Per Aspera

 PC
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26

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  1. TimMaxShift
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    - Control keys cannot be reassigned. For example, the camera can only be moved by using the AWSD key. You will have to do almost everything in the game with the mouse.
    - Lots of bugs. Only two of my dozen gaming sessions did not end with a critical bug.
    - The graphics are of 2010 level, but the system requirements are the same as for the games of 2020. It is not clear where the resources    - Control keys cannot be reassigned. For example, the camera can only be moved by using the AWSD key. You will have to do almost everything in the game with the mouse.
    - Lots of bugs. Only two of my dozen gaming sessions did not end with a critical bug.
    - The graphics are of 2010 level, but the system requirements are the same as for the games of 2020. It is not clear where the resources of my computer are being spent.
    - The interface does not scale, most of the used menu items do not have hotkeys
    - At the same time, the elements of the top menu completely merge with the playing field, which means that they can be used only through hot keys.
    - You will listen to the same track as music for long hours.
    - Why did you invite Troy Baker? Anyone could read the text of this level. He just has nothing to do here.
    - The game has something reminiscent of a role model, that is, there are 2 answer options in the dialogues, for which it is also impossible to assign hotkeys, that is, you have to click them with the mouse. The complete lack of variety in the suggested answers makes you feel like you are being forced to choose between two equally unpleasant paths. That is, they provide a choice so that the player can associate himself with the character, and not just be an observer from the outside, but at the same time, the answer options give such that you cannot act out anything. I wish I was an observer.
    - The dialogues themselves are boring, annoying and distracting, especially when it comes to the random comments of the Main character-computer, which cannot be turned off and which will have to be clicked constantly, because they also have answer options ... There is nothing new in the dialogues, there is nothing in them something known to all, but well performed. A set of phrases and clichés thrown into a blender.
    - The building order is always the same. No variability.
    - One of the worst combat systems of its kind. Not only is it incredibly simple, but also poorly balanced.
    - Many buildings are completely indistinguishable, and the whole base visually turns into a dump. in other words, you cannot glance at the playing field and immediately say where the required building is. We have to choose these buildings and read their descriptions.

    AI speculates that it has free will ... like a human. Does a person have free will? Neuroscience: "Yeah that's right. F*** me." This is an idea of ​​human nature from the idealistic direction of philosophy, not the materialistic one. That is, from the same where religion, god, ghosts, superpowers, etc.

    The head of the colony on Mars is a psychologist. I love psychology, but if I happened to be a member of a Martian colony, then I would really like the first and second diplomas of the head of the expedition to be technical or natural scientific, and psychology only the third, as an auxiliary skill.

    China hid a colonization mission to Mars, learning about what the main character asks the question: "How to hide such a large-scale program?" Answer options in the dialogue: 1) Private business or 2) intimidate everyone. Is it political propaganda?    … Expand
  2. bladex
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    first of all ignore all the 9/10 reviews they are ALL FAKE 100%

    this game sux it's ok until combat is unlocked than no matter what you do you will always not have enough electronics to make enough drones. the enemy sends in hundreds of drones when you barely have 50 to defend yourselves. your always running out of power because these drone towers eat it up like candy and you always    first of all ignore all the 9/10 reviews they are ALL FAKE 100%

    this game sux it's ok until combat is unlocked than no matter what you do you will always not have enough electronics to make enough drones. the enemy sends in hundreds of drones when you barely have 50 to defend yourselves.

    your always running out of power because these drone towers eat it up like candy and you always seem to never have enough resources to build maintenance and combat drones which makes your solar panels always failing because of lack of maintenance.

    the whole system is just broken! PLUS the combat is so bad. your combat drones don't auto attack and follow the enemy drones you have to click and position them and keep doing this and hope you send them to the same place the enemy drones are. this is what KILLS THIS...the garbage combat!    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Cubed3
    Nov 23, 2022
    50
    While building a Mars colony is a neat theme for a city builder, how that was executed in Per Aspera is underwhelming. Lots of time is wasted on simply waiting, and when you get to issue some orders there's not much in the way of thinking very hard about them. It's… ok, but that won't suffice.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    60
    It is truly impressive that you have the whole planet to explore and build over. What caught my attention in the first place, was the deep, realistic simulation of terraforming, but unfortunately the game turned out to be tedious and boring. I also wish I could manage my settlements better and plan their development in details, as the only decisions I got to make were where to place the structures and how to prioritize them. The rest is up to autonomous drones. [02/2021, p.34]
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Jan 5, 2021
    80
    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.
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