You play ION, a young exploration unit on a mission to secure natural resources. When you crash-land on an alien planet your ship is almost completely destroyed. Not only do you have to survive in a strange new world full of dangers, but to have even a hope of escape you must find a way to contact your home planet for help. With only your ship’s A.I. for company, you set out to explore your new home. On your journey you encounter ANI, a small, stranded service unit who identifies as female. ANI is the first to admit she’s a bit mad, but she is also a valuable resource, and it soon becomes clear that there will be no escape without her. And so, the two of you begin a journey that neither of you is prepared for, on a planet where even the laws of nature seem not to apply. A journey in which ION and ANI must face the strangest of all possible challenges if they are to have any hope of living to tell their own story.
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Contemporary, classical in form, unpretentious and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- ION LANDS
- Publisher
- ION LANDS
- Released
- February 7, 2017
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 6.3/10 from 4 ratings.
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