I was trying to sleep and my sick mind came up with something quite disturbing that could be the premise for a really really terrifying game. It's basically a very similar idea to System Shock 2 where you have a Rogue AI (A virus in this case) that is able to infect and utilize any electrical component with a processor.
In the year 2024 a strange transmission is picked up from space. About 15 minutes after the transmission is spotted by the ISS station in orbit over Earth, the station goes silent. The TSA (Terran Space Association) analyzes the transmission but is unable to decode much of the data it contained. The TSA then sends a team to investigate the ISS, now orbiting derelict over Earth. (This will be the prologue mission. You play as one of the away team members). During the mission you find out that the stations computers have been seized by a malevolent AI program, and before killing you it tells you that it has also infected computer systems on Earth. It says there is no hope for your species and that they are destined to serve them. The AI triggers a reactor overload which causes a rather large breach in the station's hull and you're sucked out into space, your death marking the end of the prologue mission.
Back on Earth many of the planet's mechanized industries shut down. It doesn't take long for the TSA to realize what is going on, but before they can effectively react the AI has established processing plants that have yet to show their true purpose. Initially it was believed that it would manufacture AI controlled robots, but the AI had a much worse fate for mankind. Scattered reports of disfigured people assaulting and killing others begin to surface. Several people were processed in the recently established plants where they were implanted with crudely made prosthetic limbs and weapons. Those known later as the "Processed" remain conscious while the AI controls their bodies to kill and capture more bodies for processing.
Things heat up rather quickly, and you as the main character find yourself rudely awoken by a crying woman breaking into your home. This woman has had her arms and legs replaced, although she keeps yelling at you to "Get away from me, please!". As you spot the woman in your living room she begins to cry and scream as her body grabs your dog and kills him. Left with no way to defend yourself you must find a way to escape your home and flee to wherever you can. Upon leaving your home you'll notice screaming in your neighbors home. A brief FMV will play explaining that Mr. Dobbs is a worker at the local vehicle manufacture. You hear the screaming of Mr. Dobb's wife and a baby's cries. The FMV marks one of the most disturbing scenes of the game. You will see Mr. Dobbs' AI controlled body killing his wife as he consciously listens to her pleas for him to stop. After the wife is killed the camera turns to the baby where Mr. Dobbs begs the AI not to make him do it, and the FMV quickly cuts off putting you back into control over your own body. You can't hang around, as the aforementioned female that killed your dog is now hot on your tail.
So yes, as you have probably guessed this is a very very disturbing game, and yes it is of the survival horror genre. Throughout the game you will need to kill some of these poor enslaved people. Some will beg you not to kill them, others will beg you to end their suffering. Later in the game TSA researchers determine that it is impossible to restore a processed human to their normal selves without killing them. At that point in the game you've found your way to a TSA/Military controlled zone where you begin to do tasks to eventually stop the AI invasion. Not sure how I'd end the game, though. Not sure whether I'd want it to have a positive ending or not. Anyways I just thought I'd share the idea with fellow forum members.
In the year 2024 a strange transmission is picked up from space. About 15 minutes after the transmission is spotted by the ISS station in orbit over Earth, the station goes silent. The TSA (Terran Space Association) analyzes the transmission but is unable to decode much of the data it contained. The TSA then sends a team to investigate the ISS, now orbiting derelict over Earth. (This will be the prologue mission. You play as one of the away team members). During the mission you find out that the stations computers have been seized by a malevolent AI program, and before killing you it tells you that it has also infected computer systems on Earth. It says there is no hope for your species and that they are destined to serve them. The AI triggers a reactor overload which causes a rather large breach in the station's hull and you're sucked out into space, your death marking the end of the prologue mission.
Back on Earth many of the planet's mechanized industries shut down. It doesn't take long for the TSA to realize what is going on, but before they can effectively react the AI has established processing plants that have yet to show their true purpose. Initially it was believed that it would manufacture AI controlled robots, but the AI had a much worse fate for mankind. Scattered reports of disfigured people assaulting and killing others begin to surface. Several people were processed in the recently established plants where they were implanted with crudely made prosthetic limbs and weapons. Those known later as the "Processed" remain conscious while the AI controls their bodies to kill and capture more bodies for processing.
Things heat up rather quickly, and you as the main character find yourself rudely awoken by a crying woman breaking into your home. This woman has had her arms and legs replaced, although she keeps yelling at you to "Get away from me, please!". As you spot the woman in your living room she begins to cry and scream as her body grabs your dog and kills him. Left with no way to defend yourself you must find a way to escape your home and flee to wherever you can. Upon leaving your home you'll notice screaming in your neighbors home. A brief FMV will play explaining that Mr. Dobbs is a worker at the local vehicle manufacture. You hear the screaming of Mr. Dobb's wife and a baby's cries. The FMV marks one of the most disturbing scenes of the game. You will see Mr. Dobbs' AI controlled body killing his wife as he consciously listens to her pleas for him to stop. After the wife is killed the camera turns to the baby where Mr. Dobbs begs the AI not to make him do it, and the FMV quickly cuts off putting you back into control over your own body. You can't hang around, as the aforementioned female that killed your dog is now hot on your tail.
So yes, as you have probably guessed this is a very very disturbing game, and yes it is of the survival horror genre. Throughout the game you will need to kill some of these poor enslaved people. Some will beg you not to kill them, others will beg you to end their suffering. Later in the game TSA researchers determine that it is impossible to restore a processed human to their normal selves without killing them. At that point in the game you've found your way to a TSA/Military controlled zone where you begin to do tasks to eventually stop the AI invasion. Not sure how I'd end the game, though. Not sure whether I'd want it to have a positive ending or not. Anyways I just thought I'd share the idea with fellow forum members.
