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72%62572% positive reviews, Mostly Positive across 625 reviews·Singleplayer · Story Rich
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A clueless agent wanders simulations of the future generated from implanted hyper-intelligence. Who is he? What's going on? What's true? What's real? No one cares. With words, violence, stealth, bribery, psyche reconstruction, and more - he'll have to figure it out for himself.
Stain the Cerebral
Steam
The clueless agent has a variety of methods to navigate simulations...
Acquire information with a silver tongue. Learn the gimmicks of a target's personality to control the conversation.
Neutralize foes in tactical turn-based combat with smart resource and cover management to become feared.
Soothe minds by meticulously solving neural connection puzzles and become a respected peacemaker.
Sneak past/disable security to download info and manipulate with misinformation.
Acquire funds through various means such as hacking that can be used for bribery or buying upgrades and items.
Find data orbs containing film (rotoscoped and fully voiced animations), notes, and/or music and visual art filling in story and lore - allowing sense to be made of these strange occurrences... maybe...
The agent will need to learn and overcome non-linear, experimental game structure challenging typical notions of progress and data analysis. For example, saves will remain relevant beyond their immediate use. They're known here as "Instances" - a precious resource allowing traversal across a web of potential outcomes and information.
There's a soundtrack spanning every genre and even more gameplay mechanisms awaiting discovery...
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