Volume (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Mike Bithell Games |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Bithell Games |
| Composer(s) | David Housden |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
| Release |
Microsoft Windows, OS X & PlayStation 4 18 August 2015 PlayStation Vita 6 January 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| GameRankings | (PC) 78.40% (PS4) 71.67% |
| Metacritic | (PC) 80/100 (PS4) 71/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 6/10 |
| Eurogamer | Recommended |
| Game Informer | 8.75/10 |
| GameSpot | 8/10 |
| GamesRadar |    |
| IGN | 8.1/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 72/100 |
| Polygon | 9/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 8/10 |
Volume is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 in August 2015, and the PlayStation Vita version in January 2016. The game uses stealth mechanics inspired by Metal Gear Solid, allowing the player to plan courses of action to work through levels without being detected by guards, dogs, and automated security turrets to reach specific objectives. In addition to the game's levels, Volume supports user-made levels that can be shared with others. The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie McDonnell, Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, Jim Sterling, and Andy Serkis.
Volume's story is based on a modern take of the Robin Hood legend. Robert Locksley (voiced by Charlie McDonnell) is a petty thief that finds a device called "Volume", which allows the user to simulate heists that is part of a secret military coup attempt. The device has an artificial intelligence built into it named Alan (played by Danny Wallace) that acts as "the Microsoft Office paperclip as a military training program", according to Bithell, and guides Robert on how to use the device. Robert decides to use the device to broadcast the simulations of high-profile crimes across the Internet in the same manner as Let's Play videos. Locksley will face off against Guy Gisborne, played by Andy Serkis, re-envisioned for the game as the CEO of a company that has taken over the country of England and runs the nation as a .
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