- May 20, 2020
- Firesprite Ltd
The Persistence
The Persistence is worth playing overall, but the game is unfortunately plagued with artificial difficulty solely to pad out the length.
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"The Persistence" is a survival horror game set in a degrading spaceship overrun by mutated crew members. Players must sneak, fight, or strategically avoid enemies while trying to repair the ship and uncover the mystery of what happened to the crew. With permadeath and procedurally generated levels, each playthrough offers a unique and intense experience.











- The game offers a unique blend of stealth, horror, and rogue-like elements, providing a tense and immersive experience.
- Visually, the game can look quite good with RTX enabled, enhancing the atmosphere and lighting effects.
- The gameplay is engaging with a solid progression system, allowing players to upgrade their character and weapons after each run.
- The VR implementation is poorly executed, lacking motion controls and having a fixed HUD that detracts from immersion.
- The game suffers from performance issues and bugs, particularly in VR mode, leading to crashes and unplayable experiences for some users.
- Many players find the game repetitive and lacking polish, with some design choices feeling outdated or frustrating.
- gameplay27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some praising its unique mechanics and stealth-focused approach, while others criticize the fixed controls and repetitive resource gathering. The game offers a blend of first-person roguelike elements and survival horror, but the VR experience is seen as superior, with some players finding the non-VR controls awkward. Overall, while there are interesting ideas and tense moments, the execution varies, leading to a somewhat average experience for many players.
“Overall, a solid game with some cool ideas and satisfying gameplay.”
“The gameplay uses a first-person view and a similar slow pace like Alien Isolation, but here you have some weapons to have good shooting parts mixed with melee combat + shield that covers brief instants and you have to time correctly.”
“While definitely firmly in the stealth horror camp, it feels more arcadey (in a good way) than other titles in that genre, so I find it quite a fun 'one more go' kind of gameplay.”
“The fixed hands with controller/seated only VR gameplay is such a bummer.”
“Sorry, but looting and hunting only for (boring) resources is getting old after 30 minutes of gameplay.”
“The persistence shows its PSVR roots and the lack of motion controller and room scale support plus the design around seated gameplay might make this a pass for PCVR players.”
The Persistence Review
With a simple but engaging upgrade system; enough weapons and gadgets to make James Bond blush; and a great parrying mechanic that brings an unexpected rhythmic element to combat, this is one title that warrants a purchase even without any fancy VR setup. Repetition with enemy variety and level structure may mar the experience for some players, but it’s easy to overlook these faults when the core game has so much to offer.
80%The Persistence
The Persistence is a great entry into the survival horror genre, and I feel that it is best enjoyed in the original VR format. For those entering on Xbox side of this game, this is definitely one I would pick up and take in, even though you won’t get that same immersive VR experience from it. The game still offers a great story and an insane amount of difficulty, which will challenge most experienced players. While it is rather short, the addition of ever-changing maps does add to the ‘freshness’ of the short game, as no playthrough will be the same. Definitely worth a go.
72%The Persistence review — Dead again
The Persistence is worth playing overall, but the game is unfortunately plagued with artificial difficulty solely to pad out the length.
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