The story of F.E.A.R. is presented in such a way that only a few minor plot elements are presented in the game’s beginning, thus allowing players to experience the adventure as “the hero[es] in [their] own spine-tingling epic of action, tension and terror.”The manual briefly mentions the player character’s recent induction as “Point man” to […]
Jack Carver has left his mysterious and bitter past behind him and dropped out of society to run a boat-charter business in the South Pacific. He is hired by Valerie Constantine to take her secretly to an uncharted island in Micronesia. After Val is safely delivered to the island, Jack’s boat is suddenly attacked by […]
Gears of War takes place on Sera, a planet inhabited by humans, who have warred over a phosphorescent, low-viscosity fluid known as “Imulsion”. Over several decades, the Pendulum Wars took place between various human countries, and ended with the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) taking control of the planet. The war quickly came to an […]
StarCraft takes place in the distant future. Human exiles fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy, and a unified Terran government has formed through espionage, deceit and military might. In the midst of these events, the Zerg have begun an invasion of the Terran worlds, along with the war against the Protoss.
The Core Contingency picks up where the original game finishes with the Arm ending, in which the Arm achieved final victory over the Core in its homeworld Core Prime, in their Galactic War of over 4,000 years. With the Core supposedly wiped out of existence, the Arm undergoes one-hundred years of reconstructing civilization.
In the Kingdom of Ehb, a humble farmer’s life is flipped, turned upside down when a race of evil goblin-like creatures attack the community. The Krug, as they are known, must be stopped and the player’s character is tasked with seeking help from a neighboring town. Along the way, the player may meet others willing […]
The player character and his/her friend Imoen have grown up together since childhood under the tutelage of their guardian, the mage Gorion. As orphans, they were raised in Candlekeep, an ancient fortress-turned-library in the rural Sword Coast region, which lies south of the city of Baldur’s Gate. However, strange things are afoot on the Sword […]