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VERSUS: The Elite Trials

67%Game Brain Score
story, emotional
gameplay, character development
86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

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In "VERSUS: The Elite Trials," players engage in a series of challenging trials, competing against other elite warriors in fast-paced combat. Each trial offers unique objectives and enemies, testing players' combat skills, tactical abilities, and adaptability. With a variety of playable characters, upgradeable skills, and intuitive controls, "VERSUS: The Elite Trials" delivers a thrilling and immersive action experience.

VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
VERSUS: The Elite Trials screenshot
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86%
Audience ScoreBased on 29 reviews
story8 positive mentions
gameplay2 negative mentions

  • The game features an engaging and well-written story that expands on the world and characters from the first installment.
  • Players appreciate the depth of choices and the political intrigue, which adds complexity to the narrative.
  • The character development and diverse relationships provide a rich experience, making players eager for future installments.
  • The gameplay is marred by a confusing and overcomplicated stat and chart system that detracts from the overall experience.
  • Many players feel that the romance options are poorly executed and lack depth, leading to disappointment.
  • The game is criticized for its heavy-handed political commentary, which can interrupt the flow of the story and feel preachy.
  • story
    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story of "Versus" is described as engaging and rich, with well-developed characters and intriguing mysteries that enhance the overall experience. However, many reviewers criticize the gameplay decisions that detract from the narrative, as well as the excessive political commentary that interrupts the flow of the story. While some find the sequel a worthy continuation that expands on the universe, others feel it lacks the emotional depth and coherence of its predecessor, leaving them wanting more from the character development and plot progression.

    • “The characters of the Versus series are well diverse, and the story around the characters with connected backgrounds adds to the conflict, giving it an intense feel in the already intense world.”
    • “The second book in the Versus collection, this story is rich, engaging, and beautiful.”
    • “As to the story itself, it expands on the Versus universe, ties some loose ends, creates more loose ends, and the main story unfurls wonderfully and continuously, leaving you wanting more.”
    • “The game was too short, with the story being non-existent unfortunately when compared to the first game's excellent setup. The 'trials' included a fetch quest filled with exposition with other aliens, an interesting but boring party game, and finally using the stats you built to have an outcome of picking only two sides, which is obvious the versus front, as there was no backstory or emotional connection with the elite group.”
    • “Story does not progress; there were a lot of characters but no good ones. Romance was horrible and the setting was limited.”
    • “However, the story comes to an absolute stop the moment it decides political commentary is an absolute must, and it happens so often that it very easily shoves me out of the story and makes me roll my eyes and groan loudly.”
  • emotional
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players feeling a lack of depth and connection to the characters and story compared to its predecessor. While some appreciate the introduction of societal concepts that provoke emotional responses, others criticize the execution as disjointed and forced, leading to a sense of disconnection from the narrative. Overall, the game struggles to create meaningful emotional bonds, leaving players wanting more character development and a cohesive story.

    • “Secondly, this game - as in others written by Zachary - tries and introduces his imagination of societal concepts to the reader, and these new concepts are often well introduced, being part of the game's world and provoking emotional responses within the player through events.”
    • “In this game, the author attempts to do the same with even more concepts on a much grander scale, and the experience may cause the player to feel disconnected by how abstract the descriptions are, how unconnected to the main story they seem, and especially, by how the emotional responses are provoked (more like forced) into the player's character, instead of the human reading the story.”
    • “You are basically a human space alien that is able to temporarily copy other people's abilities and dive into their memories by touching them.”
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay in Versus is criticized for being frustrating and irritating, detracting from an otherwise good story. While the game's development shows improvement in complexity, the combat is described as short, predefined, and lacking depth.

    • “The continuation develops on itself quite neatly, and the author's gain in experience is shown in the game's more intricate nature—both in gameplay and story.”
    • “Versus is a good story that is ruined by irritating and frustrating gameplay decisions.”
    • “Combat, while we are still on the matter of gameplay, is short, predefined, and generally speaking, weak.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development in the game is largely criticized, with many characters lacking depth and failing to engage players emotionally. While some moments focus on specific characters, overall development is minimal and does not fulfill the potential for romance or meaningful connections.

    • “On a further note, there's not much character development either; there are certain parts that pay special attention to certain characters, but it left a lot to be desired.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers high replayability due to its numerous secrets and expanded mastery and growth concepts, encouraging players to revisit it for deeper exploration. However, the need to adhere to specific roles and paths for success may limit players' freedom of choice, potentially complicating the experience.

    • “The replayability value is quite high - the game teases many secrets, and I know I’ll be playing it again in the future to try and uncover them.”
    • “Taking further steps in the mastery and growth concepts utilized in the first book, you now have more stat variants and more goals to focus on, which, while they give you plenty of replayability, also complicate your freedom of choice. If you want to actually succeed and thrive in the game's world and score systems, you need to follow a role, an idea, a specific path that the author believes most closely matches a personality type.”

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4h Median play time
4h Average play time
4-4h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs

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