Just about any person who has ever so much as set cursor upon a Flash gaming site knows of one of the most basic variations of the action-puzzler: the pipe game. Substance X is flowing from Y points, and one must twirl the pipes on the screen to safely complete their path. A Virus Named Tom takes that basic concept and mashes it all up with mechanics from numerous other games: scraping from Touhou titles, engineering enemy collisons a la Rally X, fog of war, wrap-around game fields, avoiding "bad" pipes, four-player co-op and a time limit on top of it all.
I Play PS Vita writes "A Virus Named TOM is recommended for all who love hard and challenging puzzle games."
BNR: This has been quite an interesting week for game news- coming up hot on the heels of the Rift, the HTC Vive was launched- much like the competition, however, it encountered some shipping woes. In spite of the troubles, however, those who do have their Vives are enjoying an awesome launch lineup of games- we talk about some of those in today’s episode. Additionally, we got some fresh information on the upcoming Final Fantasy VII remake- check it out!
The action-puzzle game A Virus Named TOM is out today for the PS Vita in North America and Europe digitally via the PlayStation Network. PlayStation Plus subscribers can download the game for free in April 2016 as part of the free games lineup.
