If you want a game that will mess with your brain without a word ever being spoken, take a trip to Virginia.
Virginia, developed by Variable State and published by 505 Games, is a single-player first-person thriller mystery. And it's probably the weirdest thing I've ever played.
This game, (respectfully) if you can call it that, opens the same way we would have seen crime movies open in the 80's. The opening credits are that. Credits playing during an opening sequence, just as if you were watching the James Bond opening titles. Virginia is presented in a widescreen letterbox format, with the black bars, indeed emphasizing the feeling you're not so much playing a game, more you're directing the lead character in a film.
Once the opening credits had rolled, I was taken aback by the simplicity of the design. Everything was minimalist in its look, nothing was overly decorated, and there was very little detail. You didn't feel like it was needed. Kingdom in Virginia, where the story is set, feels like it's a small town. People who have seen the film Fargo, or seen Twin Peaks will already feel a familiar tug. A small mountainous town? Something odd is bound to happen there!
A small mountainous town? Something odd is bound to happen there!
We're introduced to our character, Anne Tarver, who is fresh from the FBI training academy and is set to investigate her new partner, Maria Halperin, both who are black women. These are the only sure things I can ascertain from the storyline; the rest is pieced together from what I felt I saw.
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