Combining the rewarding feeling of overcoming difficulty with a compelling and intricate story set on a mysterious alien world to explore, viewers across the world got to experience both the prologue and some of the elements of the game itself during the trailer reveal.
A colossal and enigmatic alien structure appears in Earth's orbit and stuns the entire world. Humanity names it The Metahedron. The Sentient Contact Assessment and Response team (SCAR) consisting of scientists and engineers, is sent to investigate.
Things don’t go as planned and the Metahedron hauls the team across space onto a mysterious extrasolar planet. Players find themselves in the shoes of SCAR team member Dr. Kate Ward, who wakes up dazed and alone in a strange, hostile environment. Determined to survive, Dr. Ward sets out to find her crew and unravel the mystery behind what’s happened.
Dr. Kate Ward, is not a battle-hardened soldier or super-powered assassin - but a resourceful, capable, and strong-willed individual with the will to endure any hardship. She is, first and foremost, a scientist: someone that uses their mind as a weapon -and with this weapon, Kate is determined to survive. She represents the best in humanity: our ability to overcome fear with curiosity, pain with determination, and darkness with reason.
Key Features:
- SURVIVE AGAINST ALL ODDS: Kate is an astronaut and a scientist – not a soldier - but she's resourceful and determined to do anything to survive. Use a combination of ranged weapons, devices, consumables, and melee attacks. You need to manage stamina as you run, dodge, exploit weak points, and discover effective tactics to defeat your foes.Combine different elemental attacks to beat the odds and break through otherwise impassable obstacles.Craft different items and gadgets to aid you against the countless threats in this exoplanet.
- EXPLORE A MYSTERIOUS EXOPLANET: Immerse yourself in a carefully crafted adventure, inspired by the sci-fi classics. Explore an alien world filled with countless threats, gorgeous landscapes, and ruins hinting of an ancient - yet advanced - civilization that somehow disappeared. Journey through different biomes, such as marshlands, freezing wastelands, underground caverns, and alien facilities – all with their own set of challenges, enemies, secrets, and environmental hazards.
- EMBARK ON A RESEARCH JOURNEY: Kate is a scientist to her core, and you'll use that scientific expertise to extract information from your surroundings by scanning artifacts, materials, and creatures in order to learn about their features, properties, and weaknesses. As you explore your surroundings, you will conduct analysis and gain knowledge that will allow you to craft new gadgets, weapons, and unlock abilities in Xenobiology and Engineering trees.
- FIGHT CHALLENGING MONSTERS: Ghastly enemy designs with diverse strategies and tactics will keep encounters fresh, forcing you to find creative ways to defeat them.
Scars Above is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and PC (Steam) in early 2023.
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