Virginia
Virginia is a first person interactive drama. It is the story of a recently graduated FBI agent and her partner as they seek to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young boy. In the…
Virginia is an adventure developed by Variable State, released 22 September 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 2.3 hrs to finish.
What Virginia is
Virginia is an adventure game developed by Variable State and released in 2016. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the last days of summer 1992, players investigate the disappearance of Lucas Fairfax, a young boy from the fictional rural town of Kingdom, Virginia. The game is experienced through the eyes of Anne Tarver, a graduate FBI special agent assigned to her first case. As a rookie detective, she's paired with an experienced partner, Maria Halperin, whom Tarver's superiors instruct to keep a watchful eye on. As the story progresses, the pair's trust in each other is tested, and their investigation takes a supernatural turn.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 17 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Virginia holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 107 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 3.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $3.49, that works out to about $1.52 per hour of the main story, or $0.44 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Phenom II X4 940 or Intel Pentium G4400, 2 GB RAM and Radeon R7 250 or GeForce GTX 650, 1GB VRAM. 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 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.49 at GOG, 65% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Virginia launched on 22 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Forza Horizon 3 and Mafia III. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Persona 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Forza Horizon 3, Mafia III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Virginia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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