The Solus Project is an Xbox One console exclusive coming out this year. The game will make its way to the console through the Xbox Game Preview program on February 26. The title is set in the year 2183 when the Earth is dying. Similar to the events in Interstellar, you lead a mission to find a new planet to call home. Unfortunately, you crash-land on a violent and mysterious world. You wander around the planet to gather food, supplies, and collect artifacts to uncover who or what is out there. Above all, it is about survival.
The title features dynamic weather, a day and night cycle, and severe anomalies that constantly alter the terrain. Navigating the planet’s landscape will be a challenge because it keeps on changing.
Grip Games founder Jakub Mikyska stated that The Solus Project is basically Robinson Crusoe with a science fiction twist. In The Solus Project, you are on your own and it is likely you will succumb to the planet’s elements more than a few times.
Mikyska expects players to be dying a lot, but each death will be a learning experience. It is a narrative-driven game and it has a story that you follow. The planet that you are on is your biggest enemy because it is very violent and unpredictable. The game emphasizes the feeling of being completely alone. You are the only one there.
The Solus Project also allows you to explore the planet’s massive landscape, including its dark and ominous cave system as you slowly uncover what happened to the alien civilization that previously inhabited the planet. The main mystery in the game is to discover why the thriving civilization vanished. Exploring alien tombs to collect artifacts plays a major role in the title. Did the civilization die because of the planet’s environment or is there something far darker at work?
The Solus Project looks like a unique, harrowing and intense exclusive. I cannot wait to play it next year. I always wanted to experience a game similar to the themes presented in Interstellar and soon I will have the chance. This is definitely a title to look forward to.
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