
Release Date: May 23, 2023
An adventure game with platform game elements, in which we play the role of a life spirit named Gaia. Our task is to breathe new life into the surreal world ravaged by human actions and save the souls of representatives of extinct animal species.
After Us is a third-person adventure game based mainly on platform game elements from Barcelona-based indie Piccolo Studio - creators of Arise: A Simple Story. It was published by Private Division, part of Take-Two Interactive.
The plot of After Us was set in a surreal world, almost completely destroyed by the actions of extinct humanity. The protagonist of the game is a life spirit named Gaia. Her task is to restore the ravaged planet and save the souls of representatives of extinct animal species - the last whale, eagle, deer, etc. - and bring them back to the Ark Mother, who, to save these seeds of existence, sacrificed all her life force.
In pursuit of this goal, Gaia comes to look at many elements of the devastated world - including dying forests, crumbling cities, dried up ocean floors, and a polluted sky. In addition, the protagonist encounters Devourers on her way - dangerous, hungry creatures covered in environmentally destructive, deadly oil. They wander through the desert, looking for any life forms that have managed to survive. Over time, the protagonist discovers their sad story.
Gaia can jump, glide and perform dynamic spurts, enabling her to avoid both enemies and all kinds of dangerous traps. The heroine also has a special skill, used to remove the aforementioned oil from the world. Using it, she is able to face even the Devourers. However, the game does not offer a combat system as such. Instead, it features relatively simple puzzles that must be solved in order to make progress in the storyline.
After Us was maintained in a charming three-dimensional graphic design, in which abstraction mixes with surrealism. A kind of curiosity - as well as a considerable difficulty - is the fact that the PC version of the title cannot be played with a keyboard and mouse. If you want to start playing, you need to connect a controller (pad) to the computer.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Piccolo Studio
Publisher: Private Division
Age restrictions: 16+
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System Requirements for After Us Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz, 12 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon R9 380X or better, 30 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 Ti / Radeon RX Vega 56 or better, 30 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for After Us Video Game.
PlayStation Universe: 9 / 10 by Garri Bagdasarov
Piccolo Studios has once again managed to take something dark, desolate, and painful and find the beauty in it. After Us is a haunting tale of humanity's atrocities against the planet that hits closer to home than most people would want to accept. The game's mesmerising imagery haunted me at times and at other times had me in awe with its gorgeous vistas and art direction. It may be a simply platformer but it has a power message that everyone should pay attention to.
Windows Central: 3 / 5 by Zachary Boddy
After Us features a sprawling, desolate world painstakingly crafted to show the destruction wrought by human greed, but its camera controls and level design make the platforming awkward and often frustrating.
COGconnected: 73 / 100 by Mark Steighner
After Us is an artistic, moving, and affecting game about a world transformed by human indifference to nature. It’s a slightly heavy-handed cautionary tale, but a powerful one. As a puzzle platformer, it’s a little less successful, with controls that feel imprecise and levels that need more gameplay variety. After Us has a potent message and offers innocent hope for a planet in trouble.
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