isn’t clearly signposted. It would be more fun if there were two ways out: a clear but slow path, and a hidden but quick hook.
[*][b]Water running could reward skill[/b]
It would be more engaging and thematic if water running costs energy, but is free while you have momentum.
[*][b]Wall walking could have been a choice, not a chore[/b]
The camera rotation is interesting the first time, but the slow speed makes it a chore. Wall walking (slow but free) would benefit from nearby alternatives: e.g. a hook point (fast, but costly and hidden).
[*][b]All movement abilities could be available immediately[/b]
It would make more narrative sense, and be more enjoyable (especially for replayability & speedrunning), if the mech started with all abilities unlocked.
[*][b]In summary, movement options could be:[/b]
[b]Forward[/b]
[b]Rails[/b] — Fast, costly, easy
[b]Water[/b] — Fast, costly*, easy (*free until you lose momentum)
[b]Walking[/b] — Slow, free, easy
[b]Upward[/b]
[b]Hooks[/b] — Fast, costly, easy* (*if you can spot them)
[b]Platforming[/b] — Slow, free, hard
[b]Wall walking[/b] — Super slow, free, easy
[b]Both[/b]
[b]Enemy-filled shortcuts[/b] — Fast, free, hard
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[b]OTHER GAMEPLAY[/b]
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[*][b]Death could be meaningful, or not promoted as a core feature[/b]
The marketing says your death affects the world, but it doesn’t. Trees change colour and shape. That’s it.
[*][b]We could actually discover mechanics[/b]
You play an archaeologist, but don’t get to discover breakthroughs. Movement “upgrades” are just sitting next to the first obstacle, with a tooltip.
Obstacles could appear earlier (but not usable until you have the upgrade), and tool tips could be replaced by optional logs or notes.
[*][b]“Threats” could be actual threats[/b]
Buildings go “critical” and collapse, but it has no game play effect. You’re entirely safe. Fires expanding or water rising would have been great. Invincibility could still be an accessibility option.
[*][b]Levels could be more polished[/b]
It’s often unclear what areas are intentional. Some have hidden goodies, others dead ends, invisible walls, or visible walls that let you outside the game.
[*][b]Dark areas could be brighter[/b]
Some areas are so dark it’s hard to progress without max brightness. Example: the rail cart section with nearly invisible mesh.
[*][b]Crates could be removed[/b]
Having to open crates and individually click loot is fiddly and repetitive. Rewards could just be auto-collected on collision.
[*][b]The notes could be replaced with audio logs[/b]
There’s a bunch of notes which would have worked better as audio logs.
[*][b]The currencies could be cut entirely[/b]
Coins: only open a temple, but upgrades are redundant once everything else is collected.
Acorns: only open doors, which feel like chores. Doors would be fine if optional (pay for shortcut vs traverse long way).
Exploration could just reward acorns (for optional doors), or audio logs.
[*][b]The UI could be removed[/b]
Currencies — cut entirely
Energy / environment — displayed on suit
Objectives — cut, or in menu
Compass — navigating is easier when you just trust the level design
[*][b]A pacifist run could be possible[/b]
You don’t need to kill enemies to finish the game — which is great! You can choose slow/safe or quick/risky.
Sadly, one exception: you must kill the (only) boss. Pacifist run would be possible if escaping was an option (e.g. a difficult platforming area).
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nice game
Lovely little game, I spent hours more than I needed to completing it because the music is so good! Could it be completed in a few hours but worth spending at least 10 hours on it to really explore (what little you can), revive a bunch of trees, collect acorns and find all the doors, and enjoy the beautiful music!
It was a fun story, nice graphics and I'll happily revisit this game in the future. Oh and another thing...THE MUSIC IS AWESOME.
Just okay Time pass game.
This game for parkour fans specially, just run and jump all in the game.
[h3]Симулятор ходьбы, но бегом и вприпрыжку[/h3]
Очень понравились скоростные элементы геймплея.
Сюжет о чём-то там, да и пофиг.
Игра релаксирующая беготня.
Fun 3-4 hour game. Not too hard with fun platforming and gameplay!
Rövid játék, de a története tök érdekes és a zenék nagyon jók!
Прекрасный пример того, почему нельзя сделать игру для всех сразу. Потому что у тебя получится игра не для кого. Часть стилистики как в Bioshock, пугалки войной как в Fallout, механики прыжков и значков как в платформерах, созерцательность как в Dear Esther (но намного слабей), бесконфликтность и иллюзия свободы как во Flower, Submerged и прочих хиппи-играх, местами уровни настолько детские, что тут будто пробегал дракон Спиро... Лесные чибики из мультов Миядзаки, олешки бегают, цветочки цветут... Что это такое? Подманивая одних, ты отталкиваешь других – неужели это не очевидно? Вот именно из-за такого и существует должность нарративный директор.
