Gravity-flipping and mind-bending puzzles!

User Rating: 9 | VVVVVV PC
Wow, this game really came out of nowhere for me. Got it for a few bucks in some Steam sale and was really pleasantly surprised. The music is fantastic and even though the game is basically built around the one single mechanic of not being able to jump but being able to flip the gravity, the game is absolutely awesome. The game constantly finds new ways of toying with gravity and giving new challenges, but it still never becomes too difficult. In many ways it reminded me of playing Portal or Braid for the first time. I had the same feeling of being completely amazed with how far they've taken one simple idea and expanded it to all these puzzles. The graphics are basically non-existent. It's basically just blocks, but somehow it really doesn't matter. The underlying ideas are so well thought out that I never really gave the graphics any thought. My only complaint is that the game was over way too soon.