Vigil: Blood Bitterness

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Victi: Blood Bitterness
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Developer(s) Freegamer
Publisher(s) Freegamer
Platform(s) Windows
Release2006

Victi: Blood Bitterness (or Vigil: Blood Bitterness ) is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by French studio Freegamer and published by Microapplication. It was released in 2006 on Windows.

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Development and release

Originally conceived as the first entry in the French episodic adventure game series L'Aventure Originale, [1] Vigil: Blood Bitterness was created with the Torque Game Engine. Its art style was inspired by Frank Miller and Philippe Druillet. [2] The game features a guttural soundtrack and a constructed language with English and Latin elements. [3]

Vigil: Blood Bitterness was initially released in February 2006. [4] Microapplication began sales of physical copies in June. [5] In June 2007 Steam released the game for online distribution, [6] [7] under the title Vigil - Episode 1: Blood Bitterness. [8] On June 1, GarageGames announced sales on their site. [9]

Reception

Vigil: Blood Bitterness received mixed to negative reviews.

The most positive reviews praised its graphics and visuals. Gamesradar liked the "gorgeous" visuals and backgrounds [10] and Absolute Games thought the visual quality allowed it to stand out from the crowd. [11] Just Adventure praised its atmospheric elements. [12] 4 Players deemed it "unusual". [13] Gry Online thought the graphics were surreal and economical. [14] PC World noted the "interesting" art style [15] while Meristration noted its comic book aesthetics. [16] Destructoid compared the art to Sin City . [17] Multiplayer felt the developers were courageous and original. [18] Jeuzactu appreciated the game's low price. [19]

Adventure Gamers felt the game would inspire feelings of hopelessness and frustration, [20] while Jeuxvideo wrote that the game plays like a demo. [21] Gamekult felt the game left a lot to be desired. [22] Onet criticised the game's difficulty, deeming it near impossible to complete without the aid of a walkthrough. [23] While originally thinking the project was promising, [24] upon release Factor News wrote that the game failed on all levels. [25]

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