The Persistence - The Persistence - Scary horror with a roguelite twist

08 July 2020, 18:50 / by Fabian Roßbach
The Persistence - The Persistence - Scary horror with a roguelite twist

With The Persistence, developers Firespite released a horror title that aims to score both with its eerie atmosphere and its Rougelite approach. Schnäppchjäger find their cheap key on Keyfuchs.

In The Persistence, the player is transported to the titular colony ship, which fell victim to a serious error. This caused the ship to unintentionally approach a black hole and be sucked in by it. At the same time, the ship's clone generator went crazy and continuously produced gruesomely mutated copies of the deceased crew.

With the exception of the protagonist of The Persistence, security officer Zimri Eder, all the people on the colony ship were slaughtered by the mutated clones. Now it is up to the player and Zimri to get the ship up and running again, escape the black hole and finally make it back to Earth safely. However, since The Persistence is a rougelite title with a quite challenging difficulty, it is of course easier said than done.

To avoid killing herself, Zimri creates clones of herself at regular intervals, with which she tries to reactivate the colony ship. Since each clone has the same memories and personality after death, certain progress in the course of the game is not lost even if one of the clones should die. In order to tailor their clones to the tasks ahead of them, the players also have the opportunity to adjust their DNA and thus their abilities and strengths.


In addition, there are occasionally powerful weapons in the world of The Persistence, which can be used and continuously improved by the players. Despite everything, the focus of the horror adventure is on a rather quiet approach. So it is tactically wiser to avoid the dangers as much as possible. In addition to a solo mode, The Persistence also offers a multiplayer in which friends can connect to the title with a smartphone or tablet and help the player, for example, by distracting monsters or disarming traps.

A little information in conclusion: Originally designed as a pure virtual reality experience, the eerie adventure from Firespite can now be played without a VR headset thanks to a corresponding update.

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