Vector (video game)
Vector | |
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Developer(s) | Nekki |
Publisher(s) | Nekki |
Engine | Marmalade |
Platform(s) | Android iPhone iPad Microsoft Windows |
Release | August 28, 2012 |
Genre(s) | |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Vector is a 2012 side-scrolling platformer game developed and published by Cyprus-based studio Nekki for Windows, Android, and iOS. The objective of the game is to break free from the cycle as a free runner.
Plot
Vector revolves around a silhouette protagonist who lives in a dystopian world controlled by “the system” through a mind control device implanted in the brains of the people. When the protagonist's implant is accidentally knocked out and the working networks cannot keep him calm, he uses the parkour skills in order to escape the city before getting captured by the hunters sent by the "Big Brother.”
Reception
Damien McFerran of
Sequel
Vector 2 | |
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Developer(s) | Nekki |
Publisher(s) | Nekki |
Platform(s) | Android iPhone iPad |
Release |
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Genre(s) | Arcade game |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game received a 2016 sequel titled Vector 2, which continues that the protagonist was eventually captured by security forces and the antagonists decides to use his skills to test some new equipment inside a research facility known as "The Complex", which secretly performs cloning experiments.
Gameplay similar to the previous game and several tricks return such as "Swallow", "Screwdriver", "Dash Vault", "Obstacle Jump", "Rocket Vault", "Ralflip Vault", "Reverse Vault" and many more.
Spinoffs
With the success of Vector, Nekki decided to create another game like it that used a silhouette as the main protagonist. That game became a
References
- ^ McFerran, Damien (February 25, 2013). "Vector". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ "Vector for iPhone". Slide to Play. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Leif (October 7, 2012). "Vector Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ Woolsey, Cameron (December 10, 2013). "Vector Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.