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Overall impressions of Voodoo Vince Remastered

Voodoo Vince Remastered does something important: It rescues a classic Xbox game that few people played (I had the system but still missed it) and brings it back for today’s gamers. The enhanced graphics look good for an indie game, although some of the textures don’t hold up, and the frame rate really chugs now and then.

This generation has so few 3D platformers to play that perhaps Voodoo Vince will find a wider audience than last time around. Fixing the archaic control and design issues mentioned earlier, and releasing farther apart from Yooka-Laylee, would have helped find that audience, but this is still a game worth playing and remembering. Let’s hope more original Xbox games like fellow 3D platformer eventually get the remastering treatment as well.

Voodoo Vince: Remastered is available on Xbox One and Windows 10 as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, and (without cross-buy) on Steam. It costs $14.99, making it an affordable alternative (or follow-up) to Yooka-Laylee.

5 игр для Xbox Play Anywhere, чтобы попробовать

Количество видеоигр, поддерживающих Xbox Play Anywhere, продолжает расти на регулярной основе. Вот пять названий, которые помогут вам начать работу с Xbox One или Windows 10.

Инстинкт убийцы: Killer Instinct — перезагрузка популярной боевой игры с 90-х годов с тем же именем. Эта игра бесплатна для загрузки и воспроизведения, однако персонажи должны быть приобретены, прежде чем они станут воспроизводимыми. Существует один свободный персонаж, который вращается на еженедельной основе в обычной версии игры, в то время как доступно несколько пакетов, которые поставляются с различными персонажами. Инстинкт убийцы может считаться слишком жестоким для молодых игроков, но подростки должны быть в порядке.

ReCore: Эта приключенческая игра с участием женщин отличается хорошим сочетанием действий и решения головоломок, которые должны держать в руках самых обычных геймеров. ReCore была одной из первых игр для видеоигр Xbox Play Anywhere и создана тем же создателем Metroid Prime, Keiji Inafune.

Forza Horizon 3: На сегодняшний день одна из самых впечатляющих гоночных игр Forza Horizon 3 берет франшизу открытого мира в Австралию и исследует страны, в разных местах, таких как пляж, кустарник, глушь и современные города

Эта игра идеально подходит для любой возрастной группы, хотя взрослые по достоинству оценят внимание к деталям больше, чем молодые игроки.

Вуду Винс: ремастированный: Voodoo Vince — это 3D-платформер, впервые выпущенный на оригинальной консоли Xbox еще в 2003 году и теперь переработанный для более современного опыта. Этот титул понравится поклонникам 3D-игр Super Mario Bros.

Прогулка в темноте: Этот 2D-платформер обладает уникальным художественным дизайном, который отличает его от своих соперников и дает ему преимущество, которого не хватает многим другим жанрам в жанре

Поклонники традиционных игр Super Mario Bros и Rayman получат много удовольствия от этой игры.

The Conclusion

I liked Voodoo Vince, the character was entertaining and it was hilarious that injuring him often helped with progression. The array of death options were creative as you would collect additional ones across levels and the small set of collectibles added just enough extra to do. It can be a rather difficult game as the later levels were very intense, but rewarding and by the end I had enjoyed it overall. It’s definitely a classic sort of Xbox title of which there are not many so worth checking out either for nostalgia or a solid platforming game. I would certainly like to see this character return in a modern title as I felt there was great promise for him.

Voodoo Vince Remastered Review on Xbox One & PCReview Code Provided by Beep Games

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Gameplay

This really isn’t much of a remaster to say as more in the lines of a port. It does look significantly better than the original by far though the textures aren’t changed. It seems be more of a port there with full HD support and modern Xbox integrations. The character model for Vince was however fantastic with great little bits of detail and there was some solid resolution there. It would have been better to see the game get enhanced a tad more though it runs smooth and looks fine regardless. For the most part I liked the core of the game with some frustrating platforming elements throughout. At times there was great annoyance with the size of Vince as platforms would get cut off below you or when swinging on open air hooks I couldn’t ever see them. Windows 10 PCSince this is amazingly a Xbox Play Anywhere game your saves, achievements and content are shared between the two versions. The PC version felt smooth with the keyboard, but there are few options for visuals. It mainly just comes down to a quality selector, but for such an old game I’m not sure what I expected. It looked good on my 4K screen, running smooth with little effort and I can see it having solid performance on any basic PC.

