Black Wing Foundation announces Salvation project in development
21/02/2008
The year is 2026. The world government has conspired to use stem cells and genetic engineering to stage Judgment Day. The ruling authorities deceived the global population by creating genetic replications of Christ and the Antichrist in order to produce a zealous fundamentalism on Earth - a fundamentalism supported by the idea of communicating with God via machines as well as cloned creatures called Angels...
The will of a handful of technocrats closely watching over super-servers "connected to heaven" controls every step of mankind, making their every decision the only one. Humans are kept in constant stagnation, technology is forbidden and everyone has to "repent" -- or submit to a brain scan -- once a week. If a person is harboring any "immoral" thoughts, he or she might be executed or sent to Hell, a cybernetic virtual environment that causes tremendous physical and psychological suffering. Humanity's only hope lies in a closely knit organization of dissidents, passionately independent people grouped into small resistance teams and scattered across the Earth in order to topple the tyrannical Regime.
The game's protagonists are people from various cultures, backgrounds and countries who share a common and terrifying present. A desire to overthrow the Regime and destroy the virtual reality systems of Hell and Paradise bind them together. They'll have to overcome many obstacles on their way to discovering the truth, which the new world government hides from the masses.
Throughout 14 missions grouped into seven episodes, the player will take the roles of Narumi Amano, a genetically modified assassin; Sergey Thor, captain of East European resistance cell; and Alexander Geist, a cynical psy-powered smuggler with his own reasons to hate the Regime.
Key features
- A detailed and oppressive futuristic atmosphere inspired by such masterpieces as "1984," "Brand New World" and "Us."
- Diverse gameplay combining the best elements of stealth, action and role-playing in new and exiting ways.
- About 20 bosses, each with a unique background story and his own tactics.
- Seven episodes, from Tokyo to London, combined into a single dramatic story.
- Highly cinematic gameplay and storyline.
- Use of multi-functional futuristic weapons, some of which have never been seen in another shooter.
- Use of advanced licensed technologies, realistic physics and 5.1 sound.
- Detailed graphics technology using parallax and normal mapping, cinematic full-screen pixel shader effects, HDR lighting, dynamic light, shadows and more.
- Inverse kinematics.
- An awesome soundtrack featuring a live orchestra, licensed content and original compositions.
- A multiplayer mode featuring new areas, new weapons and the ability to play as the game's enemies and NPCs. Supports eight to 32 players.