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Fort Solis Explained: Gameplay, Story, Characters, and World - IGN
Fort Solis developer Fallen Leaf explains the gameplay, story, and characters that feature in its upcoming sci-fi interactive narrative game.
tl:dr
- 3rd person sci-fi thriller
- takes place on a remote mining post on Mars
- freedom of exploration inside the fully open giant interlinked facility
- can be explored from Mars surface with escalating dust storm
- player character is an engineer played by Roger Clark (RDR2s Arthur)
- no weapons, gameplay sounds like mostly environment puzzles and data collection with multi-tool
- fully playable cinematic "key sequences" with multiple possible outcomes
- multiple endings due to decisive outcomes of key sequences
- narrative techniques inspired by Quantic Dream and Supermassive Games
- Moon (film, 2009) meets the isolated industrial style of Dead Space
- one continuous shot as in God of War, 1917 or Birdman
- playable sidekick Jessica (Julia Brown) player stays in touch with aka Firewatch
- Troy Baker plays dr Wyatt, not an antagonist per se but the biggest character in the game