Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo Reviews

Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo is ranked in the 19th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7 / 10.0
Sep 14, 2023

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo provides an exciting story that goes deep into the darkest depths of crazed obsession, but is stuck within a rough shell featuring poorly aged mechanics and presentation.

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4 / 10
Apr 5, 2023

After a thrilling opening, Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo descends into utter farce. This awkward attempt at a narrative adventure is hampered by ridiculously long loading times, terrible animation, and awkward vocal performances. Give this one a wide birth and just go watch the film instead.

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4 / 10.0
Mar 12, 2023

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo attempts to adapt the screenplay of the film of the same name by this great director, being a mediocre adventure game, with tedious ups and downs in its pace.

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2 / 5.0
Nov 30, 2022

At times the story of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo can be interesting, but it never fully comes together. Succeeding neither as an homage to a great director’s work or on its own terms, it might be better served if it didn’t have the expectations its name provides, but that wouldn’t make it a great game. There are simply better adventure games more worth your time available this year.

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Spaziogames
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6 / 10.0
Oct 23, 2022

Vertigo can't really live up to its name. It's an interesting adventure with some well made plot-twists, but it is one you will soon forget.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 14, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is a fantastic narrative adventure worthy of the Hitchcock license. Pendulo Studios has created a chilling thriller layered with captivating themes told through characters oozing with personality. If you're looking for a story-focused title that'll keep your attention from the beginning straight through to the shocking finale, this is the game for you.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 12, 2022

Vertigo's main problem, probably, it'is his ambition. When you choose such a cumbersome source of inspiration, the risk of ending up crushed by it is real. The Pendulo game wisely chooses not to retrace the path traced by Hitchcock, but to borrow the main theme. Unfortunately, however, it manages to keep the interest high only in the initial stages, then a under-the-bar acting and questionable narrative choices prevail over originality. You could appreciate the attempt, not so much the outcoming.

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60 / 100
Oct 11, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is a beautiful tribute to the style that immortalized one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, offering an interesting and unusual suspense plot in games. However, even full of good intentions, it fails by offering extremely simple mechanics, which end up hindering immersion instead of favoring it.

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D+
Oct 10, 2022

Nothing does Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo any favours, because all of it is so bad. In terms of quality, it's about as far removed as you can get from The Master of Suspense. Rather than playing this game, you'd be much better off watching Vertigo, and Notorious, and Psycho, and Rear Window, and whatever other movies you could squeeze into the 10 or so hours it would take you to play Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, and I guarantee you that it would be time better spent.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo offers a story with many twists that I didn't see coming. If you can look past the general lack of polish and you're in the mood to relax and play something with little gameplay, you'll enjoy your time watching the story of Ed Miller unfold.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 6, 2022

A narratively well-constructed thriller, which helps us to forgive its shortcomings when it comes to gameplay.

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7.3 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2022

Whether or not it resembles its cinematic inspiration I can’t say, but after a rocky start it does at least prove interesting

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7 / 10.0
Sep 30, 2022

A work with a very interesting story and characters that is marred by some technical errors and almost no player agency.

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70 / 100
Sep 30, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo weaves a wonderful mystery that is full of surprises. The direction and audio pay homage to its namesake and will please fans of the source material. It is disappointing that your choices have little to no impact on the story, however, this can be overlooked due to the lovingly crafted tale that will keep you gripped throughout.

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Sep 28, 2022

Whether it ineffectively subverts or simply misunderstands Hitchcock's body of work, this video game adaptation does the director a disservice

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78 / 100
Sep 27, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo may get a ball at first, but if you persevere in the most tedious the story will end up catching you. It's a reimagining of the 1958 classic, with all-new characters and plots. His connection to Hitchcock is sometimes caught by the hair, but he has a personality of his own and a story that deserves to be told.

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7 / 10
Sep 26, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock Veritgo takes some steps to tell a mature story that has an incredible mystery behind it. Certain parts are difficult to play through due to the subject matter, but if you’re after a narrative adventure that shares thematic depth of cinema, then you’re in for a treat. The gameplay doesn’t compliment the story telling too often and a few performance issues hold it back. However, if you can look past those flaws there’s a unique story to unravel.

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5.5 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo has some of the funniest voice acting in any game I've played this year, but unfortunately that wasn't the intent.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
6 / 10
Apr 18, 2022

Given the low number of new releases and the genre' stagnation, you can play Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, only via small sessions.

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4.1 / 5.0
Jan 9, 2022

Vertigo offers a thrilling and captivating playable story that touches on some very serious themes. Not for the feint hearted or weak in temperament.

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