- April 12, 2018
- Ex Nihilo
Vandals
With perfectly crafted levels and an awesome electronic soundtrack, Vandals proves to be a great entry into the turn-based stealth genre. In many ways, it captures the sensation of what painting at night feels like.
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Vandals is a single player casual turn-based strategy game. It was developed by Ex Nihilo and was released on April 12, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
"Vandals is a turn-based infiltration game that takes you on a street art journey across famous cities like Paris, New York, and Tokyo. With simple mechanics, players evade police and spray walls inspired by real-life artists, creating their own unique graffiti. Featuring an original soundtrack and various sharing options, Vandals offers a fun, immersive experience for both portrait and landscape play."
- Vandals offers a unique non-violent stealth puzzle experience with engaging gameplay mechanics similar to Hitman GO and Lara Croft GO.
- The game features a fun graffiti element that allows players to express creativity while solving puzzles.
- It is a chill game that can be enjoyed at your own pace, making it suitable for casual gamers.
- The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including broken achievements and a poorly designed interface that detracts from the overall experience.
- Many players find the gameplay repetitive and lacking in depth, leading to boredom after a short period.
- As a mobile port, it feels dumbed down and fails to meet the expectations of PC gamers, with limited controls and low-quality graphics.
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The gameplay is reminiscent of "Hitman Go" and "Lara Croft Go," featuring simple puzzles and creative twists, but it suffers from a lack of variety and slow introduction of new mechanics, leading to a sense of boredom over time. While the graffiti aspect adds a fun element, the overall design and user interface are criticized for being off and buggy. Players appreciate the game's potential and hope for future content improvements, but note that the experience can feel repetitive without additional puzzles or engaging music.
“Gameplay is very similar to, for example, Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go, but without any violence.”
“Gameplay is similar to Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go, with a few additional creative twists.”
“It has nice puzzles with various mechanics that give you the feeling of a real illegal graffiti experience. The graffiti part is surely a fun experience, but it needs some improvements because painting with a mouse isn't the easiest thing.”
“And, despite the fact that new gameplay elements are added in each new city, the game quickly becomes quite boring.”
“The gameplay is very well made but the design is completely off compared to the Hitman and Lara Croft games that inspired it, plus the UI is messed up, window mode resolution is fixed to your screen and the achievements are bugged!”
“It's a fairly simple puzzle game that doesn't introduce mechanics fast enough.”
Vandals Review
Equal parts puzzle adventure and creativity app, Vandals just relies a little too much on the players imagination for its variety.
70%Vandals Review
Vandals’ puzzle-based antics are perfect for short sessions. With a fair difficulty curve and just the right amount of elements, this is one title worth exploring
70%Vandals (Nintendo Switch)
This game is a port from the mobile device market and brought to the Switch with a decent amount of content and plenty of challenges to keep you busy for a good amount of time. While adding an expanded set of controls to use with your TV is a great idea, I found that it was more frustrating than fun. That aside, Vandals is fun and worth the $3.99 price tag.
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Vandals is a casual turn-based strategy game.
Vandals is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac OS, Phone and others.
Vandals was released on April 12, 2018.
Vandals was developed by Ex Nihilo.
Vandals has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.
Vandals is a single player game.
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