Vigil: Blood Bitterness

Victi: Blood Bitterness (or Vigil: Blood Bitterness ) is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by French studio Freegamer and published by Microapplication. It was released in 2006 on Windows.

Victi: Blood Bitterness
Platform(s)Windows
Release2006
Genre(s)Indie game 
Mode(s)Single-player 

Development and release

Originally conceived as the first entry in the French episodic adventure game series L'Aventure Originale,[1] Vigil: Blood Bitterness was created with the Torque Game Engine. Its art style was inspired by Frank Miller and Philippe Druillet.[2] The game features a guttural soundtrack and a constructed language with English and Latin elements.[3]

Vigil: Blood Bitterness was initially released in February 2006.[4] Microapplication began sales of physical copies in June.[5] In June 2007 Steam released the game for online distribution,[6][7] under the title Vigil - Episode 1: Blood Bitterness.[8] On June 1, GarageGames announced sales on their site.[9]

Reception

Vigil: Blood Bitterness received mixed to negative reviews.

The most positive reviews praised its graphics and visuals. Gamesradar liked the "gorgeous" visuals and backgrounds[10] and Absolute Games thought the visual quality allowed it to stand out from the crowd.[11] Just Adventure praised its atmospheric elements.[12] 4 Players deemed it "unusual".[13] Gry Onlien thought the graphics were surreal and economical.[14] PC World noted the "interesting" art style[15] while Meristration noted its comic book aesthetics.[16] Destructoid compared the art to Sin City.[17] Multiplayer felt the developers were courageous and original.[18] Jeuzactu appreciated the game's low price.[19]

Adventure Gamers felt the game would inspire feelings of hopelessness and frustration,[20] while Jeuxvideo wrote that the game plays like a demo.[21] Gamekult felt the game left a lot to be desired.[22] Onet criticised the game's difficulty, deeming it near impossible to complete without the aid of a walkthrough.[23] While originally thinking the project was promising,[24] upon release Factor News wrote that the game failed on all levels.[25]

References
  1. Oliveres, Jean-Marc (18 September 2006). "L'aventure autrement avec L'aVenture Originale". Clubic.com.
  2. "Test : Victi: Blood Bitterness". 2006-04-21. Archived from the original on 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  3. "Le Télégramme - Victi. Pour les amateurs de gothique". www.letelegramme.fr.
  4. "Victi met de la mode". www.factornews.com.
  5. "Une seconde vie pour Victi". Jeuxvideo.com.
  6. "A New Evil has Appeared on Steam!". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  7. Truta, Filip. "Freegamer's Horror Game 'Vigil - Blood Bitterness' on Steam Now for Just $9.95". softpedia. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  8. "North Americans begin watch for Vigil: Blood Bitterness". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  9. "GarageGames publicará la aventura Vigil: Blood Bitterness". MeriStation. 1 July 2017.
  10. Review, John_Walker 2007-09-18T00:38:33 26Z. "Vigil: Blood Bitterness review". gamesradar. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  11. "Vigil - Episode 1: Blood Bitterness (Victi: Blood Bitterness) - рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru". www.ag.ru. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  12. "Vigil: Blood Bitterness Review: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and AdventureNews!". 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  13. "Vigil: Blood Bitterness: Schwarz-weißer Gruselthriller - 4Players.de". 4Players (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  14. "Victi: Blood Bitterness, Vigil: Blood Bitterness PC | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  15. "Victi Demo". pcworld.pl.
  16. "Primeras imágenes y detalles de Victi". MeriStation. 5 February 2015.
  17. "Victi - pointing and clicking in the dark". Destructoid.
  18. "Underground Vol.10". Multiplayer.it.
  19. "Test Victi : Blood Bitterness". JeuxActu.
  20. "Victi: Blood Bitterness review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  21. "Test du jeu Victi sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  22. "Victi : Blood Bitterness". 2007-03-22. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  23. "Vigil: Blood Bitterness". technologie.onet.pl (in Polish). 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  24. "Victi met de la mode". 18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
  25. "Victi". www.factornews.com.
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