Campaign

Voodoo Vince Remastered is an updated version of a classic Xbox platformer that follows a voodoo doll named Vince. His boss Madam Charmaine has been kidnapped and her magical Zombie Dust all stolen. It’s up to him to deal with the evil forces summoned by this magical essence and to make his way to where Charmain has been taken. The game really hasn’t aged well in terms of its platforming with some elements being awkward and the world blocky. This does however carry a certain charm to it as you can tell that this is an older title and while those elements haven’t carried well, the story does. It was a charming tale of this sarcastic little guy and I’d like to see more of him in the future. The campaign is largely focused around completing some short puzzles in various areas that weren’t very confusing and then do a simple boss battle. There’s also a death system in place that appears after losing many hearts and it sends you to the main menu. This was odd as it doesn’t seem necessary since it could just continue you, when loading in most of the time your actions were kept finished anyways. At its core, the game is something anyone could play yet it can be grueling at times as well. There’s actually some good length to the story and while dependant on how well you handle the levels there’s quality there.

Должен ли я покупать игры на Windows 10 или Xbox One?

Это не имеет значения. Все видеоигры Xbox Play Anywhere поддерживают полную функциональность перекрестной покупки, что означает, что если кто-то покупает игру Xbox Play Anywhere на своей консоли Xbox One, они автоматически получат версию Windows 10 бесплатно, если они используют ту же учетную запись Microsoft / Xbox как на их консоли, так и на ПК.

Обратное верно для тех, кто покупает заголовок на своем устройстве Windows 10 в приложении Windows Store

Никаких дополнительных шагов, которые необходимо сделать, кроме покупки игры, не имеет значения, и не важно, на каком устройстве вы совершаете покупку

Frayed edges

A few gameplay elements don’t feel quite right, though. For one, Vince walks too slowly. This makes traversing large distances, and especially farming for lives in the Docks level, a hassle. The use of lives at all feels archaic in today’s landscape, as it really just slows the game down by forcing you to farm.

Vince has a double jump, always a good thing. But the timing window for activating the second jump is too small – press it too late and you’ll just plummet to your death. Vince’s hovering ability is also a bit problematic. Instead of pressing and holding the jump button, like in every other game that lets you hover, you have to hold the left trigger to float. I’m so wired to float by holding the jump button (as in Rayman Legends) that Vince’s weird implementation throws me off.

Finally, the camera controls are too slow and clunky for their own good. You can reposition the camera at any time. The game sometimes fights you for it, though, just like in Yooka-Laylee, and it always resets the Y-position of the camera instantly, making it impossible to look up while moving around. Camera issues were especially common in older games, but I wish we could at least speed up the camera movement here.

Как определить Xbox Play Anywhere Video Game

Хотя все игры Xbox Play Anywhere поддерживают такие функции Xbox Live, как таблицы лидеров, друзья, достижения Xbox и облачные сохранения, не все игры с поддержкой брендов Xbox поддерживают Xbox Play Anywhere.

Игры Xbox Play Anywhere отобразят значок.  Microsoft

Игры, поддерживающие функции Xbox Live, можно определить по значку Xbox Play Anywhere. Обычно на нем написаны слова Xbox Live, Xbox 360 или Xbox One. Игры с Xbox 360 и Xbox One, написанные на их графике, доступны на соответствующих консолях, а те, которые используют ярлык Xbox Live, можно найти на устройствах с Windows 10.

Функциональность Xbox Play Anywhere указана в описании видеоигры на витрине цифрового магазина, обычно рядом с названием и подзаголовком «Пути, которыми вы можете играть».

Voodoo warrior

Voodoo Vince is a 3D platformer, that once common genre that barely exists nowadays (2D platformers are still common, though). Vince’s most basic moves include running, jumping, punching, and a spin attack. The spin attack has its own face button and is so effective, it renders the punch pointless. Beating up enemies gets you beads, which can charge up Vince’s powers.

Many levels contain simple puzzles and goals that must be completed before Vince can progress. Sometimes he’ll have to pick up and carry an object, using it somewhere else. If the object is too heavy for Vince to jump while carrying it, trying to jump will make a fart sound. It’s dumb but fun. Other puzzles involve harming Vince, like throwing him into fan blades, producing a sack of material to weigh a switch down. Being a magical doll, Vince regenerates unharmed.

