Per Aspera
| Per Aspera | |
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 Steam header | |
| Developer(s) | Tlön Industries |
| Publisher(s) | Raw Fury |
| Director(s) | Javier Otaegui |
| Producer(s) | Damian Hernaez |
| Programmer(s) | Mauricio Balmaceda, Martin Wain, Matias Mansilla |
| Artist(s) | Roque Rey, Camilo Etcheverry Ríos |
| Writer(s) | Marina Calducci |
| Composer(s) | Tomás Batista |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Meta Quest 2 |
| Release | Windows
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| Genre(s) | City-building |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Per Aspera is a city-building game developed by Tlön Industries and published by Raw Fury for Windows on December 3, 2020. The player takes the role of AMI, an artificial intelligence with the objective of terraforming Mars for human colonization.
Gameplay
[edit]The game features a branching nonlinear story and multiple endings.[2]
Release
[edit]Per Aspera was announced in June 2019 at the PC Gaming Show.[3] An expansion pack, Green Mars, was released on October 21, 2021.[4] A second expansion, Blue Mars, was released on May 2, 2022.[5] A third expansion, Home, was released on January 23, 2023.[6][7] The game was released on Meta Quest 2 on February 9, 2023.[8][9]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 78/100[10] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| GameStar | 77/100[10] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 85/100[11] |
| PCGamesN | 8/10[12] |
| Multiplayer.it | 8.0/10[13] |
| PC Invasion | 7/10[14] |
Per Aspera received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10]
Davide Pessach of Italian Eurogamer said that "Per Aspera is a very interesting colony builder narrative game that has a stellar esthetic, a very engaging story and a super cast of actors. The gameplay is fluid, rewarding and rich of surprises and references to cool tech (both fictional and kinda realistic). If you like the genre and the setting you will have a blast."[15][10]
Jonathan Bolding of PC Gamer summarized: "Per Aspera's novel adaptation of nonlinear narrative to fit a strategy game goes over surprisingly well. Combined with a novel terraforming mechanic, slick aesthetics, hard science chops, and classic genre gameplay, this one is definitely worth the time."[11]
Martynas Klimas of PC Invasion said that "Per Aspera reaches for lofty heights, but I could never shake the impression that the difficulties I encountered were more because of the game breaking down rather than Mars being a hostile place. But who knows, patches do wonders these days."
In 2021, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Per Aspera for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year during the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (8 November 2020). "Be an AI and terraform Mars next month in Per Aspera". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (6 December 2020). "How city-builder Per Aspera makes you feel like an Artificial Intelligence". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Livingston, Christopher (10 June 2019). "Here's our first look at Per Aspera, a base-building game about terraforming Mars". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Green Mars Free Expansion is now available". Steam. Valve Corporation. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (8 June 2022). "Per Aspera expands ocean terraforming with Blue Mars expansion". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "HOME is OUT NOW!". Steam. Valve Corporation. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (29 January 2023). "A free Per Aspera expansion lets you urbanize a green, verdant Mars". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Per Aspera is now available in VR!". Steam. Valve Corporation. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Bankhurst, Adam (7 December 2022). "Upload VR Showcase Winter 2022: Everything Announced and Revealed". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Per Aspera for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ a b Bolding, Jonathan (5 December 2020). "Per Aspera review". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Lees, Gina (3 December 2020). "Per Aspera review – a city builder that's serene yet terrifying". PCGamesN. Network N. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Forte, Luca (14 December 2020). "Per Aspera, la recensione: nei panni di Elon Musk alla colonizzazione di Marte". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). NetAddiction Srl. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Klimas, Martynas (3 December 2020). "Per Aspera review — Tilling the red soil". PC Invasion. Gamurs. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Pessach, Davide (23 December 2020). "Per Aspera - recensione". Eurogamer (in Italian). Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "2021 Awards Category Details Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Per Aspera at Tlön Industries