The Great Perhaps
The Great Perhaps tells the story of an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past. Experience constant time traveling between an empty, melancholic scenery of the post-apocalyptic Earth and its vivid days gone by. The hero will face the danger in the post-apocalyptic present, as well as in the past. Help him on his journey to find out the true cause of the disaster and save the planet! Features Challenging puzzles and mini-games based around time travel Experience the gripping atmosphere of a post-apocalyptic world based on Soviet aesthetics Innovative storytelling which binds together the past and the present Memorable characters with personal stories Original interactive soundtrack which adapts to each timeline Wistful hand-drawn 2D art style
Game Discussion
Steam User 57
+++ easy & fast 100 % Steam Achievements
++ nice Atmosphere (Present & Past)
--- *NO FIVE* (5) Steam Trading Cards *SET* (Steam Feature)
-- very short for Full Price
Good for Achievement Hunters, Genre Fans & Games Collectors
Steam User 1
Side scrolling puzzle game
+ Story, Style, and Sounds
"Chill and relaxing game with some puzzle challenges, easy to enjoy and finish before losing interest"
Steam User 0
It's okay. The story has potential, but never really takes off properly, and (I think) I get what the ending was going for but it really would've benefited from more of an explanation at the end. The gameplay has a cool mechanic, though it gets a little boring by the end.
Steam User 0
Nice and unique story, time mechanic was cool and puzzles were interesting
Steam User 0
Not bad at all!
Voice acted, neat graphical design, simple controls. A few puzzles to keep it interesting. Short playtime you can finish in one sitting if you like.
My only gripe was the unnecessary timer on the lantern. Like why? That along with the delay in switching just added tedium to my play through. Also the controls had all the keys on the same hand which got a little tiring. Thankful for key binding available.
Thanks developers for your time and skill!
Steam User 0
Summary
An adventure game with puzzle elements and unique time travel mechanics.
Pros
+ Good story
+ Interesting mechanic
Cons
- Janky
Overview
The Great Perhaps is an adventure game with puzzle elements that plays with the idea of time travel, featuring a unique mechanic to not only move between past and future but to also glimpse between time.
Story
The story is quite interesting as things start off quite mysterious as to what is actually happening. There are a number of strange happenings when you travel between time and see the changes that happen and the effects of your actions, there are also a number of paradoxical events that occur that relates to the story.
Relating to the paradoxical events to time travel, there is a part of how the future effects the past and causes a loop. There is a twist from this effects and maybe its expected to some from such time travelling business. Personally this throws my mind into a loop itself as to how it can occur and the effects of it as I feel there is something missing, its hard to explain but will be very clear once you finish the game.
Gameplay
Gameplay is a pretty simple adventure game with the unique mechanic to travel between past and future and also to glimpse between them. Puzzles and progress will require you to achieve things or even obtain items between time, taking a peek with your lantern is also quite important to help you travel between time at the correct moment and position.
Movement can sometimes be a bit janky, especially when you need to move quickly or jump. There is also quite a number of ways for you to get killed especially when moving between time as you can travel to past or future anywhere any time, luckily there are checkpoints though some can be a little further back.
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Steam User 0
Continuing my trend of playing short games to clear my backlog. Thanks HLTB. The art style drew me right in of a Russian cosmonaut who returns to the desolate earth and collects a device where he can switch from the past to the present over 14 levels. Probably only worth picking up in a sale or a bundle but enjoyable for the 3-4 hours i played. Only one bug i encountered watering a tree which forced me to restart the level.