Axiom Verge

PC Gamer

Andy Kelly

85 / 100

A massive, challenging retro-flavoured shooter that takes the Metroid formula and runs with it. Old school, but with a modern edge.

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Game Rant

Anthony Taormina

The tightly designed 'Axiom Verge' combines the best elements of the 'Metroidvania' genre with throwback visuals, a thumping soundtrack, and clever mechanics.

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IGN

Marty Sliva

7.9 / 10.0

Axiom Verge isn't a perfect homage to Metroid, but we still enjoyed our time in this strange, familiar world.

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Eurogamer

Dan Whitehead

Recommended

It's just a shame that given the obvious talent and passion involved, it doesn't really have much of its own to add to the Metroidvania template. As charmed and delighted as I often was with its smartly paced escalation, its perpetually teasing construction, I kept waiting for some new element to appear, a eureka moment that either hadn't been thought of in 1986, or that could only be done today. It never quite happens. Axiom Verge seems content to be a homage, rather than a revival or reinvention. That's fine, since there's already plenty to justify your interest, but it feels like Happ has more to contribute than he's showing here.

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Game Informer

Bryan Vore

9.3 / 10.0

It draws you in with nostalgia and slaps you with innovation when you think you know what's next

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Polygon

Philip Kollar

7 / 10.0

Axiom Verge works moment to moment but feels less successful as a whole

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GameSpot

Peter Brown

8 / 10

Axiom Verge is an excellent example of inspired game design that takes old ideas and improves upon them, leaving a mark that won't soon be forgotten.

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Giant Bomb

Jeff Gerstmann

The ways that Axiom Verge resembles Metroid help set up and drive home the ways that Axiom Verge is most definitely not Metroid.

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