Здесь всё стерильно, в этой игре невозможно найти никакой жестокости, никакой грязи, но и ничего хорошего в ней тоже найти нельзя, она пустая, в ней нет контента, почти нечего исследовать. Записки читать вам задолбается уже после 3 уровней, в них повторяется одно и то же. Почему я собираю желуди, я что, свинья? Да, они двери открывают, но почему желуди открывают двери??? И их всё равно в избытке.
Также тут очередной безликий, ничего не говорящий герой, никто, вешалка для костюма. Чего он туда полез? В нормальных играх герой как-то связан с показанными событиями, он оказывается втянут, пытается спасти себя или близких, или ему покоя не дает судьба мира, а этот полез просто потому, что он путешественник. Да, в конце он чисто случайно оказался кстати, но он-то этого не знал, когда отправлялся. И это уже не первая игра, где героя называют Pathfinder, но все пути уже до него давно найдены и затоптаны.
Почему дизельпанковский джолли-костюм раздает жизнь и смерть волшебным способом? Это по меньшей мере должны быть две разные концепции. Ну случилось бы с героем чудо в середине игры – может я бы еще принял. И судя по всему, так изначально и хотели, ведь в середине он подбирает семя жизни, и говорится, что оно что-то делает с энергией, при этом ничего по факту не меняется. Я уверен, что вот в этот момент и должно было начаться управление смертью, но потом способность просто закинули в начало, а то игра пустая. В итоге концепт всё равно нигде не используется. Тут авторы буквально не сделали ни одной ситуации для их основной механики. Это бездарность.
Используется концепция квантового бессмертия. Это самый плохой тип бессмертия, если кто не знает. Он означает, что только в одной вселенной ты выжил и победил, причем она даже не твоя изначальная, а во всех остальных ты умер, и там события закончились для мира очень плохо. Кстати, говорят, с некоторыми это случилось в жизни. Если вы когда-то падали с высоты, летели в столб, а в следующий миг просто стояли в безопасности, то я вас поздравляю, в вашей изначальной реальности по вам отмечают поминки.
В игре никакого выбора, никаких последствий, противников почти нет, а те что есть – смехотворны, они попадут только если в стоячего, а сами складываются с трех выстрелов. Даже финальный босс оказался совершенно посредственным, он вызвал лишь вопрос: "Че, и всё???" Головоломок и секретов тут тоже почти нет. Даже аудиодневников кот наплакал. Отсутствует нормальная концовка, чибики даже в конце ничего не сделали, поэтому их присутствие не имеет смысла. Мы за всю игру не встречаем ни одного человека, ни одной достойно раскрытой интриги и получаем очень беглую концовку. Не рекомендую никому, даже девочкам. Это не настоящая игра. 90% в ней – жалкий стерильный симулятор ходьбы, почти без контента.
Upd. Дополняю спустя полгода. Я долго отказывался это признавать, но само присутствие этой игры в моем списке, сама отметка наигранных в ней часов оскорбляли меня. Есть у меня на аккаунте плохие игры, но эта оказалась такой, что внушала чувство позора. Поэтому я вообще удалил ее с аккаунта.
interesting story, beautiful environments, fun easter eggs
Коротко
Динамічний 3D-платформер із чудовим дизайном рівнів.
Цікавий сюжет.
Проходиться за 3–4 години.
Довго
Гра справді сподобалася — як сюжетно, так і з точки зору геймплею.
Красива графіка й приємна музика створюють атмосферу.
Сюжет такий: герой вирушає на пошуки Зерна Життя, попри відмовляння друзів, які вважають це безглуздим заняттям. У подорожі він знаходить костюм, що дозволяє швидко бігати й високо стрибати. Згодом костюм можна вдосконалювати.
Є можливість обрати стать героя. Цікаво, чи це впливає на сюжет — залишилось питання без відповіді.
Сам сюжет чудовий: герой шукає міфічне зерно, яке може й не існує, а зрештою [spoiler]рятує острів[/spoiler].
Мінусів небагато. Часом просідали кадри — можливо через те, що гра запускалась із HDD, а може через слабку оптимізацію. Або ж просто мій комп вирішив відпочити. 🤷♂️
Суперечливим виявився рівень у першому комплексі, куди приводять пошуки.
На початку гра дає відчути простір: герой швидко бігає, високо стрибає, і здається, що попереду відкритий світ. А потім різко заганяє у вузькі приміщення з низькими стелями.
З одного боку, це збиває з настрою, бо йде проти відчуття свободи. З іншого — якщо автори прагнули створити дискомфорт, то їм це вдалося: контраст між відкритим простором і замкненими кімнатами працює.
Гра вийшла яскравою та захопливою: красивий світ, динамічний платформінг і сильний сюжет із цікавим фіналом. Мінуси здебільшого технічні й не псують враження, а суперечливі рівневі рішення радше додають особливого досвіду.
