Pour conclure, après nous avoir séduit lors de sa preview, After Us nous a totalement conquis. L'aventure est encore plus belle, et remplie de surprises. L'univers post-apocalyptique est magnifique. L'histoire est belle et touchante. Et l’OST est un véritable plaisir pour nos oreilles. Sans oublier la sublime leçon de vie que nous offre Piccolo Studio. Un mélange parfait qui rend le voyage inoubliable. 

Il ne lui avait fallu que 2 heures pour nous convaincre la première fois, mais même dans sa version complète After Us est un bijou du jeu de plateforme. Intuitif, ludique et plein de sagesse, Piccolo Studio offre un univers riche et mélancolique. En enrobant son message d’espoir autour d’un gameplay simple, mais qui exploite tout le potentiel de ses mécaniques, on ne peut que céder face au charme d’une aventure si singulière.

After Us is one of those rare masterpiece level games that need to be experienced, with an incredibly touching story, amazing gameplay and drool-worthy music to go with it all, you might come for one thing but you’ll likely stay for it all or maybe just to see the story through to the end. After Us has nearly endless layers underneath the overall design, but going deeper is what makes every second spent playing the game so much more rewarding.

Set in a world that died, After Us is a great example of an industrial apocalypse story done correctly — standing strong in its story, visuals, and ambiance that breath new life into the genre.

After Us es mucho más que un juego. Es un canto a las segundas oportunidades y a la vida. Un proceso de sanación de los errores, y la construcción de un futuro mejor. Sí queremos, se puede. Ese es el mensaje que nos llevamos con el título de Piccolo Studio.

Concluyendo con este análisis de After Us, os tengo dejar bien claro que todo el que se acerque a este juego tiene que tener realmente en mente que se aproxima a una experiencia muy especial y diferente. Donde todo un contexto y una integración jugable, ambiental y narrativa, van a formar un complejo cúmulo de situaciones, sensaciones y eventos que nos va a dejar ensimismado, enamorados, e incluso, preocupados, por una humanidad que todo lo corrompe y destruye, y que Afetr Us nos quiere reflejar para dejarnos esa pequeña fibra sensible tocada, y la conciencia casi hundida.

Nos encontramos con un título muy entretenido con un gran trasfondo social. Trasfondo social, el cual no puede catalogarse como un simple plataformas 3D. La jugabilidad es buena, el apartado gráfico es sublime y la banda sonora está muy bien adaptada e implementada.

La nueva obra de Piccolo Studio se presenta como un videojuego más maduro, trabajado y redondo que en su anterior obra (Arise: A simple story) en el que exploras cada rincón de un mundo surrealista tras el fin de la humanidad para darle a la Tierra una segunda oportunidad en una conmovedora historia de sacrificio y esperanza. Pese a que el estudio español busca indudablemente un scope más amplio - e incluso adulto-, After Us no deja de ser un producto underground, que se aleja de lo que hoy en día entendemos como tendencias dentro del mercado del videojuego. Es una experiencia fantástica para aquellos que sepan valorar un videojuego como arte, pero no para todos los públicos. Nace como una traslación de emociones y percepciones a un quizás no tan lejano futuro de nuestro planeta. Un videojuego hecho de cora’ y que estamos seguros que va a consolidar a este estudio. 

After Us è un adventure platform molto impegnativo nella sezione esplorativa, che richiede precisione e tempismo sia nei movimenti che nell’utilizzo delle abilità speciali quali corsa, dash e doppio salto. I combattimenti invece sono molto più semplici. Oltre a essere un gioco divertente, offre anche un’ambientazione molto interessante, con un’esasperata rappresentazione dell’umanità sull’orlo della catastrofe. Alcuni problemi tecnici riguardo il controllo di Gaia non pregiudicano l’esperienza, rendendolo un gioco raccomandato a chi piace visitare mondi complessi piattaforma dopo piattaforma.

In definitiva, il nuovo gioco di Piccolo Studio, dopo l'ottimo Arise: A Simple Story, è un altro gioiellino che potrebbe fare la gioia degli estimatori delle avventure a piattaforme, specie se sensibili all'appassionato messaggio ambientalista che il titolo tenta di veicolare per le circa 6/7 ore necessarie al suo completamento. Per quanto generalmente solido, il gameplay mostra il fianco ad alcune criticità, in particolar modo nelle fasi di combattimento, ma la direzione artistica mozzafiato rappresenta da sola un motivo sufficiente per lanciarsi in quest'epopea dal sapore agrodolce.

As a game, After Us can sin of being flat, of lacking some of those playable moments difficult to forget or even of having problems such as a distant camera that hinders the most demanding platforming. But on the other hand, its history, the landscapes it proposes and some emotional sequences will make you remember it for a long time.

After Us is a beautiful game with a strong story, but unfortunately it also includes some not great action elements and platforming. It doesn't spoil the overall experience too much, though.

After Us is an artistic, moving, and affecting game about a world transformed by human indifference to nature. It’s a slightly heavy-handed cautionary tale, but a powerful one. As a puzzle platformer, it’s a little less successful, with controls that feel imprecise and levels that need more gameplay variety. After Us has a potent message and offers innocent hope for a planet in trouble.

After Us is a decent 3D platformer that captures and holds your attention with the surrealist nature of its world design and compelling environmental storytelling.

