Valley

A fun little game into a lost part of the world that was invade by the CIA to create weapons of mass destruction but ended them instead and now here we are, destroying this twice peaceful land that no one remembers :) Good parkour tho.

Bought it 8 years ago, but only now played it. Visually still looks quite nice.
Gameplay is an interesting mix of FPS, parkour, 3D platforming. New mechanics get introduced over the course of the game: some people like it for keeping things fresh; others dislike it for the whole game feeling like a tutorial.
Music is good, but sound effects could have used more polish.
Story is short. Theme is an interesting twist on mythology and historical backdrop. Storytelling is through audio logs and paper notes. Not exciting, but to be expected from an indie game.
If you like scouring for collectibles, this game can take a long time to 100% without a guide, because maps are large. I personally felt there's a bit too much filler landscape (or not enough content filling that landscape).
It's not an amazing game, but worth considering. It also gets discounted frequently.

Fun little game. There's a sequence that the music adapts to as you play and I still think about it years later.

Explore the world as a super fast runner. If you like the adrenaline from driving games then you'll probably like this one. There's some puzzles and indoors exploration.
Finished in ~5 hours.

This is an easy recommendation, but calculate your own price-to-value ratio as it only took 6 hours to finish, and I’m not going back for a 2nd playthrough.
It’s a first-person exploration game, with the main gameplay being super human traversal. There’s a little combat, but it’s very simple: just aim and shoot. On the other hand, traversal is wildly fun: you’ve got super human speed, you can jump hundreds of feet in the air, you have a grapple hook that launches you into the stratosphere, and eventually you’ll be walking on walls and even water. It’s as cool as it sounds, and the game ends before it gets too repetitive.
The graphics look worse than what the trailers/pictures show, mainly because there are lots of very dark areas. That said, I’m not complaining; the environments are still up to par (for 2016), and it gets the job done. Sound effects are on point as well. The story is good enough, but nothing spectacular.
Only real complaints I have are:
1.) The audio options are bugged – you have to reset them every time.
2.) The save system could be better – you always start at the beginning of an area, which can mean a loooong run back to where you actually were.
A very cool game that’s sort of like a super hero simulator. Very fun, but short.

This game has got one of the best movement mechanics compared to many of the games i played, i could put it simply as Vanquish without combat when it comes to movement.
Well, the story is not a plus of this game, neither is the combat, but it sure makes it up in exploration, coupled up with that sweet movement mechanics and makes roaming around just fun.

8.5 / 10 Rating
Wonderful game overall, would recommend to anyone. High production value, attention to detail and love poured in to it.
This is a difficult piece of art to sum up.
The Valley is a linear first person exploration game, that emphasizes speed, has minor puzzles, an exceptionally well crafted atmosphere and a good background story.
The graphics, level design, exploration, sound effects, VFX, music, voice over and story are all 8-10 (out of 10). The wonderful music is queued up at the right moments which fully adds to the current experience. The game starts out incredibly slow, only adding suit powers that don't do much then finally really switching things up gameplay wise during the last 20% of the game.
My only gripe is depending on the type of player you are, the game play (exploration / speed)suffers. I fully get this a game of exploration coupled with speed (the suit gives you fast running speed) which is a great combination. Said combination pairs poorly with finding speed suit upgrades / coins in chests that are off the 90% linear path of the game. For the explorer and find all of the things part of me, this made me slow down / back track instead of sustaining the speed and moving forward (enjoying the main aspect of the game). Said coins do open an area (a door in a pyramid) which I was three coins short of having.
I believe the solution to the problem I experienced above is that once you complete the game you can go back and continue to explore the levels (collecting said coins) that you have already played.
*** Game breaking issues that were solved ***
If you need to customize your key bindings then you need to launch the game from your library in steam via the play button. Doing so brings up a configuration dialog that has two toggle panes - graphics / keybinds