New GHOSTLESS Narrative Trailer Outlines The AI Apocalypse
What if the Cold War had been a race for AI? That's the question posed by indie developer Coffeenauts’ in its unique hybrid of 2.5D action-adventure and colony building, GHOSTLESS. A new trailer that debuted today at The MIX Fall Showcase offers a Beethoven-scored look at the richly atmospheric post-soviet dystopia GHOSTLESS is set in and lays out the alternate-history timeline that led to the AI apocalypse you will be fighting against when the game hits PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
GHOSTLESS is set in an alternate 20th century, 15 years after a Cold War US cyber attack unwittingly caused an experimental Soviet AI super-intelligence to turn against humanity. You take on the role of the Envoy, sent to investigate rumours of a facility where AI is creating a new secret weapon. Your mission will set you on the path to uncovering the truth about what happened to this world in a dark sci-fi plot about humanity, creation and survival.
Lead an uprising against AI in a post-apocalyptic world where you must root out machine infiltrators disguised as humans. Venture into a dangerous world to find survivors to grow your base, then lead your comrades into “incursions” against your android oppressors and their machine hivemind
Venture through sewers, metro tunnels, cold war bunkers and laboratories as you scavenge for resources and search for survivors. Take down the robotic adversaries you will encounter with melee weapons and guns, until your adventure leads you to enemy strongholds that are too much for one man alone. Expanding your colony and assigning new recruits to crafting stations will allow you to build better gear and weapons for your next excursion, but it is also necessary to break through the strongholds that stand in your way. Manage the size, health and status of your base camp to reach the strength required, then fight together to open up new areas of the map.
Looming over your colony at all times is the insidious threat of paranoia-inducing android infiltrators, or the "Ghostless", who pretend to be human to penetrate your defenses. After returning from robot-infested territory with new resources, you might find a weapon-station sabotaged, or a comrade murdered. Investigate, identify and eliminate impostors by analysing clues, observing behaviors, and interviewing recruits through a dynamic contextual dialogue system. Get it wrong and execute an innocent person and the weight lies on your conscience.
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