Valley

Absolutely breathtaking.
An incredible experience with gorgeous visuals, superb movement and traversal, wonderful music, and a fascinating story.
Honestly one of the best games I've played in a hot minute, and one I can't recommend enough, go give this a try, you won't regret it.

Valley is a short first-person game about moving fast through the world using a special suit. The lore is interesting and can make you think about what is going on. The movement is smooth but it doesn’t always feel like you are actually wearing a suit. Sometimes it feels more like you are just controlling the movement in the game, rather than being inside an actual suit. It might be the audio, the physics or how movement feels in the air but it often ruins the immersion. The low camera height can also add to this feeling, making it harder to fully feel like you are inside a suit.
P.S.: The game saves upgrades but quitting might restart a chapter.


🎚️ Difficulty
🔲 My grandmother could play it
☑️ Easy
🔲 Normal
🔲 Hard
🔲 A challenge to be reckoned
🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games)


🗺️ Graphics
🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Normal
☑️ Very Good
🔲 An original artistic direction
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece


📚 Story
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Basic element of the contractual requirements
🔲 It's there for people who want it
☑️ Well written
🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts
🔲 A model to get inspired by


⌛️ Length
🔲 0 (No story)
☑️ Short
🔲 Average
🔲 Long
🔲 To infinity and beyond


🎶 Music
🔲 Just filling noises/No music
🔲 Trivial and uneventful
☑️ Good and/or fitting the game's artistic dispositions
🔲 Memorable
🔲 Transcending whispers of a forgotten world


🕹️ Interest
🔲 I would rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive and/or uninspired
☑️ A good moment
🔲 Sticking out of the pack
🔲 You will remember it long after


🔁 Replayability
☑️ A one-time experience
☑️ For achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months/years (or with mods)
🔲 Definitely(NG+, different builds, weapons, implants and playstyles.)
🔲 Infinitely replayable (or almost)


🐛 Bugs
☑️ Never heard of
🔲 Minor bugs
🔲 Can get annoying
🔲 Impacts the player's experience badly
🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs


⚙️ Requirements
🔲 You can run it on a microwave
☑️ Low+
🔲 Average
🔲 High
🔲 NASA computer


💰 Price
🔲 Free
🔲 Underpriced
🔲 Perfect Price
☑️ Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money


🤑 Worth Buying
🔲 No
🔲 If you have nothing else to play
☑️ Wait for sale
🔲 Yes


🎯 Expectations
🔲 It's a completely different game
🔲 This game is a scam
🔲 It's missing many features they announced
☑️ Looks very similar to the steam page
🔲 Better than expected and/or announced
🔲 Masterpiece, no patch or feature has to be added.


✒️ Final Rating
🔲 1
🔲 2
🔲 3
🔲 4
🔲 5
☑️ 6+
🔲 7
🔲 8
🔲 9
🔲 10


Thank you for taking the time to read and think about this review.

Valley is a first-person 3d platformer and parkour game. There's a little shooting later on, not really difficult, but that's not the focus of the game. Great running and jumping. Can be exhilirating when you go at full speed and jump high and far. Beautiful in the outside areas. Acceptable but too dark in the inside areas. Decent level design overall but with lusterless lighting. Would have benefitted from ray tracing or at least more dynamic lighting. I liked the upgrade progression. It lacked variety in terms of chest contents and enemies, but again, fighting was secondary. The gimmick of draining or giving life to trees and animals was novel and nice. Game could be pretty short if you rush through without exploring.

Honestly loved it, it was one of those games that even though its a little short its a masterpeice, the gameplay is fun, the raising and elding life aspect is neat and the movement is so satisfying. The game was well worth the money, would buy again happily! Bravo to the devs

in my honst oppinion about this game, it is one of the most fun experences of a game ive ever had. the story is amazing the colors are amazing, and the soundtrack is amazing. the controles are easy to understand. i come back to this game once a year and it still puts a smile on my face. i dont think there is a game in my libery that is more fun to play then this one. there are "puzzles" but there not hard. and the collection system in this game is fun, you get upgrades and they are fun to mess around with. this game makes me feel like a kid again and no other game can do that. so from me the player to the devolper. thank you. for making one of the best games ive ever played. i cannot recommend this game more.

I was given this game as a gift a few years back, and now, I can see why. I can't quite find the words to even begin to describe how incredible this game is. Everything from the gameplay, graphics, story, the soundtrack... Amazing! Even after completing the game, it made me want to go back and thoroughly explore, to see how high I could really jump, how fast I could really run, the absolute joy of finding easter eggs hidden in the valley.
I would highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys the thrill of an adventure, a bit of problem solving, exploring ruins and picking up the pieces... and travelling incredibly fast!

Valley made me run faster than I ever have in real life, which isn’t saying much, but still.
The story surprised me. It's not a masterpiece, but good enough. A decent game if you enjoy speed, nature, and breaking physics.