Contents.Plot Born in Dorset, Violette Summer (voiced by ) grew up in a happy family and had a great and active childhood. Initially, she started her working life in a beauty salon before the outbreak of war inspired her to move to and join the weapon industry. It did not take too long for her to be noticed by the secret services, as she was beautiful, athletic and had great attention to detail, and so she was soon recruited into during Britain's darkest hours.
For games that use SDK versions before 2.7.1 the PhysX Legacy Installer must also be installed. These are games that were released around the end of 2007 or earlier. (AGEIA titles) Examples of these games include CellFactor, Clive baker’s Jerich, Gears of War, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Switchball and Velvet Assassin. Apr 30, 2009 Summary: Velvet Assassin is a stealth-action game set in World War II and is inspired by real-life British secret agent Violette Szabo. Players assume the role of Violette Summer and head deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government.
Violette had lost an aunt during one of the first bombing attacks and to further compound her heartache she later lost her husband in battle. However, Summer was strong willed and used these painful experiences to inspire her to succeed as a spy for the SIS.Summer managed to carry out several missions successfully before being gravely wounded by a sniper on a mission to kill Kamm, a Nazi officer. In a hospital in France, Violette relives key moments in a series of flashbacks. Hence, the bulk of gameplay will take place during these. The missions include blowing up a fuel depot on the, assassination of a colonel in a cathedral in, stealing documents and marking a sub pen for bombers in during, and finding three secret agents in. Moving through the city's sewer system, she finds one agent seriously wounded (and silences him) and another dead by, and a mission that involved moving through the, where the residents were either rounded up or executed, Violette makes her way through to the 's to give cyanide to the third agent.Through her memories, scenes from the hospital can be seen with two men arguing whether to keep Violette alive, give her up to the, or kill her to save her the torture if captured by the Nazis. Her location betrayed, Violette wakes from her coma to find the enemy troops entering the hospital.
Escaping them, Violette finds the villagers being murdered or rounded up by a force from the, a brutal SS unit of convicts, and taken to the church. Locking the villagers in, the soldiers set fire to the church. Violette is unsuccessful at trying to free the villagers, and due to emotional and physical exhaustion, collapses. The enemy leader is shown to be Kamm, whose face was burned by Violette's assassination attempt. In the end credits, Violette is shown in her hospital gown standing on a cliff overlooking a German plane.Gameplay When the game begins, Violette is seen from above, lying in a hospital bed.
There are syringes scattered across her bed, and the influx of drugs in her system creates a series of dreams that let her recount her past missions. Players have to hide in the shadows in order to avoid being detected. As a stealth-based game, lighting plays an important role. The HUD provides players with a silhouette of Violette which can be in one of three states. Purple means she is hidden in the shadows and invisible to enemies. White means she is exposed in light, but not yet detected.
Red means she has been spotted and enemies are seeking out her position. If she is detected, she will either have to fight off the guard or escape.The game employs a special lifeline if detected called 'Morphine Mode'. When triggered, Violette is shown in her hospital gown with blood drops appearing all over the screen. For a limited amount of time, Violette can execute any alerted guards or escape. Players have limited use of the morphine lifeline. The game also occasionally makes use of 'Blend Stealth'. If Violette acquires a uniform, she can change her attire at predefined points in the game.
When Violette wears the SS uniform, guards will not identify her as a threat unless she moves too close to them, or she performs a suspicious action, such as aiming a gun.Violette's ability as an agent can be upgraded by finding a range of collectibles scattered throughout her environment. Once the player reaches 1,000, her skills can be upgraded in one of three ways: either Improved Stealth (sneaking), Morphine or Strength.
The player can upgrade her skills based on individual gameplay style.Promotion teamed up with to produce a limited edition digital based on the game. Chung is best known for his creation of the character of, as well as his work in. The novel was exclusively distributed to gamers who preordered the game from.Violette's Dream was an interactive experience produced to promote Velvet Assassin. Created by Yomi Ayeni and produced by Expanding Universe, a UK-based production company, the mobilised thousands of participants on a real-life adventure as they searched for hidden treasure and gold bars. Using websites, forums, blogs, video, audio, mobile and telephone messaging, as well as performance and real-life events, the immersive and interactive story engaged players as they interacted with a variety of characters and organisations.
One gold bar was found in a lock-up in, the other at. Reception ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScoreN/A4/10N/A4/10N/A28/405.25/105.25/10N/A7.5/107.5/10N/A6.7/10GameZone7.7/10N/AN/A5/105/10N/A6/1035%N/AN/ACAggregate score61/10056/100Velvet Assassin received 'mixed' reviews on both platforms according to the website.cited inconsistent stealth mechanics and a weak story. 's review, however, disagreed (criticizing instead the game's poor AI and 'lousy gunplay') and called it 'a powerful, unnerving look at one of history's darkest periods'. GameZone praised the style and story of the game but disliked the predictability of the enemies. In Japan, where the Xbox 360 version was ported and published by on September 17, 2009gave it a score of two sevens, one eight, and one six for a total of 28 out of 40. Purchese, Robert (September 9, 2008). Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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Custom gameNote: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the 'difficulty.cfg' file in the 'Velvet Assassinaio' directory.
Edit the various files as desired to change the game. For example, change the 'NPCDamage = 1' to 'NPCDamage = 0'. You can also change the values in the 'weapons.cfg' file in the same directory to adjust the weapons.
Cheat CodesWhile playing the game, hold Ctrl + Shift + O + E and press H to enable cheat mode. Then, press one of the following keys to activate the corresponding cheat function: ResultKeyToggle God modeGToggle Fly modeXToggle visibilityVMaximum armorMMaximum ammo for current weaponN+1,000 experience points8Intended upgrade attributes7Spawn explosives6Spawn gas mask5Spawn morphine9Spawn next handgun2Spawn next rifle1.