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When the World Wide Web broke down the world erupted into full scale nuclear war. What remains inhabitable has been divided into three zones. In the Safe Zone life goes on pretty much as before, albeit with some restrictions on immigration, tourism and computer networks. In the Unsafe Zone things are worse. Nuclear waste has lead to disfigurements, diceases and even mutations for a percentage of the population. The economy is struggling with a massive pressure on health care, environmental cleaning, natural recourses and law enforcement. The Tarnished Zone is beyond repair. People there who do not die of "unnatural" causes like homicide or traffic accidents have a life expectancy of about 35-40 years due to massive pollution and nuclear waste. Anarchy and chaos is the norm, but there are always some who find ways to capitalize on such things. In Flavendres Heights, the Safe Zone, Cayanne Pepper is trying to make it as a freelance writer, Detective Arden is struggling to inject a sense of integrity into the city's police force, and poor rich kid Leonard Perec is on the run, wanted for murder. The police department's efforts to keep Detective Arden off the case only serves to entice his interest in it further, and he asks his friend Cayanne for help. Rich in cliches and seen-before use-key-to-unlock-door-puzzles, the keyword here is "something different" - which is exactly what this run-of-the-mill quasi-post-apocalyptic crime-conspiracy game will leave you wanting. Featuring Paint-graphics in glorious 640x400 resolution (by "adding a lot of black...") and touching on themes like sex and murder with the subtle sensitivity of a medium bulldozer. The game is mostly an attempt to establish a hero and a villain. |
