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Velocity Ultra

Velocity Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a…

90 15 May 2013

Velocity Ultra is an indie developed by FuturLab, released 15 May 2013 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Velocity Ultra is

Velocity Ultra is an indie game developed by FuturLab and released in 2013. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Velocity is a 2012 shoot 'em up video game developed by British studio FuturLab for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita. It was released as a PlayStation mini. It was ported to Windows by Curve Studios. A sequel, Velocity 2X, was released in 2014.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Velocity Ultra holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM and NDIVIA GeForce series 512MB, AMD(ATI) Radeon series 512MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Velocity Ultra launched on 15 May 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Velocity Ultra yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Velocity Ultra — frequently asked questions

When did Velocity Ultra come out?
Velocity Ultra was released on 15 May 2013 for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Velocity Ultra?
At minimum, Velocity Ultra needs 2 GB RAM, NDIVIA GeForce series 512MB, AMD(ATI) Radeon series 512MB graphics, 650 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Velocity Ultra?
The PC version needs about 0.6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("650 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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