Per Aspera Explained

Per Aspera
Developer:Tlön Industries
Publisher:Raw Fury
Director:Javier Otaegui
Artist:Roque Rey, Camilo Etcheverry Ríos
Composer:Tomás Batista
Engine:Unity
Platforms:Windows, Meta Quest 2
Released:WindowsMeta Quest 2
Genre:City-building
Modes: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

The game features a branching nonlinear story and multiple endings.[1]

Release

Per Aspera was announced in June 2019 at the PC Gaming Show.[2] An expansion pack, Green Mars, was released on October 21, 2021.[3] A second expansion, Blue Mars, was released on May 2, 2022.[4] A third expansion, Home, was released on January 23, 2023.[5] [6] The game was released on Meta Quest 2 on February 9, 2023.[7] [8]

Reception

Per Aspera received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

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."[9]

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."

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.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolding . Jonathan . How city-builder Per Aspera makes you feel like an Artificial Intelligence . . . 17 February 2023 . 6 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Livingston . Christopher . Here's our first look at Per Aspera, a base-building game about terraforming Mars . . . 17 February 2023 . 10 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Green Mars Free Expansion is now available . . . 17 February 2023 . 21 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Bolding . Jonathan . Per Aspera expands ocean terraforming with Blue Mars expansion . . . 17 February 2023 . 8 June 2022.
  5. Web site: HOME is OUT NOW! . . . 17 February 2023 . 21 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Bolding . Jonathan . A free Per Aspera expansion lets you urbanize a green, verdant Mars . . . 17 February 2023 . 29 January 2023.
  7. Web site: Per Aspera is now available in VR! . . . 17 February 2023 . 9 February 2023.
  8. Web site: Bankhurst . Adam . Upload VR Showcase Winter 2022: Everything Announced and Revealed . . . 17 February 2023 . 7 December 2022.
  9. Web site: Pessach . Davide . Per Aspera - recensione . . . 17 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201225113812/https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2020-12-23-per-aspera-recensione . 25 December 2020 . Italian . 23 December 2020 . live.
  10. Web site: 2021 Awards Category Details Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year . . interactive.org . 4 March 2024.

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