Project Downfall

Project Downfall is a first-person adventure set in Crimson Tide, a free mega-city on the border of Germany and Poland. As a middle-class citizen, you begin in your apartment before heading into another routine day at the office. By night, you act as a self-proclaimed dealer of justice, fighting people you see as scum. Your choices, actions and mental state shape how the story progresses.

Crimson Tide

The world is nearing collapse. The European Union is in disarray, while the Novorussian Federation has emerged as a new superpower and welcomed Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland. Crimson Tide was established as a free city meant to represent a new world order, with the EU/Transatlantic States and the Novorussian Federation agreeing to respect its sovereignty. In practice, the city’s corporate entities hold political power, compete for citizens’ votes through the benefits they provide and use mandatory medication to keep the population in check.

Combat and medication

Combat is semi-tactical and fast, with lethal consequences for both you and your enemies. Encounters reward reflexes, awareness of your surroundings and quick thinking, and play like fast-paced puzzles. You can use pills, the Superkick, the slammer and adrenaline slides and jumps, among other mechanics, to take on enemies and build stylish combos. There is no health regeneration or way to replenish your health.

Choices and consequences

The story advances as you complete main missions, while your chosen path, mental state, decisions, interactions and pickups can change how scenes unfold. Some choices and states of mind can reveal alternate levels and routes to your goal. The sanity system also makes the world react in different ways to your self-medication threshold over the course of the game. Alternative events, possibilities and routes lead to one of 12 endings.

Features

• A freeroam hub that expands as the game’s timeline progresses and offers new opportunities
• A combo-kill and style system
• An original soundtrack that adapts to what is happening on screen
• Trippy visuals
• Leaderboards