Vessel is an indie developed by Strange Loop Games, released 1 March 2012 on PlayStation 3, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What Vessel is
Vessel is an indie game developed by Strange Loop Games and released in 2012. It was published by IndiePub. It is available on PlayStation 3, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Living liquid machines have overrun this world of unstoppable progress, and it is the role of their inventor, Arkwright, to stop the chaos they are causing.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Vessel holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 55% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor, 2GB System RAM and ATi Radeon HD 2400 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better (Shader Model 3.0 needs to be supported). 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 2GB.
What it launched against
Vessel launched on 1 March 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and Kid Icarus: Uprising. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Vessel yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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