VIVIDLOPE Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published August 8, 2024 · Updated August 7, 2024

VIVIDLOPE Review, Join Cerise on her journey through the strange realm of VIVIDSCAPE. Here, the gravity is totally off the wall. Turn the world upside down as you run on ceilings, collect powerful items, fend off waves of enemies, and paint tiles. Plan ahead, but stay alert and react, as the foes keep coming from all directions – north, south, east, west, even top and bottom

VIVIDLOPE Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
999MB download size.
Own in-game achievements.
Eight save slots.
Puzzle gameplay.
Arcade presentation.
It feels, plays, and looks like it came straight from the Dreamcast.
Can remap the controls.
Game settings – tile coloring (standard/high contrast/constant), tile reticule (on/off), max fps (30/60), and stage reflection (glossy/off/subtle).
The goal of the game is to color in all the blocks avoiding enemies and obstacles in the fastest time.
A stage will have a set amount of coverage percentage you need to hit, once you hit that amount you then get to carry on until you get to 100 percent but you cannot go over an already filled-in square.
OK so to be clear as you fill in tiles you build up a power bar and when the timer runs out and you hit a filled-in square the power bar goes down, when it hits zero it finishes the level.
Opening tutorial levels then you get some pop-up info as you play.
The bestiary fills in with enemies encountered except it goes further, you can spawn the enemies into a grid, change difficulty, etc, and then practice against them.
Background viewer.
You can rewatch cutscenes.
Two game modes – Story, and endless.
Fast loading times.
Buy and equip new hats for your character.
So much fun to play.
The world in the story mode is one that builds out as you finish blocks of stages.
Two game difficulties – normal and hard.
You can replay levels.
End of level breakdown showing a final rank.
Tons of replay value.
Levels are short enough that it’s a great game for on-the-go.
Find and use power-ups to either do large areas of filling in squares or hitting enemies.