Polygon.com / 22.06.25

I can't stop playing The Alters even though it's stressing me out

Three days is all I had until Jan, Jan, Jan, and Jan burned to a crisp.  I awoke and went to the elevator where Jan Miner passed by muttering something about the fucked-up world we live it. Agreed. I noticed an Alter Rebellion brewing on my tasks list. Great. I went down to the kitchen where Jans other Alters had gathered. Jan Technician started complaining yet again about wanting to play beer pong, yet I still had no idea how we were going to acquire enough fuel to get our wheel-shaped space base out of dodge. In The Alters, Im not chasing a sunrise to admire it, Im running TF away from it lest it kill me. The Alters, a new game from 11 Bit Studios, is ostensibly a survival and management sim where you, Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of a failing expedition, must find a way off an irradiated rock before its sun kills you. IRL, The Alters is a test of how you handle stress and how well you can manage decision-making under pressure. The game is full of tasks, resources, and systems to...
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