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The Way

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

65 19 May 2016 ESRB T

The Way is an adventure developed by Puzzling Dream, released 19 May 2016 on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Way is

The Way is an adventure game developed by Puzzling Dream and released in 2016. It was published by PlayWay S.A.. It is available on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Custom built engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"The Way tells a story about a member of space explorers team, who lost his beloved one and cannot accept her death. Finding ancient writings on eternal existence during one of his last expeditions makes him come back there in search of the meaning of life itself. He will soon know that the planet has its own secrets and problems that he will need to face in order to get what he is looking for."
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How it plays

It is played from a side view 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

The Way holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent, 2048 MB RAM and GeForce 8600GT. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

The Way launched on 19 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Doom. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom.

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Quick answers

The Way — frequently asked questions

When did The Way come out?
The Way was released on 19 May 2016 for Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Way?
At minimum, The Way needs Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent, 2048 MB RAM, GeForce 8600GT graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is The Way?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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