Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001)

Developer: Kronos Digital Entertainment
Publisher: Eidos Interactive, Square Enix
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Rating: 3.6 of 5, 24 player ratings

How it feels

A brooding, cel-shaded thriller where mercenaries navigate a neon-soaked dystopian Hong Kong with constant dread lurking behind every puzzle and firefight.

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About

Set in a crazed, alternate future of Hong Kong, Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is the prequel to the survival-horror hit Fear Effect. You play as one of four deadly mercenaries on a team that's been commissioned to bring back the kidnapped daughter of a powerful Chinese executive. The action begins with Hana, Glas, and Deke the three main characters from the original game meeting each other for the first time. Soon afterward they meet Rain, a close friend of Hana's. Hana, Glas, and Deke are on separate missions to retrieve three objects, but before long they realize that they're involved in the same deadly plot. The action takes the foursome through Hong Kong, Hell's Kitchen in New York City, the walled city of Xi'an, the lost tomb of the first emperor of China, and in the end, to the mountain island of the immortals, Penglai Shan. Then, after lunch, things really get crazy!

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