Peripeteia offers beguiling, maddening cyberpunk beauty
Yellow paint; waypoints; sparkling particles lighting the path forward. According to some, modern games have become reluctant to let players off the leash. So conspicuous has the level designer’s hand become when guiding players that the fundamental act of eye-widening discovery has been dumbed down, reduced to little more than scripted vista reveals. So, what happens when you set players free, providing minimal steering in a vast and potentially confusing 3D setting? You might get a game like the indie immersive sim, Peripeteia, a thriller that trusts you to find your own way in an abyssal cyberpunk sprawl. Read more
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Yellow paint; waypoints; sparkling particles lighting the path forward. According to some, modern games have become reluctant to let players off the leash. So conspicuous has the level designer’s hand become when guiding players that the fundamental act of eye-widening discovery has been dumbed down, reduced to little more than scripted vista reveals. So, what happens when you set players free, providing minimal steering in a vast and potentially confusing 3D setting? You might get a game like the indie immersive sim, Peripeteia, a thriller that trusts you to find your own way in an abyssal cyberpunk sprawl.
