It's kind of scary how many people are reviewing this game talking about how it's a "fun little time killer." The goal of the game is to literally give people AIDS.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing; the change in the background and in the music when that final level hit was really thought-provoking and made me question what I was doing, playing a game about harming someone so drastically and yet not seeing anything but stuff to hit and avoid.
Still, the general reaction to this game as a "fun little time-waster" is just...unsettling.
Reviews for "Vivirion.2"
The game was okay. I had fun ala big fish game thingy. It was relatively easy though. 399 seconds and I got 10 out of 11 medals.
This is a interesting game.
One thing that gets a little annoying is being forced to use the mouse to control your "virus"
I would love it if you could choose how to control your virus (arrow keys,WASD,mouse)
other than that a decent game overall.
I'll give you 3.5 stars on this. I see alot of gameplay issues with game
1. I'm losing health eating cells smaller than myself. Chances are this is a bug that needs to be fixed right away.
2. The "host" will not send out attackable cells at almost full size. People will find this quite bothersome and rage quit. i know its supposed to provide a challenge but there are some things that people want a moderate amount of challenge.A better way of telling is this cell edible is also needed..edible cells are blue..inedible cells are red for instance.
3. your Virus type has no appreciable effects. I played the virus that give the white bloodcells a hard time to react to it..i saw no difference than playing the other types. I played the longer bonus..again no appreciable effect..the virus that has no pro or cons needs to have a bit of both..white blood cell anti lock and a bit longer of a bonus so people might be inclined to play 1 of the other virus types.
4. Visual Effects for different power ups would be helpful.. a barrier of minus signs that repel bigger cells..plus signs to attract smaller cells..your virus could take on a pac man like appearance when you can eat any red cell...skull and cross bones for white blood cell killer power up.
5. more power ups are another avenue to smooth out some of the rough spots. A power up that allows you to grow eating white cells. A power up that puts up a shield that destroys white blood cells and anti viral drugs. A power up that clones you for 30 seconds and send anything it eats to you.
6. Music and different sound effects are another item that will help people stay engaged in this game. Different music for different levels is a must instead of 1 track over and over again. when you eat a cell bigger than you maybe have a puking noise or if you eat a cell a tender or yummy would be in order...lymph baths would be a oohh snap or the jaws theme would chime in..a specialized attack would be we got company.
Overall good game play..need alot of tweaks before this is deemed as 5 star worthy.
actually HIV is a retrovirus, and i infects T-support-cells, not red blood cells. thats why i almost died in the last level, i tried to infect the leukocytes ;P