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DeadCore

DeadCore is a fast-paced first-person shooter/platformer hybrid. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities…

63 17 October 2014 ESRB E

DeadCore is an indie developed by 5 Bits Games, released 17 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What DeadCore is

DeadCore is an indie game developed by 5 Bits Games and released in 2014. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FMOD. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You wake up after a long fall through magnetic storms to find yourself facing a gigantic Tower standing in the middle of the void. You don’t know who you are or where you are but soon cryptic messages start floating around you: you understand that you have to find way to climb the Tower, and you have to hurry. So begins your journey to the top, a journey that will eventually allow you to solve the mystery surrounding this strange and abstract world...
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 29 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

DeadCore holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 28 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo at 2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512 Mo RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3850 with 512 Mo RAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

DeadCore launched on 17 October 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

DeadCore — frequently asked questions

When did DeadCore come out?
DeadCore was released on 17 October 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for DeadCore?
At minimum, DeadCore needs Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo at 2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512 Mo RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3850 with 512 Mo RAM graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is DeadCore?
The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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