Perception is an adventure developed by The Deep End Games, released 30 May 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3.6 hrs to finish.
What Perception is
Perception is an adventure game developed by The Deep End Games and released in 2017. It was published by Feardemic. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure that tells the story of Cassie, a blind heroine who uses her extraordinary hearing and razor-sharp wits to unravel the mysteries of an abandoned estate that haunts her dreams. After months of research, she discovers an abandoned mansion in Gloucester, MA. Once there, Cassie finds that Echo Bluff is worse than her nightmares. A ghastly Presence has tormented its inhabitants over generations, and it now hunts Cassie. She must solve the estate's mysteries or become one of its victims."
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Perception holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 11 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual core CPU @2.4 GHz +, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or Radeon 6870. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB.
What it launched against
Perception launched on 30 May 2017, within three weeks of Injustice 2, Tekken 7, RiME and WipEout Omega Collection. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Injustice 2, Tekken 7, RiME, WipEout Omega Collection.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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