Action Forms, a Ukrainian Studio, has announced the development of first person action/horror game with working title Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason which takes place in 1968 in the Arctic Circle and places you in the Russian North Pole station, "Pole 21".
The main hero, Alexander Nesterov, is a meteorologist trapped inside an old nuclear ice-breaker, The North Wind, frozen in the ice desert many years ago. This steel creature fell into an ice trap and everyone on board lost not only their health complexion but also the right to die. Cryostasis is a story about the drama of a Captain and his Ship taking place in an atmosphere of animal fear.
Features
- The game unravels with the help of a unique system called Mental Echo - the ability to penetrate another character's memory and change the actions taken by that character in the past
- 10 highly detailed levels with thrilling gameplay
- More than 15 fearful enemies with unique capabilities
- 7 NPC's which help the story reach its climactic finale
- 8 historically-authentic weapon types
The player's goal is to prevent the ship's and captain's deaths through the use of Mental Echo, by correcting other characters' mistakes made in the past.
The game is being developed based on the proprietary AtmosFear 2.0 engine which is on a par with the world's most advanced game technologies. The main engine features are:
- Unified Dynamic Shadowing system - fully dynamic, moving light sources casting soft shadows on all objects
- Parallax mapping/displacement, alpha and color projective, depth of field, gloss map, tone mapping
- Advanced characters' and objects' physics
- Realistic fur dynamically illuminated by light sources
More information on Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason will be revealed at E3 2006 so stay with MegaGames for more information on the title.
