The Protocons

The Protocons is a first-person shooter adventure set during a battle to free your people from the Protocon Empire. The commanders’ ships are lured into a trap deep in enemy territory, where the Protocons seize Commander Riker and the remaining members of the round table council. As the last white knight, you must determine what the Protocons are planning and decide the fate of your civilization. Your ally Natalie, a resourceful systems specialist and old friend, is stranded aboard what remains of the ship.

Difficulty settings

The game offers four difficulty levels, each with a different challenge:

• Recruit: challenging, with a level intended to let younger or inexperienced players have fun.
• Cadet: highly engaging and suggested as a starting point for most players.
• Knight: difficult by design, intended for seasoned PC players or Protocon veterans.
• The One: one-life gameplay, reserved for top-tier players.

Graphics and display

Three graphics presets—Low, Medium and Ultra—adjust settings such as detail, shadow complexity and viewing distance. The Full Nelson Effect uses supersampling to render at a higher resolution before output, allowing post-processing effects such as anti-aliasing to work at that resolution. It requires additional resources and is marked experimental; inadequate systems may crash.

Supported display resolutions are 8K (7680×4320), 4K (3840×2160), 1080p (1920×1080) and 720p (1280×720). The game also includes DirectX 11 lighting, shadows and texture detail.