Aphelion

Terrible checkpoints with some of the most boring forced slow walking "stealth* I've experienced.

The gameplay is literally just analog stick forward and "A"... that does not constitute a fun game. I played 45 minutes and all I did was walk and climb (all in capped 30 fps on Series X... in 2026) while the main character talked the entire time about her bf. I thought surely it was just the intro, but good lord it just kept going.

Is what this company should be called. Very pretty game with surprisingly good music, but wow is it boring. The only mechanic in the game, climbing and traversing, is noticeably worse than a game like Uncharted which came out in 2009. On top of that, a semi-interesting story with uninteresting characters. Save your money, this should be $20 tops.

I'd rather go to work than to play this game! 😒

It's walking w/ 30 min of cutscenes every 20 min. The ledge mechanics don't follow your joystick. There are sections with water where you drown in 3 ft but then near the end you're swimming in a river. The enemy tracks you by noise and the woman won't shut up. I'd keep going but typing with a controller sucks.