迟到的好评，铁轨那关跑的太爽了，通关了这么多年还是印象深刻
House of Pain would have loved this game
Oyunun ana olayı giydiğimiz suit ile hareketlerimizin insanüstü seviyeye gelmesi ve bunu çok keyifli mekanikler ile sunuyor. Benzer oyunlar gibi karakter hızını yavaşlatıp kısıtlı bir haritalara salıp bu şekilde oyun saatini doldurmuyor. Hem haritalar devasa hem de karakter çok hızlı hareket edebiliyor. Bu da oynanışı hızlı ve eğlenceli hale getiriyor.
Oyunda yön bulma konusunda aptala yön tarif eder gibi her şeyi sarıya boyayan oyunlar gibi olmamasını sevdim. İşte level design böyle yapılır dedirten bir yapısı var. Bu yönden bana Half-Life oyunlarını da anımsattı.
Can alma ve can verme mekaniği oldukça ilginç. Kararmış, kurumuş ağaçlara can verip onları yemyeşil yapmak güzel. İlk defa böyle bir mekanik gördüm. Savaş çok iyi veya çeşitli değil ki zaten böyle bir oyundan beklendiği gibi.
Muhtemelen bu oyunu TR fiyatındayken çerez parasına aldım. Oyun çok güzel ama 15 dolar eder mi. Orası size kalmış.
Sonic and the case of the mysterious valley
Near perfect platformer with fun movement mechanics. Fun, simple and full of life
Unique energy system intertwined with everything in the environment was really cool! Satisfying, smooth and fun mobility and a world that looks quite pretty. Didn't finish it just because my attention span is poor + too many other timesinks lol
Very beautiful game, found it very chill to play.
The narrative keeps you engaged, the world is just very relaxing to glide through...
Ein schönes und kurzweiliges Spiel.
Sound und Grafik sind stimmig, die Spielmechanik ist angenehm.
Die Story selbst ist nett gemacht.
Eine solides Spiel 7 von 10 Punkten
It's decent but nothing special. Negative review because given the catalogue of games on offer, I'm confident you can put your cash towards a better experience.
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Great Game, could've been a little more challenging, but still fun and beautiful to play. LORE was really good too, there was enough voice recordings that I didn't have to read every darn lore, so just a little note once in awhile was good. The game mechanics were fun to play around with also. The last suit upgrades were a little dull for going through all that to find it unfortunately. I don't think you need to spend so much time wandering around trying to get every little chest in this game because it's not that hard to begin with and there isn't any really cool reward for getting them all. I really just wish there was a way to know which zones had certain collectibles completed so I could zone in and not have to look through the entire game to try to get 100%. excellent game for the price point. well done
Ultimately a "gotta go fast" game like this is useless if it doesn't have buoyancy, speed and momentum on its side, but Blue Isle Studios did nail it, and almost ten years(!) after release that feeling of floating fun holds up. Don't expect a great deal of creativity in your platforming, there's a strong linear path, and I made the mistake of exploring in an open area before I was supposed to unlock an ability to progress further.
Valley's pro-environmental theme about exploitative resource extraction is also pretty rote at this point, but it works for the game, and justifies stomping past a few beautiful areas and fun stages. What I would say is don't bother looking for any of the hidden unlocks, there are only two that make your energy management easier, but you get so much "running and jumping" fuel anyway that there's no need to care unless you're achievement hunting. Just have fun bouncing and sprinting along and you'll get three to four hours of good fun with a fairly relaxed story plodding away in the background.
Кайф! Просто кайф! Игра очень простая, но очень интересная!
I am going to recommend this, though with a lot of caveats. It doesn't really let you explore its mechanics and play around, and as such it's fine as a chaser in between more involved games. For a game selling itself on its speed, you are quite slow most of the time, and that's because the devs decided to constrict you to narrow, linear hallways for more than half the game, which means you don't spend that much time in valley itself. The few moments of speed and freedom are nice.
Though this game reminds me a little bit of A Story About My Uncle or Portal in that it's entirely a movement-based exploration/puzzle shooter, it's core mechanic with the mobility suit thingy is just too lackluster, and doesn't really make it much of a game. I'd have to say this is a hard pass, as it's one of the weaker games of the variety featuring only a movement mechanic and puzzles revolving around it.
That said, it's at least better than The Ball, another game of this type that was so bad I couldn't even play long enough to qualify to write a review... lol.
3/10, being generous.
Chill and relax
Amazing atmosphere, well done mechanics, and puzzles that tie into them. What's not to like about Valley?
Great game, simple, not very long, it's strangely nice, it shows the madness of humanity and we have a feeling of peace with this relaxing music, i liked it, it made me feel a bit like ORI, really nice
