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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.
The Way is a adventure, indie and action game
developed by Puzzling Dream
and published by PlayWay S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A..
Released on May 20th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
It has received 900 reviews of which 738 were positive and 162 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.59€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified The Way into these genres:
Adventure
Indie
Action
Pixel Graphics
Platformer
Puzzle Platformer
Sci-fi
2D
Retro
Singleplayer
Atmospheric
Side Scroller
Puzzle
Story Rich
Difficult
Family Friendly
Relaxing
Great Soundtrack
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for The Way:
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| Spanish - Spain | |||
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| Ukrainian |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
- Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: MacOS 10.7.5
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 8600GT
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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Overall, I liked the game, but there are a few issues to keep in mind. The first part naturally blends puzzles with platforming and shooting; however, as the game progresses, the platforming becomes predominant and feels quite boring. While the game does a great job of presenting the story early on, after a while it is almost forgotten. After a long (too long?) series of combat and platforming sessions, the plot suddenly rushes to a close. In particular, the ending feels a bit rushed. I’d give it a 7 out of 10. Good, but not great.
A hidden gem. This is a cinematique 2d platformer, a genre which was more popular in the 90s with games like Prince of Persia, Another World, Flashback and Heart of Darkness. In The Way, you play as Major Tom, yes, that's his name. Just in the first scene you get your recently deceased wife out of her tomb and carry her to your home. You can't let go of her and the rest of the game is about finding a temple of life to resurrect her. It's not a super interesting plot, but it serves its purpose. The game features two endings which are just splash screens showing what happened. It's a beautiful pixel art game. The first proper level takes place at night in a big military base, but later one you will visit alien worlds. Anything gets you instakilled but fortunately checkpoints are quite generous. The game mixes platforming, combat and puzzle solving. There's a bit of stealth, particularly in the first mission, until you get your first weapon. Around mid game, you start to gain new tools to solve puzzles and dispatch enemies. Regarding puzzles, this is probably the most interesting aspect. They are quite challenging, like evening the energy levels of different sources by moving a battery back and forth, or moving a cart of ore through a facility to destroy a robot. Most of the times, there's no hints on what to do, you have to figure it out. A particular puzzle which requires you to make a long sequence of inputs is deviously designed with a twist that requires lateral thinking to even understand what's going on. On the sound department, the soundtrack fits the atmosphere perfectly. Expect sounds that reminds of Vangelis or futuristic science fiction. Bosses are quite fun and challenging. There are only a handful of them, you generally can beat them in the first or second attempt, but they offer a lot of variety as none of them require you to just shoot blindly. Now, the worst aspect of this game is that for some reason you only have one save slot and no cloud saving. If you want to play the game in another computer you need to copy the savefile like old times. If you want to start a new game, you better make a manual backup of your save first. There's also no manual save, your progress is just automatically saved after some progress. Another small complaint I have, is the inclusion of 2 enemies just at the end of the game, that are somehow homages to LucasArts games, that make no sense at all. This is not a point and click adventure, and the tension and atmosphere was always very serious. They would have been ok as an easter egg. It's a wonderful game that somehow got mostly forgotten. Definitely recommended.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Way is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
No, The Way is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Way received 738 positive votes out of a total of 900 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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The Way was developed by Puzzling Dream and published by PlayWay S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A..
Yes, The Way is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, The Way is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, The Way is playable and fully supported on Linux.
This information about The Way is not available yet.
This information about The Way is not available yet.
No, The Way does not support VR.
The Way is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for The Way. Explore additional content available for The Way on Steam.
No, The Way does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Way does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, The Way is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Puzzling Dream
Publisher
PlayWay S.A.,
Ultimate Games S.A.
Release
20 May 2016
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