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I think, here in 2016, that we can safely say that - bar a few precious embers as its dim flame is finally stamped out - the Vita is done. What a delight, then, to see one of its real unsung gems given a second lease of life, with Digital Dreams' Metrico being given a generous makeover for a release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One today. Metrico - "a short and beautiful puzzler that feels like a wholly self-contained piece," as we said in our review back in 2014 - was a game as eccentric as its host platform, its infographic-inspired levels taking advantage of all the weird nooks and crannies of Sony's Vita. There was some motivation for it to make the most of the Vita, too, seeing as it was ushered into existence with the help of Sony funding.
"It's been our ticket into the space we want to be," Thijmen Bink, one of the three core members of Digital Dreams, tells me as I'm taken through what's new in Metrico+, and what the experience on that Vita game brought to the small studio.
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