Vigil: Blood Bitterness
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| Developer(s) | Freegamer |
| Publisher(s) | Freegamer |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 2006 |
Victi: Blood Bitterness (or Vigil: Blood Bitterness ) is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by French studio Freegamer and published by Microapplication. It was released in 2006 on Windows.
Development and release
[edit]Originally conceived as the first entry in the French episodic adventure game series L'Aventure Originale,[1] Vigil: Blood Bitterness was created with the Torque Game Engine. Its art style was inspired by Frank Miller and Philippe Druillet.[2] The game features a guttural soundtrack and a constructed language with English and Latin elements.[3]
Vigil: Blood Bitterness was initially released in February 2006.[4] Microapplication began sales of physical copies in June.[5] In June 2007 Steam released the game for online distribution,[6][7] under the title Vigil - Episode 1: Blood Bitterness.[8] On June 1, GarageGames announced sales on their site.[9]
Reception
[edit]Vigil: Blood Bitterness received mixed to negative reviews.
The most positive reviews praised its graphics and visuals. Gamesradar liked the "gorgeous" visuals and backgrounds[10] and Absolute Games thought the visual quality allowed it to stand out from the crowd.[11] Just Adventure praised its atmospheric elements.[12] 4 Players deemed it "unusual".[13] Gry Online thought the graphics were surreal and economical.[14] PC World noted the "interesting" art style[15] while Meristration noted its comic book aesthetics.[16] Destructoid compared the art to Sin City.[17] Multiplayer felt the developers were courageous and original.[18] Jeuzactu appreciated the game's low price.[19]
Adventure Gamers felt the game would inspire feelings of hopelessness and frustration,[20] while Jeuxvideo wrote that the game plays like a demo.[21] Gamekult felt the game left a lot to be desired.[22] Onet criticised the game's difficulty, deeming it near impossible to complete without the aid of a walkthrough.[23] While originally thinking the project was promising,[24] upon release Factor News wrote that the game failed on all levels.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliveres, Jean-Marc (18 September 2006). "L'aventure autrement avec L'aVenture Originale". Clubic.com.
- ^ "Test: Victi: Blood Bitterness". 2006-04-21. Archived from the original on 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Le Télégramme - Victi. Pour les amateurs de gothique". www.letelegramme.fr.
- ^ "Victi met de la mode". www.factornews.com. 16 December 2005.
- ^ "Une seconde vie pour Victi". Jeuxvideo.com. 13 September 2006.
- ^ "A New Evil has Appeared on Steam!". GamesIndustry.biz. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Truta, Filip. "Freegamer's Horror Game 'Vigil - Blood Bitterness' on Steam Now for Just $9.95". softpedia. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "North Americans begin watch for Vigil: Blood Bitterness". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "GarageGames publicará la aventura Vigil: Blood Bitterness". MeriStation. 1 July 2017.
- ^ Review, John_Walker 2007-09-18T00:38:33 26Z (18 September 2007). "Vigil: Blood Bitterness review". gamesradar. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Vigil - Episode 1: Blood Bitterness (Victi: Blood Bitterness) - рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru". www.ag.ru. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Vigil: Blood Bitterness Review: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and AdventureNews!". 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Vigil: Blood Bitterness: Schwarz-weißer Gruselthriller - 4Players.de". 4Players (in German). 14 December 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Victi: Blood Bitterness, Vigil: Blood Bitterness PC | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Victi Demo". pcworld.pl.
- ^ "Primeras imágenes y detalles de Victi". MeriStation. 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Victi - pointing and clicking in the dark". Destructoid.
- ^ "Underground Vol.10". Multiplayer.it.
- ^ "Test Victi : Blood Bitterness". JeuxActu.
- ^ "Victi: Blood Bitterness review". Adventure Gamers. 2 January 2007. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Test du jeu Victi sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). 20 June 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Victi: Blood Bitterness". 2007-03-22. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Vigil: Blood Bitterness". technologie.onet.pl (in Polish). 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Victi met de la mode". 18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
- ^ "Victi". www.factornews.com. 15 April 2006.