Vane
- January 15, 2019
Like so much fine art, this piece loses its luster when you start to dissect and interpret it. So don't. Because it's fucking dope.
"Vane" is a single-player game with a minimum save size of 4GB. The game features a desert world transformed by a golden dust, turning a bird into a child. Players explore this shifting landscape, switching between bird and child perspectives, as their actions reshape the world to a dark, synth-filled soundtrack. The journey is minimalistic, emotional, and encourages self-guided exploration.
Reviews
- music8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- graphics6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
- story3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Vane
Frustrating Fever Dream
68%Vane
Like the pearlescent shimmer across its desert surface, Vane is difficult to observe and define with precise clarity. Its world presents either an invitation to wonder or a provocation to explore and it's often seized by the tension pulling in opposing directions. Vane can be brilliant and subversive or confusing and frustrating and it's impossible to separate its intentions from its misfortunes.
65%Vane review
Vane has some good ideas, but in stretching them out for too long across a pretty empty world, it soon becomes tiresome and frustrating.
50%