THE PERSISTENCE WEEPER PLUS

There’s no run button at all, so if you muck up it can be hard to escape – but this has the net result of simply raising the stakes. But for the most part it’s well executed, and while the title’s never as scary as a more “designed” campaign, it’s still very stressful – which is more what it feels like the developer’s going for. To be fair, this arc isn’t always perfect, as there are occasions where the game’s algorithm will spit out a level layout that feels unfair. What you end up with is a heady mixture of Dead Space and Rogue Legacy, all playable exclusively with PlayStation VR. Over time, you’ll be able to augment your clones with new abilities, like stronger melee attacks and better “body tissue” that enhances stealth the game tries really hard to contextualise its rogue-lite underpinnings, and we appreciate Liverpool-based developer Firesprite going all-in on that front. You’re the one remaining survivor on a space station that’s inevitably transmuted into some kind of homicidal hellhole, but the good news is that each time you’re the victim of grievous bodily harm, you can reprint a new body and get back to work. Yes, it relates to some sci-fi mumbo-jumbo buried at the very core of the game’s lore, but really it encapsulates what the game is about: persistence.

THE PERSISTENCE WEEPER PLUS

Republished on Wednesday, 28th October, 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of November 2021's PlayStation Plus lineup.

The persistence weeper