The persistence switch review free#

The parry and attack system here reminded me a lot of Golem‘s combat system, but the rest of the engagements had more variation. Alternatively, you can run up to them in order to parry attacks and get some damage in. Players can Solid Snake their way through missions, sneaking up behind enemies to extract DNA (one of the game’s currencies). Despite the similarities from level to level, The Persistence does a really great job of giving players a choice in how they want to approach each level. The game naturally gets harder as it progresses, and the enemy variety and difficulty would quickly snap me out of this fugue. Each one has a distinct main objective, but I often found myself forgetting what my goal was just to think I had died and was in a previous level. The four main stages of The Persistence often feel very similar because of the bland corridors and rooms. Instead, they just serve as a reminder of where the game came from. These instances don’t take away from the experience though. I will say that a few quirks are present when exploring, like having to look directly at an item to pick it up or pressing the A button to teleport over a barrier. Visuals aside, though, it works really well with a controller. The limitations of the PlayStation VR hardware are present with ugly textures and bland corridors. Despite being released for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, it still definitely feels like a VR title. The Persistence initially released for PlayStation VR.

Any enemy can kill you very easily, so it was important to stay on guard at all times and check your corners. I feel like most rogue-lites are relatively fast-paced, so I had a hard time adjusting to the slower, methodical nature on display here. It is sci-fi absurdity at its finest and probably one of the best aspects of the game. This DNA allows the technology aboard the ship to create the loop of new characters in order to explore while dying over and over again as you make your way through the game’s four main stages.

The only survivor of The Persistence managed to resurrect you after you’ve harvested some of your own DNA. However, it does manage to find a good sci-fi explanation of how you’ve returned. It doesn’t do a good job of explaining exactly what happened aboard the ship before you get resurrected. The Persistence takes place aboard a space station that is being sucked into a black hole. While I haven’t played more than a handful of rogue-lites, The Persistence has one of the best setups and reasonings behind the gameplay loop, even if the level design does seem to falter occasionally. Plus, it allows developers to come up with creative ways to explain why after death you can come back. It isn’t tied down with various setting tropes.

The persistence switch review free#

The best thing about the rogue-lite genre is how free it is to explore different settings.