Tethered is an adventure developed by Secret Sorcery, released 25 October 2016 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Tethered is
Tethered is an adventure game developed by Secret Sorcery and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a magical sky borne world, assume the role of a powerful Spirit Guardian charged with restoring life and balance. Command the Peeps, your loyal servants, to feed, fight, build, and sacrifice themselves for the greater good in a quest to release your entombed brethren.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Tethered holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5-4590 equivalent, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Tethered launched on 25 October 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. 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
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
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