AVICII Invector

AVICII Invector (stylised as AVICII INVECTOR) is an indie rhythm game developed by Swedish indie developer Hello There Games in collaboration with Avicii's team and family and published by British indie publisher Wired Productions. Originally scheduled to be released in 2017, it was delayed and eventually released worldwide on December 10, 2019, for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, to commemorate the belated first anniversary of Avicii's suicide via slit wrists. A Nintendo Switch port of the game will be released in early 2020.

A quarter of all the proceeds from the game's sales will be donated to the Tim Bergling Foundation to support mental health awareness.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The game has really beautiful graphics that will automatically mesmerize first-time players of the game, something that is extremely rare in rhythm games.
 * 2) All the songs used in the game are carefully curated by Avicii's team and family to make the levels fun to play to while enticing players to download them after finishing the game.
 * 3) Even though there isn't much of a story, it is emotional enough to pack a punch into your heart when you realise that they're actually built around mental health and Avicii's music and personal life.
 * 4) Easy-to-master controls
 * 5) The game is easy to pick up and is quite addictive.
 * 6) All the songs have different levels on three different difficulties, offering players and Avicii fans lots of replayability values.
 * 7) The game is very well-optimised for all platforms.
 * 8) The movements are very fluid.
 * 9) The game's neon settings and lighting pulse and flash really well to the beat of all the songs.
 * 10) Split-screen multiplayer that allows you and three other friends to challenge each other to see who can get the highest score on a song
 * 11) Each song has 3 different sections: Rotation (basically do barrel rolls to the next plane when prompted), flying (fly through rings and avoid obstacles) and running (hop over gaps when prompted). This help make the levels interesting and fun to play.
 * 12) The game is very fast-paced, encouraging players to pay attention to it all the way in order to avoid crashing into obstacles or missing button prompts.
 * 13) The game is decently-priced at US$20.
 * 14) Overall, the song is a really fitting and one massive tribute to Avicii in general.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As mentioned in WIR #3, the story is almost non-existent and really short.
 * 2) The game is really short as it can be easily completed in about 6 hours.
 * 3) Some of the game's environment lack diversity and can, therefore, make them look similar to one another.
 * 4) The game can give some people epilepsy due to the game’s brighter contrast.

Tips

 * Whenever a rotation prompt appears, always follow it as it can boost your combos and scores and sends you to more prompts that boosts your combos and scores.

Reception
AVICII Invector received generally favourable reviews from critics, receiving a critic score of 80/100.

Trusted Reviews gave the game a 4/5, praising its visuals, soundtrack and minimal story while criticizing its cutscenes.

COG Connected gave the game an 85/100, praising its replayability, soundtrack and how it's good for parties and as a fitting tribute to Avicii while criticizing its forgettable story and little diversity in the game's environment.