$6.99Vector
A silhouette freerunner bolts across the rooftops of a totalitarian city, vaulting, sliding and climbing while Big Brother gives chase. Tight timing, tricks to buy and three stars per level make every run worth another go. Simple to pick up, hard to put down.
Is Vector worth it?
Vector is worth it if…
- you want a fast, tense runner you can finish a level of in one sitting
- you remember the mobile original and want it back, minus the grind
- you like chasing perfect scores and do not mind restarting a level to get three stars
- you enjoy tight timing over deep systems: this is pure, simple running
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Run, vault, slide, repeat
The character runs on his own; your job is the split-second calls. Press up to jump a gap, down to slide under a barrier, and chain vaults and rolls so the run never breaks rhythm. The parkour moves are bought with coins and each one feeds into your score for the run, so a well-timed trick is worth more than a safe hop. When everything lands, the silhouette flows over the rooftops like a choreographed routine. When it does not, you hit the wall and feel it: momentum dies, the pursuer closes in, and you start the stretch again. The controls are simple enough to learn in a minute and sharp enough to keep demanding more.
A city that wants you back
The setting is a bleak totalitarian world where individuality is a distant dream, and the run is your answer to it. Big Brother hunts you the whole way, turning every level into a chase with real stakes: hesitate for a few seconds and the elegant escape becomes a capture. The look is stripped to black silhouettes against calm, detailed backgrounds, so nothing on screen pulls your eyes off the next obstacle. The soundtrack carries it, with the Downtown theme in particular sticking in your head long after you stop playing. Three locations, from Downtown to a construction site and on to a technopark, each add their own tricks to master.
What else should you know?
Can you play as the chaser too?
Yes. Hunter Mode flips the chase: you take Big Brother's side and hunt down the runner, shocking them with a taser. It works as a hard mode, with little room for error, so it helps to be comfortable with the normal levels first. Watching how the computer-controlled runner moves can even teach you lines to use in your own escapes.
How hard is it to finish?
Beating the levels is the easy part; the game is built to be replayed. The real challenge is the three-star ratings, which take memorisation and precise timing, and there are no checkpoints, so a late mistake can send you back to the start of a level. Casual runs are relaxed, perfect runs are a project.
Do you need a gamepad?
No. The whole game plays on the keyboard's arrow keys, with each direction mapped to a move, and a controller works too if you prefer one. Either way, the moves are the same: jump, slide, and the tricks you buy along the way.
