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The Alters is a game all about key choices, branching paths, and 'what if?' moments. So, naturally, it's a game that allows you to freely choose your own adventure to an extent, and your run tends to ...

Repair Kit is the cheapest, most effective way to avoid base-wide failures during crises. Suit Battery converts Organics into exploration time, benefiting players with energy-draining tools. Drill ...

Jan Dolski is a simple worker who faces impossible odds. Crash-landing on a distant planet, stranded and alone, he seems trapped with no way out. Jan's only hope for survival is to employ additional ...

The Alters, from 11 Bit Studios, is a fantastic examination of the human condition in video game form. Having been heavily marketed, we were shown two sides of a coin. One side is an exploration game, ...

How do you defeat all The Alters anomalies? There are six different types of anomalies in The Alters (seven if you include Planetary Samples), and each one requires a different approach to know how to ...

We live in tricky times friends. Depending on who you speak to, Artificial Intelligence is either the future or the end of the world as we know it. The truth will probably end up somewhere in between, ...

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If you want to find all the resources you will need to save your life in The Alters, then you will need a scanner. It might just be a little more obtuse than you think, however. Why? Because ...

After 20 hours with The Alters, I just wanted to fast forward to the end. Throughout most of The Alters, the resource management gameplay bounced off the narrative well — there was always some ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Are you thinking about how to manage your base in The Alters? This large structure acts as your mobile hub throughout the campaign. While the ...