Vince’s nature as a voodoo doll provides him with attack powers, as well. Upon activating a voodoo power, Vince will harm himself in some silly way. This kills all nearby enemies. A few of the 33 powers include a 1930s mob hit, a shark attack, and even a fatal dose of laxative inside an outhouse.

The new powers are hidden throughout each level as magical talismans, one of the many collectibles to find. Others include zombie dust bags (every hundred of which gives Vince a new life bar) and skull pages. Finding all of the skull pages in a level causes a purple skull to appear. If Vince manages to chase after and catch it, he gains another charge for his voodoo powers.

Tracking these collectibles is relatively easy because you can see the current level’s count in the pause menu, and the levels are much smaller than ‘s stages. I can find everything in a level on my own, so the difficulty feels just right to me.

Работают ли игры Xbox Play Anywhere на всех ПК?

При покупке игр с маркой Xbox Play Anywhere необходимо проверить две вещи: операционную систему вашего компьютера и профиль оборудования.

Xbox Play Anywhere будет работать только на ПК под управлением Windows 10. Таким образом, помимо дополнительных преимуществ безопасности при обновлении вашего устройства, установка Windows 10 обеспечит лучший игровой процесс.

Второе, что нужно учитывать, это совместимость вашего оборудования с игрой. Многие игры имеют определенные требования к памяти и процессору. К счастью, официальные списки игр в приложении Магазина Windows в Windows 10 автоматически проверяют устройство на совместимость. Этот тест можно найти в разделе « Особенности» в листинге. Он отображается зелеными галочками и красными крестиками, чтобы указать, будет ли игра работать правильно.

Если рядом со всеми записями в разделе « Системные требования» есть зеленые галочки, тогда все готово. Если у вас есть несколько красных крестиков или вы получили сообщение «Ваше устройство должно соответствовать всем минимальным требованиям, чтобы открыть этот продукт», то вам, возможно, придется купить более мощный компьютер.

Помните, что все игры разные, и, хотя некоторые из них могут не запускаться на вашем текущем компьютере, другие могут.

Achievements and Xbox Play Anywhere

The Xbox One and Windows 10 versions of Voodoo Vince share worth a total of 1,000 Gamerscore. Because this is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, Achievement progress transfers between both versions of the game. Save progress automatically transfers between platforms via the cloud, as well. The Steam version of Voodoo Vince has its own Steam Achievements, but it’s not cross-buy like the Xbox version, making it less appealing for the Windows faithful.

Many of the Achievements are progression-based, and some involve finding all the collectibles. But Beep Industries got creative with some of them, as well. You’ll get Achievements for dying or defeating enemies in certain ways. My favorite involves visiting all five shops in a certain level. This requires , but it really rewards you for doing something that would’ve been largely pointless in the original Xbox version.

Levels are replayable at will, and Vince can even pass back and forth between the exit of a level and the entrance of the next one. Thus, none of the Achievements are missable, and they’re actually really fun to go after.

A doll on a mission

Why is the pin bent like that?

As Voodoo Vince begins, we meet Madame Charmaine, the owner of a New Orleans-based voodoo shop. A group of thugs working for Kosmo the Inscrutable (the game’s irritating antagonist) breaks into Charmaine’s shop in search of her magical zombie dust.

After the bumbling thugs spill the zombie dust and wreck the shop, they escape with a kidnapped Charmaine and the remains of the dust. But the spilled dust inadvertently brings Vince (a formerly ordinary voodoo doll) to life. Following psychic instructions from Charmaine, he must now recover the rest of the spilled dust and rescue his mistress.

The basic premise of Voodoo Vince is quite good. Like many games of this genre (even Yooka-Laylee), the story eventually involves wacky animal characters and creatures such as a skeletal jazz musician (justified by the zombie dust) and an aged female scientist who is a turtle (I have no idea about that one).

I do have a few nitpicks, namely that the dialog is sometimes clunky, and Kosmo is like a lame proto-Kaos from . Vince’s voice, performed by , is nasal and annoying – not the albatross you want to hang on your main character. Ken has appeared in numerous games, such as Halo: Reach and Destiny, but his Norm MacDonald impression mostly grates in this one.