Difficulty:

Very Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"All it's cracked up to be"

*Warning! This Review contains Spoilers, if you do not want to get spoiled then I suggest you finish the game or don't read the Review. *

The Playstation Vita is the next big thing in portable gaming and is suppose to be the biggest most powerful handheld gaming console yet, it can be played online anywhere around the country (where you are) with 3G now and can play games as powerful as the Playstation 3 but can that really be possible? Games like Uncharted on the Vita is grand but is that it?

The Story:
You are a woman who has no idea where she is or who she is. All she sees is a cat so she travels with the cat but something seems off about this cat, it looks like one but it seems deformed. As you travel with the cat you hear people screaming crying out for a kid being sucked in by a vortex of some sort, and the father is forcing you to bring back the kid since it's "your fault" it happened. The cat then grants you the power to control gravity. People hate you for this power but you want to help them still. After awhile you meet the enemies of the game called Nevi, they come in groups often on ground or air, but one must wonder where do they come from? Later on you see a woman with a similar power of yours but her animal is a raven, but she wants to kill you since it's all "your fault". You have no idea who is she but she might know something about you... A few notes the story is all predictable really it really is, but there was one thing the story doesn't explain, who Alias really is... after coming back from the dead he shows up again but only in a "dream" Kat was having and he shows his face to her but not to the player, all Kat says is "He can't be Alias" or something similar to it, it probably explains in one of the DLC's or maybe in a sequel which is trash really.

The Gameplay (w/ game mechanics):
Gravity Rush is nothing much really, you control gravity hence Gravity Rush and when you fight the Nevi you can fight in the ground or in the air using gravity. You can upgrade your status using purple gems you find through-out the city or by completing challenges as rewards, but in order to increase your max-output for your status you need to raise your reputation, in order to raise your rep you need to complete story missions or challenges you find. You can also talk to people in the game which I don't know what good it does really, you can also find manholes to travel through the city or to travel back to your house...in the sewers. There are three types, of gems you find in the city purple as I said before, green gems which heals you, and light-blue gems which heals your gravity gauge. Oh and you have a gravity gauge: this is basically how long you can last while using gravity like powers, but can be increase via purple gems and rep. You have many powers using gravity like float, climb, using environment as weapons, gravity dodge and sliding which isn't that great it's pretty horrible since you have to using the Vita's gyroscope. Fighting will get repetitive, you fight using the same attacks over and over and over again since there is no variety with your powers. Also air Nevi are really annoying since they move to much so you can barley hit them. It was a great idea but doesn't play so well.

The Sound (sound effects, voice acting, etc.)
The sound effects, all I hear is just one, when attacking in ground and in air is the same, smacking into the wall or ground sounds the same, killing are all the same, there is no variety it's too boring. Voice acting (or if you call it voice acting) they don't talk, they somewhat mumble and scream and scream and scream and scream... with only one voice clip... they somewhat talk but rarely, they talk in I think french I couldn't tell. The music isn't that great either... it's pretty an odd choice for this game. I liked one of the city music though it's pretty vintage.

The Graphics:
Visually it looks good but not that great considering the vita is suppose to be "all powerful". It can load the whole city and can travel without load, though but comes with a price which I will go over later. which the city looks good too. The character models looks... meh, I've seen better though on the 3DS really... specials look great they do like the black hole. The Nevi there are only about 8 I believe I think there is more but I can only think up to 8 but they are everywhere so they is no variety when fighting.

The Controls (w/ presentation):
The Vita control schemes are really weird since they are so crowded with each other and playing this game seems harder to play even when using the gravity kick, it's hard to aim and strike especially with the air enemies since they move too much. Camera is no problem since you use the right stick. Using the touch pad and swiping at a direction will cause Kat to perform a dodge move in ground and in the air which is more useful in air. The back pad I don't think it does anything really I haven't used it. And when touching the touch pad with two fingers (your thumbs) will cause Kat to perform a gravity slide which allows you to scale without the need to control gravity up, down or sideways, you use the gyroscope to move which I didn't get use to it. One thing I mention about this the game loads the whole city can can travel through without load, but it loads the city at first and my god the loading in this game takes forever... after dying takes awhile, loading a save data, doing challenges, and going to other places (besides the city). Oh and with all the flaws about the fight system this game is easy as hell.

Gravity Rush was an amazing idea it was really but it got destroyed by most of it's bad flaws, I enjoyed it for a bit but really it's all cracked up to be. If this is the best the Vita has to offer I can't wait to see what's in store later on...

Overall:

Story: 7.0
Gameplay: 7.5
Sound: 4.5
Graphics: 8.0
Controls: 5.5

Overall: 6.5