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Null Vector

A difficult, 1980's inspired permadeath rogue-lite where every play through is different. Trade, gamble, and fight your way through progressively challenging levels. Increase the power of your weapon by…

87 3 May 2018

Null Vector is an indie developed by Optical Override, released 3 May 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Null Vector is

Null Vector is an indie game developed by Optical Override and released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A difficult, 1980's inspired permadeath rogue-lite where every play through is different. Trade, gamble, and fight your way through progressively challenging levels. Increase the power of your weapon by collecting parts that merge to give new and unique properties.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Null Vector holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for i3 3110M, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 670MX, Intel HD Graphics 4000. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Null Vector launched on 3 May 2018, within three weeks of God of War, God of War (2018), Dark Souls: Remastered and Dark Souls: Remastered. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War (2018), Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls: Remastered.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Null Vector — frequently asked questions

When did Null Vector come out?
Null Vector was released on 3 May 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Null Vector?
At minimum, Null Vector needs i3 3110M, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 670MX, Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Null Vector?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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