Throwing VERA is also just as frustrating as it is satisfying, as there are moments when Jack must throw VERA directly above her in order to get through a laser wall, but there isn't enough hangtime after teleporting to comfortably avoid falling back down on said wall. Jack moves well for the most part, but definitely has some hiccups here and there, such as inconsistent detection which makes wall-jumping a gamble at times. Her most important tool is VERA herself, as Jack can throw her to different places and teleport to her, destroy enemies, and bypass certain obstacles like laser walls. There are also small dimensional drives scattered across each level that will extend the time by 5 seconds for every four that are collected, which can often make the difference between success and failure. First and foremost, Jack is agile and has a sword which lets her quickly dispatch robotic enemies, which are more of an obstacle than they are a threat.

In gameplay, each stage has a 30 second timer in which to complete it and Jack has plenty of tools to help her do just that. Related: Guardians of Hyelore Review: Good In Short Bursts To save the city, they need to retrieve all six, but they only have 30 seconds before they go critical luckily VERA can create a small time-pocket to extend that time. They get pulled into Earth's orbit and crash-land in the cyberpunk city of Neo Barcelona, which VERA quickly realizes is close to destruction thanks to a chain reaction being caused by unstable dimensional drives. Jack and her robot companion VERA escape their dimension in order to flee from a galactic war and arrive in 'our' dimension. Aeon Drive's story is more of a framing device than it is an actual narrative.

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