Vex 4
Nine acts, nine hard modes you have to earn, and a level editor whose stages get traded around as pasted codes.
The fourth Vex keeps the run-jump-slide platforming and rearranges everything around it. Nine acts each end in a Vexation stage, and a Challenge Room keeps expanding the more of it you clear. Hard mode isn't simply handed over for finishing an act either; you unlock each one by completing the objectives listed at the bottom of the screen.
The editor is why people stayed: eight save slots, a 200-object cap, and levels shared as pasted codes rather than uploads, so custom stages circulated through chat and forum posts. A ghost recorder captures your run so you can see where a time actually went, and standing still lets you pan the camera with the mouse to scout a jump before taking it.
Controls
Arrows or WASD to move and slide; Down enters an act, mouse pans the camera.
Tips
- Pan the camera before any blind drop. Standing still and looking around costs you nothing at all.
- Check an act's listed objectives before you start; some can't be salvaged once you're halfway in.
- Build a short test level in the editor to drill the one trap type that keeps killing you.