AVICII Invector

AVICII Invector is a 2019 single-player music video game developed by Swedish studio Hello There Games with Wired Productions in memory of Swedish DJ Avicii.[1] The game was released on 10 December 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. An "Encore Edition" featuring an additional 10 tracks, which will also be available separately as DLC for existing owners, will be released on 8 September 2020 on all existing platforms, and Nintendo Switch.[2]

AVICII Invector
Video game poster featuring Avicii
Developer(s)Hello There Games
Wired Productions
Publisher(s)Wired Productions
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • WW: 10 December 2019
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: 8 September 2020
Genre(s)Music

Gameplay

AVICII Invector allows the player to journey across six different worlds. The player has to race through the music track and is tasked with matching the "musical beat". AVICII Invector features 25 of Avicii's songs.[3]

Track-list

Source: [4]

  1. Heaven
  2. Tough Love
  3. Fades Away
  4. Can't Catch me
  5. Pure Grinding
  6. What Would I Change it to
  7. The Nights
  8. Waiting For Love
  9. Gonna Love Ya
  10. You be Love
  11. Friend of Mine
  12. Sunset Jesus
  13. Fade Into Darkness
  14. Wake Me Up
  15. Lonely Together
  16. Without You
  17. Hey Brother
  18. Levels
  19. I Could Be The One
  20. You Make Me
  21. Lay Me Down
  22. For a Better Day
  23. Broken Arrows - M-22 Remix
  24. True Believer
  25. Talk To Myself

Reception
The video game is dedicated to Avicii, who died in April 2018.

Critical response
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic80/100
Review score
PublicationScore
The Guardian4/5

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the game a score of 80 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5] As of December 2019 the game scored a "Very Positive " review by over 140 reviews on Steam.[6]

Jenni Lada of the PlayStation LifeStyle wrote, "AVICII Invector really nails is a sense of style. It’s a futuristic and minimalistic game following a spaceship pilot who is traveling through the songs you play".[7] Jade King of the TrustedReviews wrote, "It's heartbreaking that Avicii isn't around to experience a project that he had so much passion for come to fruition, but he'd be proud of what's been accomplished here. It harkens back to rhythm gaming greats while scorching ahead on a path of its own, and for a good cause to boot".[8]

Rebecca April May of TheGuardian.com wrote, "With so much emphasis on art and audio, there was always a risk of style over substance".[9] Sean Munro of the Flickering Myth wrote the game's several cons including "Disappointing lack of challenge", "Hard difficulty is pointlessly gated off", and "No online multiplayer".[10]

References
  1. "Avicii Invector game launches in his memory". Dancing Astronaut. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  2. Romano, Sal (2020-06-25). "AVICII Invector Encore Edition for Switch launches September 8". Gematsu. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  3. "AVICII Invector Launches Today on PS4". PlayStation.Blog. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  4. "AVICII Invector Launches Globally Today On Multiple Formats". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  5. "AVICII Invector". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  6. "Save 10% on AVICII Invector on Steam". Steam. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  7. "AVICII Invector Review - A Brief, Focused Tribute (PS4)". PlayStation LifeStyle. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  8. "Avicii Invector Review". Trusted Reviews. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  9. May, Rebecca April (2019-12-06). "Avicii Invector review – an immersive musical tribute". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  10. "Video Game Review – AVICII Invector". Flickering Myth. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
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