ULTRA VERTIGO

Really nice game. Finished my first run in ~51 mins with several rewinds. What I loved about this game: + Rewind feature that makes the game forgiving + Different environments make every run feel fresh + Small pathfinding puzzles + Different routes + I want explore more of the tower in my next runs + Once you get the hang of the movement it feels great + It is very satisfying to land jumps that look impossible at first What could be improved: - Rewind feature feels buggy sometimes. E.g. you can spawn on platforms that descend when you stand on them. Sometimes it respawned me falling down already. But after pressing the rewind button multiple times I always found myself at a position that I was satisfied with. - Mouse speed was way too fast when I entered the game. You can turn sensitivity down in the game's options. - Compared to the other floors, the final floor felt a bit boring. It's difficulty was alright, but I felt like it didn't get as much love by the devs as the other floors.

Ultra vertigo is a fun 3d platformer with a lots of secrets to find. Some of the secrets are really hard to find, and unfortunatly, the community on steam and youtube isn't big so theres no guide, but after asking, the dev added hints in game to make it more findable by everyone which is a big plus. There is also a speedrun mode that act as a foddian mode where there is no rewind or checkpoints. And for casual, you can keep the default mode to make it easier but it will be short if you only finish the main game and don't collect secrets that way.

Update - Turns out the FOV feature was already in place and it was just an option labelling issue, awesome! Y'know what? I really enjoy Ultra Vertigo. It's not too long a game (my current PB with default settings is a bit over twenty one minutes, though the current best is just over 10 minutes at the moment. The rewind functionality makes the game a lot more accessible, as does the mutators you can unlock by exploring the tower. Two issues I think could do with tweaking: - As other reviews have mentioned - Rewind can be a little buggy if you're somewhere precarious === LOST SECTIONS UPDATE - RANT AHEAD - TLDR I HATE SECTOR THREE === Okay, on paper the Lost Sectors is 'Oh boy more cake!' situation. After a time consuming but not too bad (except for the first one, that's sneakily hidden) button hunt you get given a cryptic clue to find the lost sectors, extra sections throughout the run. The lost sectors have unique mechanics in the form of jump pads - some grant extra height, some grant extra jumps. The first two sectors are fantastic. Introducing the new mechanics, showing some cool was this could be implemented. Fanastic location design, interesting maps. And then sector three comes along and turns these fun mechanics into complete frustration. There's several massive sections where you have to weave high jump and extra jumps in long sequences without any decent chance of rest, especially a bit near the end where there's a chain of one reds going straight up that it's never trained you in. There's so much of it, with unclear paths that basically require you to try again and again and again, for each of the 100m or so bits of endless jump pads. A few extra platforms would've made the climb less painful. as I'm stuck doing hard sections over and over again just for a chance at the damn chain of '1' hop platforms. It made completing sector three frustrating to the point that I completed it out of spite just so I could write this review. Put a platform or two in the chain of endless jumps near the end. Please. And remove the damn lightning. It's RNG, flashbangs the screen to the point you can't see the sodding jump pads. The stats say I was subjected to it 64 times. ♥♥♥♥ sensitive eyes I guess I had plenty of desire to beat my time in the main path. I have zero desire to do section three again. == TLDR - Play the main game, it's sill great. Don't play the lost sectors unless you're really wanting to strain your wrists and eyes.

Comment expliquer… Je ressors d’Ultra Vertigo avec une impression très marquée, autant par son gameplay, son level design que par sa bande-son ! En à peine trente minutes, le jeu m’a fait passer par un large éventail d’émotions : frustration, joie, parfois même colère, mais aussi beaucoup d’humour, et surtout un énorme sentiment d’accomplissement. Chaque réussite donne l’impression de l’avoir réellement méritée Je ne suis pourtant pas un grand joueur de platformers et je m’attendais honnêtement à abandonner au bout de quelques minutes. À ma grande surprise, Ultra Vertigo propose une option de “Seconde chance”, activable en permanence, qui permet de revenir à son dernier saut. Une excellente idée pour les joueurs casual. À l’inverse, les joueurs plus chevronnés trouveront sans problème de quoi se mettre à l’épreuve, notamment via des niveaux de difficulté plus élevés (et probablement sans cette fameuse seconde chance) Level Design : Visuellement minimaliste, mais redoutablement efficace. Les parcours verticaux sont exigeants sans jamais sembler injustes (bon… à part quelques petits pièges bien taquins). Découvrir de nouvelles routes ou salles procure un véritable sentiment de progression et de satisfaction, les thématiques de chaque pièces sont forte et donne du caractère Gameplay Le feeling des déplacements est excellent. Les possibilités sont nombreuses : sprint + saut, saut puis sprint en l’air, saut maintenu, quick jump au dernier timing… Chaque tentative donne l’impression d’avoir un réel contrôle sur ses mouvements. C’est OOoooooooh goooood ! Sound Design Gros coup de cœur. La musique électro diffuse une très bonne vibe et permet d’oublier, l’espace d’un instant, les chutes et les échecs. Le travail sur le sound design varie selon les zones et renforce clairement l’immersion Graphismes C’est beau, varié, simple, et pourtant très efficace. Le minimalisme sert parfaitement l’expérience. En conclusion, Ultra Vertigo est un platformer qui peut être exigeant, mais qui est avant tout profondément satisfaisant. Il met l’accent sur la maîtrise des mouvements et des trajectoires dans une conception de niveaux verticale et intelligente. Une expérience que je recommande à tous ceux qui veulent passer un bon moment, souffler un peu face à une vie parfois exigeante, et savourer un défi gratifiant.

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I was interested when I saw this game pop up as a demo during Next Fest. I have been on a solid precision platformer kick for a while now, and this had fun aesthetic form the outset. I became truly exited once I realized who the developers were! Since I had only known them from itch io it took me a while too put 2 and 2 together. "The Just More Doors People Made A Game On Steam!" And now that we have the finished product I can say it doesn't disappoint. I completed my first run and it hits all the boxes for a good time. I like the rewind option for accessibility as it makes a tough game approachable. The alternative routes and secrets are fun to find. I fully recommend this game to precision platformer fans.

30 minutes of great experience. I would love this map has about 2000m :)

Jeu vraiment sympa ! Super effet de hauteur !

Bon jeu de plateforme de précision, un niveau vraiment grand avec pas mal de secrets et du bon plateforming frustrant sans le côté "injuste" d'autres jeux du genre. Merci pour les options d'accessibilité, ça aide pour esquiver le côté hardcore !

"Bennett Foddy's ♥♥♥♥ I fell down and lost like 20 minutes of progress" Ultra Vertigo is one of those games that’s simultaneously very cool and deeply infuriating. The first-person vertical platforming feels great when you’re chaining jumps together properly, and the rewind mechanic adds some genuinely smart tension management. The problem is that the game also loves punishing failure by sending you plummeting into the abyss and erasing massive chunks of progress. After a while it stopped feeling challenging and started feeling like the game was personally insulting me. There’s a fantastic movement system buried underneath all the suffering. [url=https://www.youtube.com/live/8Jk3zoK71Ts=01h04m08s]Gameplay[/url]