Velvet Assassin

Velvet Assassin

The desolate atmosphere and empathetic look at your enemies make Velvet Assassin a powerful war game. It's bleak and grim, making the horrors of war come to life in disturbing fashion. The lousy gunplay and moronic AI dilute some of the intense realism on display here, but the game is able to stand out despite these problems. Creeping slowly through the shadows is tense and believable, and pulling off these seemingly impossible objectives is deeply satisfying. Velvet... Read more

World War II stealth-'em-up inspired by real-life secret agent - supposedly

Despite our reservations about the plot, we had an entertaining time with Velvet Assassin. It never hits the highs of the average Hitman mission, but the game’s palpable atmosphere, and solid sneaking mechanics, should satisfy anyone suffering from stealth-deprivation – and help keep your mind off the agonizing wait until Agent 47, Sam Fisher and Garrett finally emerge from the gloom. Read more

Velvet Assassin

Overall Velvet Assassin is a perfect example of what not to do when creating a stealth-action game. The title insults the source from which it gets its story ideas; the story there is plenty yet filled with holes and unentertaining. The gameplay actually ends up being pretty good somewhere in the middle, but it isn’t worth going through the horrible beginning, and hair-pulling end to experience it. Read more

Some stealth killing and a spot of tea guv'nah? Slip into the world of British spies and crumpets while inhabiting the persona of Violette Summer, a British spy gone rogue, crawling through her memories to figure out how she ended up incapacitated and in the hospital. Here's the X-Play review of Velvet Assassin for the Xbox 360 and PC. Read more

Velvet Assassin is an attempt to bring back the old school style of stealth games some people may remember, before Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid took the genre by storm. And while it does manage to keep the basic gameplay from an earlier time intact, it does nothing to improve upon it. The gameplay is something that some fans of the genre may enjoy, but it’s hard to deny that it feels less like a current generation title and more like an old relic from two console... Read more