Vigil: The Longest Night

Vigil: The Longest Night is a two-dimensional platform metroidvania with a high level of difficulty, in which we play as the last of The Vigil's fraternity members on a dark journey to understand why there's an eternal night in the world. It was developed by Glass Heart Games studio and released by Another Indie known for games like Lost Castle, Simulacra and Yuppie Psycho.

Plot

In Vigil: The Longest Night we play the role of Leila, the last member of The Vigil brotherhood, who, in order to save her home village attacked by the forces of evil and to understand the reason why there is only one time of day - night - sets off and wanders on the verge of reality and sleep. The fact that the forces of darkness and her own sister are hunting her down does not make things any easier. How the adventure ends is up to us, because there are several endings in the game.

Mechanics

Vigil: The Longest Night was inspired by Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary which can be seen in both the style and mechanics of the game. The game combines dynamic, difficulty side-scrolled metroidvania with RPG elements.

The protagonist is waiting to cross deserted villages, haunted forests, shipwrecks, caves, and each of these locations is invaded by hostile enemies. Enemies are a combination of Lovecraft abominations and creatures known from the Taiwanese folklore. In addition to their disturbing appearance, they are characterized by their brutality on the battlefield and the launch of unexpected attacks, which makes the fight more demanding, even though each type of monster has a unique set of blows. Leila can use many weapons that she finds during her adventures. In her arsenal you will find one and two-handed swords, halberds and spades, various types of blades and daggers, bows using various types of arrows and many others.

She can also wear different pieces of armor, which protects her from creature attacks and influences her stats, such as lifespan, which determines the maximum number of life points, and resistances, which reduce the amount of damage received by a given type (there are five of these in the game - fire, ice, lightning, poison and bleeding). Additionally, our heroine can learn useful skills, which she can then use while exploring, as well as fighting with enemies. The bosses are usually waiting for us at the end of the level and require good knowledge of their movements as well as patience.

Game modes

In Vigil: The Longest Night we can only play solo. The core of the game is the story campaign.

Technical aspects

Vigil: The Longest Night has a unique graphic style inspired by traditional Chinese paper cutting technique, which combined with a dark atmosphere and bizarre monsters gives an interesting result. Jouni Valjakka from the band Whispered composed music in this game.