VVVVVV

This game is a solid reason to take a hammer and smash your computer into a million pieces.

This is the best platformer I've seen for a long time! What makes it the best and stands out is not only the cute sound effects and design that will make you smile but the difficulty that is very balanced. If you want just to complete the game you can do it in less then 50 deaths, plus the restart checkpoints are a lot throughout the levels so there is no need to repeat a big portion of them when you fail on that spike for example. But if you want to get all the shiny trinkets and to have a 100% completion it became really hard and challenging, but even then this is the only game I know to have such accessibility options in the menu that can drastically lower the difficulty - the gravity (or acceleration) slowing option which turns the frustrating bits of the levels into very doable and enjoyable. Also if you happen to have some eye disorder or epilepsy the game have an option to remove the background images which also helps a lot. The game also have some gameplay modes in the form of unlockable content (after you finish it up the first time, no paid DLCs or smth like this) like invert and god-mode which add a lot of fun and replayablity. To sum-up my review this game is worth full price and I fully recommend it.

VVVVVV was my introduction to Terry Cavanagh's games. For all its minimalism and retro graphics, I instantly fell in love. Never frustrating thanks to its instant respawn (well OK, Veni Vidi Vici is a b***, didn't beat it yet godamit!), with really wonderful music, challenging gameplay... If you like it, have also a go at Terry's recent Super Hexagon. Completely different game but still great music and super-tight controls.

This is honestly one of the best indie games I've ever played, everything about it is great: The graphics, music, gameplay, and well, it doesn't have a big story, but trust me, it doesn't need one. The only, and I mean, ONLY reason I wouldn't recommend this on GOG.com is because the version from the official site includes a Linux version. If you are a Linux user, then you should probably get the game elsewhere. However, if you're on a Mac or Windows completely, then please, buy this game right now. You won't regret it.