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2019 · Action-adventure · Adventure

Vane

PlayStation console exclusive

Vane is an atmospheric adventure about unraveling the secrets of an unknown land, finding your place in it, and pulling at the threads of the world to make a change. The shifting sands glimmer with meaning, ancient ruins resonate with power, but in the distance a billowing threat looms. Find your way.

Released: 15 January 2019
Platforms: PlayStation 4 Windows
Genres: Action-adventure Adventure Indie Puzzle
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Fantasy Historical Open world
Age ratings: ESRB E10+
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 3hmain story5hcompletionist

About

Vane is a video game released on January 15, 2019, for the PlayStation 4 and later released on Windows. The game was developed by Tokyo-based studio Friend & Foe, and its producer is Matt Smith.

Vane is an adventure game in which players control a child that is able to turn back and forth into a bird. Gameplay involves exploration and puzzle-solving. The game received mixed reviews upon release.

›Story

A child with an odd ability stuck in a strange land. A dangerous natural environment inhabited by a strange civilization. Vane is an open-world adventure game based on mystery and exploration.

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Reception

Vane received "mixed or average" reviews for PC and "generally unfavorable" reviews for PlayStation 4.

Chris Moyse of Destructoid gave the game 4 out of 10, stating, "Vane has a very strong opening, some unique visual ideas, and an atmospheric electronica soundtrack. Unfortunately, all of this is quickly muted by aimless and frustrating gameplay. Though Vane‘s abstract approach to storytelling is genuinely liberating, the player remains caged with simplistic gameplay tropes, immersion-breaking technical problems, boring puzzles, and a terrible save system." Adventure Gamers gave the game 2 stars out of 5 and praised the sound design and the bird's-eye view of the world while criticizing its clunky controls, lack of objectives, incomprehensible narrative, and obfuscated mechanics.