VirtuaVerse

VirtuaVerse is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Theta Division Games and published by Blood Music for Windows. The game is set in the future and features science fiction and cyberpunk elements. It was released on May 12, 2020 on the online platforms Steam and GOG.

VirtuaVerse
Developer(s)Theta Division
Publisher(s)Blood Music
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Windows, macOS, Linux
ReleaseMay 12, 2020
Genre(s)Point & Click Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The player takes control of Nathan and has to collect items, talk to NPCs, and solve riddles in order to advance in the story. Later in the game, the player can toggle the protagonist's AVR headset, which allows them to see the augmented virtual reality, revealing different hotspots in the game's world. The AVR headset is needed to solve certain kinds of riddles.

Plot

One day, Nathan wakes up and his girlfriend Jay is missing. In order to contact her, he has to have his AVR headset repaired. After visiting a shop downtown and repairing his headset, Nathan finds that his girlfriend is a hacker and involved in obscure hacking activities. Nathan wants to find out the truth and gets dragged into a world of technomancers, AVR graffiti artists, hacker gangs, tribes of crypto shamans, digital archaeologists, epic cyberwars, and virtual reality debauchery.

Development

VirtuaVerse was created by the italo-german indie developer Theta Division. The team consists of heavy metal band Master Boot Record who was responsible for the story, sound, and music, Alessio Cosenza alias Elder0010 who was responsible for the programming, and Valenberg who did the art for the game. Furthermore, the game was localized into several languages by the team Warlocs. Development of the game started in 2016, and after four years, it was released on May 12, 2020. VirtuaVerse was published by Finnish heavy metal record label Blood Music.[1]

Reception

VirtuaVerse received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic, based on 14 reviews.[2]

Claudio Magistrelli from the Italian online magazine The Games Machine gave the game a rating of 8.3 out of 10, and said: "VirtuaVerse is a lot of things. It is a tribute to old school point&click adventures and, at the same time, a modern take on the genre. It is also an act of love to cyberpunk and his themes. But more than anything else, VirtuaVerse is a great adventure set in a detailed world built on a great pixel graphic, fantastic music and a suggestive atmosphere."[3]

Jörg Luibl from the German online magazine 4Players gave the game a rating of 76%, saying "Despite its old-fashioned statics and occasional illogical moments, VirtuaVerse is an entertaining point&click adventure with great cyberpunk flair and an interesting story."[4]

References
  1. Sorvari, Mika (May 20, 2020). "Peliarviossa VirtuaVerse – kyberpunkseikkailu vanhan koulukunnan malliin". Mikrobitti (in Finnish). Retrieved January 8, 2021. pelin julkaisee pieni suomalainen metallimusiikkitalo Blood Music
  2. "VirtuaVerse for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. Magistrelli, Claudio (May 29, 2020). "VirtuaVerse Recensione". The Games Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  4. Luibl, Jörg (May 13, 2020). "Test (Wertung) zu VirtuaVerse (Adventure, PC)". 4Players. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
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