Valley

A surprisingly interesting story told through a game whose mechanics are incredibly simple, but somehow perfectly sufficient. Valley does a very good job at giving a sense of speed as you're running down hills, tunnels, and across bodies of water. I feel like they may have even done this better than most racing games. Recommended for a quick 3-4 hour experience on a night where you're burned out on AAA games designed to suck all of the time out of your day and all of the money out of your wallet.

Great gameplay and visuals, but story is kinda silly. You're telling me that scientists created an exosuit with superhuman speed, agility, immortality and the ability to manipulate life force but still wanted tofind the macguffin in order to make a giant bomb I mean, come on. You already made the ultimate superweapon, just improve on that! Imagine striding across the battlefield in one of these bad boys, upgraded with twin life force manipulators that have adapters allowing you to connect them to rifle-like implements. You could turn the enemy into lifeless husks while resurrecting your comrades, or rush into the enemy camp and pop a cyanide pill to "die" and siphon the enemy's life force on a massive scale to resurrect yourself.

<3 Daemons are the cutest things in the world! <3
- Spent 24h on one play thru to 100% everything (with a nice achievement hinting to something else..)
- A good 16h of that was of me exploring and just listening to the soundtrack on repeat, watching the daemons & wildlife play around..
The most BEAUTIFUL soundtrack, story telling & visuals in a game I haven't seen in a while now given how old this game is!! The story really pulls you in and getting invested in it with real history tied into it, giving it almost a realism as if this was something that truly happened in our history. Not to mention its genius twist on a beloved cryptid myth we all know from our old days on the internet!
The ending credits really gives a wonderful look at the creators and artists mind in where they pictured for this game and the attention to detail in the soundtrack, tying the scenery into it, never giving it a dull moment!!
It's hard to put this game down or uninstall.. Some days the soundtrack and scenery just hit a part of the brain that relaxes and helps find some peace in ones own mind.

This game is a good short (~5-10 hours depending if you are going for 100% or not), has a good simple story. Something reminded me of the amazing Metroid Prime series in it's puzzles, music quality and gameplay, but at $15, it's a great deal by comparison.

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.