The Station is an upcoming science fiction mystery game developed and published by The Station coming out on PS4, PC and Xbox One. The game was first announced on kickstarted and now has a release date, which is 20th February 2018. Today we check out The Station’s minimum and recommended specifications. You can check out its announcement trailer below
The Station
The game is in first person perspective and has a fully augmented space station tasked to study an alien civilization, from its description
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
How would you react if we discovered a sentient alien civilization, challenging everything we know about biology, chemistry, physics, religion and answering the questions man has asked throughout history? But what if this sentient alien civilization was discovered in a state of civil war? Determining that the rewards outweigh the risks, an undetectable space station with a small three-person crew deploys to research the alien culture in search of a means towards a peaceful relationship. Unable to contact the crew, a recon specialist to sent to uncover what happened. What players discover will challenge their view of surveillance, imperialism and moral law.
Welcome aboard The Station.
Gameplay
The gameplay resembles recent games like What Remains of Edith Finch where players will be taking their time in each room, studying the environment, looking for clues, secrets, solving puzzles and understanding your findings, according to the game’s page, the game relies on visual cues rather than being fed the story like in conventional games, players will have to go a step further and actually invest time in understanding whatever data they find.
System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows XP SP2+
- Processor: i3 Dual Core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 2gb GB RAM
- Graphics: Video card with 512MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Supports 7.1 surround sound
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 or higher
- Processor: i5 Dual-core 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 4gb GB RAM
- Graphics: Video card with 1024MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Supports 7.1 surround sound