WeView: Velocity 2X

In the spotlight for today’s Weview is Velocity 2X. The series has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a PS mini. Now as a fully fledged PS4 title, it’s as hectic and challenging as ever, with some great additions to the gameplay.

I’m yet to fully complete 2X but I’ve had a lot of fun with the game already. For me, Velocity Ultra has been one of the best games I’d played on the PS Vita and 2X only improves on this, with some nice additions to the gameplay including being able to fight outside of the Quarp Jet.

It’s safe to say that TSA is a big fan of the Velocity series and FuturLab in general. Stefan reviewed Velocity 2X scoring the game a rather impressive 10/10. Tef explains “it picks up exactly where the first game left off. Through a handful of brief flashback levels, it recaps the events of that led to Lt. Kai Tana being flung halfway across the galaxy and how she came to be cybernetically augmented”.

Of course, “the game’s true focus, just as before, is on the gameplay, and it very quickly lets you get to grips or reacquaint yourself with the Quarp Jet’s movement, the accelerated scroll rate and the short range teleporter”. This time, however, “it’s also quick to introduce the big new addition, that Kai can now step out of her space ship and run along the corridors of buildings on alien planets”.

He said “FuturLab faced the problem of translating the ultra-slick Quarp Jet controls to controlling a human being, but have done so with aplomb”, adding “2X manages to keep the essence and feel of Velocity’s controls when Kai’s on foot”.

As Velocity 2X is “often very hectic and demands absolute concentration for minutes at a time” you might find “it’s easy to gloss over just how gorgeous the game looks”. Tef said “Velocity Ultra’s particular aesthetic has only been improved upon and refined, as they now visit alien worlds and get greater variety in the backdrops to the action”.

He concluded:

Velocity 2X delivers another dose of pitch perfect shoot ‘em up gameplay, but refuses the rest on the laurels of its predecessor. Taking Kai out of her Quarp Jet opens up whole other avenues for the gameplay that only gets better and better as you progress, with every other part of the game lavished with further polish and refinement. I can only think to echo the sentiment and the score that we awarded the original.

Now it’s over to you. What did you think of Velocity 2X, and what platform did you prefer to play the game on? Let us know in the comments below giving the game either a Buy It, Plus It, Sale It or Avoid It rating. Most of you probably picked the game up via Plus so let us know whether you would of paid the full price for it. Get your comments in by Sunday evening in time for Monday’s verdict article.

This will also be the last WeView of the year so I’m hoping for a big reception for Velocity 2X. We will be back in January looking at the game that will top yesterday’s poll.