The Alters

Thank you for the Ukrainian localization

Fantastic original story game!

9/10, runs terribly on my computer but I tolerated it, like Death Stranding, Michael Bay's Armageddon, and Looper had a baby

This game was really, really, fun. The story is unique, the base-building was fun, and the survival aspect was really cool. I got this on sale and I feel like I really underpaid for it since it was such a a well thought out game. About the only negative is I got some strange frame rate drops in the cut scenes, sometimes as low as 10 or 15 fps. But never any frame rate drops when actually playing the game. Weird.

The name "Alters" feels very deliberate considering the real life medical condition which creates similar results within people. Where you can have systems* with "alters", variations upon their personality of a sort. Considering I was just starting to come to terms with my own condition, where it seems highly likely I have OSDD-1B and have been diagnosed with CPTSD (PTSD as a child is effectively a prerequisite condition to have any sort of system form), I think I had a relatively interesting experience with this game. As like Jan, I also had to grapple with other versions of myself which in some ways are very similar and share a lot of common history, but also very different. From that perspective I found the game quite interesting. As it lead to a lot of similar questions from him that I had asked myself relatively recently. I also found that treating the "alters" similar to how I treat my "alters" to also consistently lead to good outcomes. (Also for how "my" alters have treated me, as an important note for this condition, is there is no main "personality", every part is an "alter", even the main one that appeared to have majority control. Which is one difference in this game as in this game, there is a clear "main" character they are split from.) Considering the main title of the game and topics grasped with being so relatable in how handled, I would be surprised if no systems were consulted on the games writing. As I found treating each alter just as valid as the rest and the main character worked out best for resolving conflicts, as well as treating it similar to how I treat my condition for who and when to share it, and got the most satisfying ending I think I could get given the situation. Overall, the games story was also interesting and worth my time. The asking price felt a bit steep for the experience, but getting it on a good sale I would recommend to most people. One interesting thing is despite it's similarity to the existing medical condition, is that the actual condition it relates to or any variation was not mentioned at all in the game. Which felt a bit surprising considering conflict dynamics that arose were so similar, that you would expect in that situation having people with a medical condition that results in a very similar state would be a gold mine for the company to look into for treatment and recommendations for Jan. Especially for ones who engage with functional multiplicity, as that is exactly what is required in the games state to maintain Jan's(s) effectiveness in gathering as much of a life changing resource as possible. Considering the game directly takes the same term used in the condition, you would also expect some effort to be put into actually having representation of an often heavily misunderstood, maligned, and poorly represented condition(s). This would have been a perfect opportunity to deliberately get some better representation, rather than simply being *heavily* eluded to. *Systems being the term for people with alters, as they rather than 1 interconnected personality, it is split up and compartmentalized. I am just a layperson who likely has one of the conditions which cause's this, so if interested I recommend reading up on Structural Dissociation. As it actually also has interesting implications on the way everyone develops for how you can get the mind to act in this state in the first place. Anyway; a rough way to understand it would be, how often you will have a version of yourself when go to work, another version when go to the gym, when interact with certain friends, excetra. Where you are slightly different depending on the situation. But you always maintain a singular sense of self, you can willingly switch between those states while always maintaining that, and you can remember and have attachment to what happened when in other states. A system can be similar, however, each version of that person has it's own sense of self, cannot always willingly switch between those states, and there will be a level of detachment over what happened in those other states, sometimes complete detachment to point of total amnesia. Which then also leads to each state starting to develop different preferences, because different memories hold meaning to them. Especially for alters "formed" younger, the differences can become rather profound; including even different preferred foods and tastes. (This one was a personal freakout cause for myself. As I am autistic and strongly react to foods I dislike. If I force myself to eat them I literally will end up throwing up. Yes I have tested this. While other "alters" when they are active, will enjoy foods I physically cannot eat when I am active.) However, they all still make up 1 person. No one state is the "true" self. Similar to how you cannot really even debate if your "work" self or your "home" self is the "true" self. You are all of them. Systems are just extremely compartmentalized people effectively. Hope this is interesting to whoever reads it!

Esse jogo é sensacional!

Твої альтери, напевно, вже пройшли б цю гру. А ти? The Alters заслужено посіла своє місце у десятці моїх улюблених ігор. Пройшов основну історію та доповнення одразу після релізу на Epic Games: 125 годин, 62 досягнення з 63, крім «Квантової сингулярності», бо це досягнення чомусь забаговане там. Яким чином склалося б твоє життя, якби десять років назад ти прийняв інше рішення у ключовий момент? Наприклад, якби не вступив до університету? Чи якби поїхав працювати за кордон? Чи якби не одружився? Яким би ти був зараз? У грі розповідається історія з відповідями на подібні питання. Сюжет багатошаровий та захопливий. Геймплей поєднує дослідження та виживання на далекій планеті, менеджмент ресурсів та будівництво бази. Чудове доповнення Last variable починається після завершення основної історії та додає ще близько 20 годин, нові механіки та круту кінцівку усієї історії. Ян Дольський радить цю гру усім!

希望每一个自己都不留遗憾 [spoiler] 美中不足的是优化很差掉帧严重 过场动画经常10帧以下 [/spoiler]