The Alters2025

[copied by Steam] Who are you and who could you have been? These questions and many more, The Alter asks not only his main character Jan Dolski, but also the player himself. What makes you? Which qualities help you in life, which ones make you doubt? What drives you and what forces you to stop and think? In The Age, we take on the role of Jan Dolski, the only survivor of a failed space mission called Project Dolly. Stranded on an alien planet with no prior experience or special skills, Jan faces a huge challenge: to keep a mobile base running, alone, even though it is actually designed for eight researchers. The turning point comes when Jan discovers the rare resource Rapidium and with it gains access to a mysterious quantum computer. A mysterious voice in the communication terminal finally convinces him to use the Rapidium to create age: genetically modified clones of himself based on alternative life choices. Each of them has different abilities but also their own weaknesses, peculiarities and emotions. They are not mere tools, but sentient beings with their own thoughts. Age is much more than just a classic base management game. It all starts with collecting metal, organic material and rapidium to build basic facilities such as a kitchen or refinery. But with each further exploration of the surreal, inhospitable planet and each newly created age, the challenges grow. We must not only secure resources and withstand natural disasters such as solar storms, but also control social tensions within the grassroots. Ages are increasingly developing a life of their own. They think, feel and ask questions: Who are they really? Still images of Jan or long ago own individuals? The longer Jan survives on the planet, the more pressing the moral question becomes: Can he determine his age? What happens to them if they return to Earth, if they ever return? Technically, age is on a good footing. Here and there are the UE5 typical quirks and some annoying but small bugs, For example, sometimes text blends do not disappear or are not translated. Unfortunately, the entire game was translated via AI. You often notice that something was wrongly or partially even not translated, which probably would not have happened with real translators. Also a few achievements do not unlock properly, but this should be fixed soon already. The devs continue to work on QOL improvements. The performance is really good. I was able to play consistently on 144fps 1440p on my setup without any problems with Ultra Settings and even had on my weaker laptop with the same settings (on 1080p) ~60fps, with very few drops below 45fps. (PC: 4070ti, Ryzen 7 7700x,32gb ram); Laptop: 4070, Ryzen 7 7345HS, 16GB Ram Great performance when you look at the game. Age is by no means the best looking game 2025 but still beautiful. The planet or the four larger levels are really designed coherently. You notice that a lot of time has gone into the level design and testing of these. I was rarely so flashed by a game world, even if, per se, it is not even so super noticeable. The whole world and the colors just seem super immersive and visually pleasing. In addition, one of the best soundtracks of recent years, many of the tracks have remained right in my ear. Wow, what a journey and what a masterpiece of play and history... Sometimes I felt very much remembered by the films 2001 or Possessor. The latter also deals, in very similar patterns, with the "I-being" and the mental imprisonment in emotional and also capitalist thought-worlds. Age is my GOTY 2025 so far. Especially in a pool full of AAA 70-80€ games, The Alter is finally something different and refreshing, not only because of the low price.

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