SiN Episodes: Emergence

SiN Episodes: Emergence is a first-person shooter set in Freeport City. You play as John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force protecting the city’s people. Four years after his first battle with scientist Elexis Sinclaire, Blade takes the fight to her and her multi-billion dollar empire, SiNTEK, after the law fails to bring them to justice. Elexis plans to reshape humanity according to her vision, and Blade must stop her before she puts that plan into action. Hacker JC, who has a secret to keep, and rookie Jessica Cannon, who can break into any secure facility, join his mission.

Freeport City

The futuristic city brings together influences from New York, San Francisco and Tokyo, and faces ongoing mutant attacks. The game uses Valve’s Source technology for interactive environments and physics-based gameplay. Characters react dynamically to what you look at and to the environment around them.

Combat and interaction

You fight enemies including jetpack soldiers and mutants that evolve during combat. Enemies adapt to your actions, work as a team, cover one another and help fallen comrades back to their feet. You can use environmental hazards to set traps, while location-based damage rewards accurate shots and melee moves let you attack at close range.

Vehicles can be damaged by targeting and shooting specific parts, or destroyed outright. During vehicle combat, a flexible positioning system lets you move around the interior to choose where to attack from.

Dynamic challenge

The Personal Challenge System tracks your play style and adjusts the challenge to your skill level, creating a custom experience. Choices you make may also influence future episodes in unforeseen ways.

Episodic structure

Emergence begins an episodic series. Each installment offers 3–6 hours of gameplay, and you can choose how much of the game to buy.