What Happened To Velvet Assassin? IGN Reviews And Gives A 5!

[Garnett]

BHR-3 said:

IGN Review OPEN ME

 

Velvet Assassin could have been an interesting take on World War II by highlighting a facet of the conflict that's rarely covered by gaming. While it does bring in the secret agent angle, it also brings in a story that's completely thin and unsupported. Even worse, Assassin features flawed stealth action elements that can ruin the gameplay when they go awry, and only point out the hit-or-miss nature of the mechanics when they work well. If you need a stealth action experience, you'll probably want to look elsewhere

3.0	Presentation Story? What story? The tale would've been better if it had a conventional narrative instead of an flashback format that's never explained.
6.5	Graphics Violette isn't that fluid outside of cutscenes, there are a lot of technical issues and other visual detractions, like the flamethrowers or the seemingly cloned Nazi army, stand out.
7.0	Sound Decent rise of music during action sequences, as well as British and German line delivery, but would Nazis actually say Lad or Arse?
5.0	Gameplay When the sneaking mechanics work, they work rather well. When they fail however, they fail spectacularly. Flip a quarter whenever you load a game and you have the same success rate.
5.0	Lasting Appeal The game is extremely linear in its approach, and once you beat the game, you probably won't go back and play this one again.
5.0 Meh	OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average)

Good thing no one hyped it.