From our perspective, After Us is a bold and imperfect, yet profoundly meaningful creation. It’s not a game for everyone, but it stands as one of those rare experiences capable of leaving a lasting impression—particularly on those attuned to environmental themes and open to quiet introspection. What resonated most with us wasn’t the variety of gameplay—which, inevitably, begins to feel repetitive over time—but its remarkable ability to stir deep emotions through visual and auditory language, all without a single spoken word. It is a world meant to be wandered, not conquered. There are no missions to accomplish, no victories to secure. The game’s true aim is to prompt reflection, to inspire understanding, and to make us feel the weight of irreversible loss and the delicate hope of redemption. Its symbolism is never arbitrary. Every element—be it the animal spirits, the Devourers, the crumbling architecture, or the sudden resurgence of vegetation—serves a distinct narrative purpose. Even the absence of a HUD, the bold use of color, and Gaia’s slow, meditative movements are all part of a carefully considered vision: to transform the video game into a medium of expression rather than mere entertainment. While we cannot ignore its weaknesses—particularly the sections where repetition becomes apparent and the lack of dynamic gameplay may cause detachment, especially among players less inclined toward contemplation—we can only conclude that After Us is a work that urges us to look ahead, mindful of the missteps of humanity’s past. Its true purpose is to cultivate emotional and intellectual awareness—an awareness essential to imagining and building a better future. In my view, After Us strikes emotional chords that few games even attempt to reach. It’s a title that takes risks—and, in the long run, succeeds in them. For that alone, it deserves attention and praise. It’s not a game that aims to please everyone, but it has the power to move deeply those willing to be carried away by its visual language and its silent emotions.

All the while, your burst of life and heart throw powers are repeatedly repurposed into methods of hitting switches to stop and start machinery, say, or shift mine carts along tracks to create makeshift steps. Against all the horrors of humanity, then, the real beauty here is understanding that something very different may come next.

The surreal world design of After Us' dystopian world carries the game, encouraging you to keep going even when the momentum-driven platforming and creative puzzles give way to tedious combat. Gaia isn't all that compelling a protagonist, but the stories she uncovers--whether they're of the Earth's final animals or the Devourers who killed them--make up for it, inviting you to delve deeper into the dark of After Us' dying world and uncover exactly how it all fell apart.

There's a fascinating game hiding in After Us. The melancholy tale of resurrecting a desolate Earth makes for an interesting premise, but it isn't told in a way to make you care much about it. The platforming generates some good moments, but it is also clunky in places due to the physics and lack of explanation in the tutorial. The combat is rather unnecessary and unexciting, but it is functional, while the presentation remains fetching. Patches are still being created to tweak the game, and there is some potential to fix the technical issues experienced in the early portion of this playthrough. For now, it isn't a game that you need to seek out and play if there are other options to tackle.

Compared to Arise: a Simple Story, After Us represents an evolution. Despite that, the game fails to accomplish its mission and remains a step back from the modern games standards.

Pur apparendo come un'evoluzione del titolo precedente, con sistemi di gioco più complessi ed elaborati, After us non riesce a rappresentare un passo in avanti. Nel tentativo di andare oltre e allinearsi alle produzioni moderne, il progetto galleggia e annaspa, rivelandosi la classica via di mezzo che non accontenta nessuno. Davvero un gran peccato.

Overall, this leaves After Us as a flawed but intriguing 3D platformer. Its moments of brilliance are great to behold, such as its varied, dreadful locales and those moments where its platforming truly clicks. However, its lack of character and story development and its more frustrating sections do mean that it's not a perfect game - but at the very least its heart is in the right place.

This type of game has been done far better before.

After Us has style to spare and its heart in absolutely the right place, yet the maddeningly finicky controls make traversal feel like a chore – a cardinal sin for any platformer.

After Us had some lofty goals and it shows but sadly, they didn’t quite reach those highs. Incredible art direction and a dope soundtrack sadly don’t make up for the ‘tacked’ on combat and the very floaty platforming controls. The design choice to make it open world is also a head scratcher because the game absolutely does a poor job of telling players where to go next. I’m left wondering what could have been with After Us, had the combat been taken out I think this would have been a much better adventure.

For better and worse, After Us is yet another beautiful but otherwise boring and overly artistic game that does very little to advance the medium.

After Us has a vital subject matter that forces the player to take a step back and view the impact humanity has and will have on the world around them. However, with repetitive gameplay, a relatively unstable performance, and lackluster puzzles, the title fails to capture the brilliance its visuals portray.

All these factors, combined with a stunning soundtrack that ranges between Vangelis and Nobuo Uematsu, make After Us a must-play game in 2023, and deserves a place on any game of the year list–not just one restricted to indies. For all those moments of satisfaction and glee, you’ll also feel uncomfortable, sad, and maybe even helpless–but again, maybe that’s the point. Sometimes you have to suffer to do the right thing.

After Us reparte belleza y destrucción a partes iguales, aunque en un equilibrio delicado que maneja de fábula. Sin ninguna duda, estamos ante uno de los mejores juegos españoles de los últimos años y de cuyas pantallas no te arrepentirás de ninguna manera.

All these factors, combined with a stunning soundtrack that ranges between Vangelis and Nobuo Uematsu, make After Us a must-play game in 2023, and deserves a place on any game of the year list–not just one restricted to indies. For all those moments of satisfaction and glee, you’ll also feel uncomfortable, sad, and maybe even helpless–but again, maybe that’s the point. Sometimes you have to suffer to do the right thing.