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Ginger: Beyond the Crystal

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal is an adventure platformer in which you have to rebuild and restore balance to a world devastated by the explosion of a mystical crystal. Face quests and challenges set over 3 worlds…

67 25 October 2016

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal is an adventure developed by Drakhar Studio, released 25 October 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

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What Ginger: Beyond the Crystal is

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal is an adventure game developed by Drakhar Studio and released in 2016. It was published by BadLand Publishing. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal is an adventure platformer in which you have to rebuild and restore balance to a world devastated by the explosion of a mystical crystal. Face quests and challenges set over 3 worlds and gain powerful new skills, costumes and powers that will help you to defeat the fiercest enemies. Explore, rescue and rebuild. The world is threatened. Are you ready?
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 38 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i3, 3 GB RAM and nVidia 730 or equivalent. 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 8GB. 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

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal launched on 25 October 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal — frequently asked questions

When did Ginger: Beyond the Crystal come out?
Ginger: Beyond the Crystal was released on 25 October 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Ginger: Beyond the Crystal?
At minimum, Ginger: Beyond the Crystal needs Intel i3, 3 GB RAM, nVidia 730 or equivalent graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Ginger: Beyond the Crystal?
The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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