Tears in the drain.

Yellow paint; waypoints; sparkling particles lighting the path forward.

According to some, modern games have become reluctant to let players off the leash.

The player looks at a woman on a train in Peripeteia.

Her first mission is to track down a lucrative bulb for a junker called Filemon.

These choices are made and delivered via crude but stylish dialogue boxes and unceremonious, hyper-violent action.

This is another way the game takes a hands-off approach.

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You’re never quite sure when you are about to do something momentous.

Still, I’m conscious of overselling what Peripeteia offers.

The player looks up to a night sky with skyscrapers visible through the blue haze in Peripeteia.

The player looks up to a jumble of TV screens showing a man’s face in Peripeteia.

The player travels along a green sewer tunnel in Peripeteia.

The player looks down on a train platform with light streaming in through a metal grate, revealing colourful graffiti on the wall, in Peripeteia.

The player approaches a woman called the Hallway Weirdo in a starkly lit apartment building in Peripeteia.

The player looks at a table full of ‘cokebricks’ in Peripeteia.