MEG 9: Lost Echoes PC

MEG 9: Lost Echoes for PC is an action game with strategy elements. The game was developed by Skunkwerk Kinetic.

Plot

The campaign takes us into distant future, to a place called Proability Aperture. It’s a small alternative dimension, created artificially for research purposes by a powerful corporation Quantum Multiphasics. The world was governed by Horizon – a research facility in which a series of ambitious, but dangerous experiments was performed. One day, the contact with the whole base was cut off; while it’s autonomous AI started sending SOS signals. The players assume the role of a pilot employed by the corporation to take over a remotely controlled battle vehicle called Rig. Our task is to use it to find out what has happened in the facility.

The universe and the plot were written by William Gibson, the legendary science-fiction writer, responsible for such classics as Neuromancer, Count Zero, or Mona Lisa Overdrive. The writer is known as the father of cyberpunk, the subgenre popular for its bleak, "high tech low life" setting. MEG 9: Lost Echoes is the author’s first foray into video game territory.

Mechanics

During the gameplay, we explore locations, gather items and hints that allow us to learn the mysterious fate of the outpost. Nevertheless, our main activity is combat. Probability Aperture is full of various dangers, with the largest one being Corruption – a vague power that has the ability to take over derelict machines, and change them into vicious metal beasts. Our vehicle aside from being heavily armed and coated with thick armor is a good base for various upgrades and modifications. The players can install two chosen sets of weaponry, and one of nine available defense modules. Additionally, we can upgrade a number of other systems, including the radar and armor.

One of the most important assets of our machine is a dog-like robot called MEG 9. The beast is used for recon, hacking terminals, and most importantly, for gathering resources from which we build various useful devices, such as force fields and automated guard posts. All of these gadgets are necessary for survival, as the combat is very difficult, and forces a tactical approach on players, as each encounter requires good build-up.

Last updated on 06 August 2015