Trepang2

Trepang2
Developer(s)	Trepang Studios
Publisher(s)	Team17
Designer(s)	Wilson Chung, Jacob Andersson
Programmer(s)	Wilson Chung, Jacob Andersson
Writer(s)	Brandon Tran
Composer(s)	Brandon McKagan
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)	Windows Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 5
Release	Windows June 21, 2023 Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 October 2, 2023
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Trepang2(stylizedTrepang²) is afirst-person shootervideo game designed by Trepang Studios and published byTeam17in June 2023.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to mid-2000s first-person shooters.Players control an amnesiac test subject who wakes up in a Horizon black-site. The protagonist is handcuffed at first and must rely on stealth, but players eventually must fight their way through enemies, both human and paranormal.During combat, players can slow down the action using abullet timeeffect and can also turn invisible. Players are sometimes aided by allies.

Plot

Subject 106 is a prisoner of the Horizon corporation, a global business entity that wields a large amount of military personnel while hiding inhumane experiments behind their doors. After gaining the assistance of the mysterious Taskforce 27, who 106 once worked for, he escapes the facility and does so by killing the vast majority of the Horizon personnel.

106 fights with the task force to clear out several black sites, Horizon facilities that fell to their own test subjects and to obtain significant evidence to destroy the company. As he does this, he encounters several drones that warn him that there is more going on than just corporate espionage. In fact, 106 discovers that most of the real causes of Horizon’s failings were due to cloned soldiers from Taskforce 27 going rogue, eventually leading 106 to turn against his allies after they succeed in destroying Horizon.

After having a close battle against his successor, Subject 107, 106 destroys the Taskforce’s base through its reactor, dying in the process as the device needs to be activated manually. Should the player obtain all the drones throughout the game, 106 is transferred to an unknown facility, being informed that his work isn’t over.

Development

Developer Trepang Studios is based inVancouver,Canada.Development started in 2016 as a hobby project to learn theUnreal Engine.The team grew from being a single person to four members after posting public demos. Stealth and bullet time were not originally part of the game's design. They were added later to balance the difficulty. Some of the enemy dialogue was also added to give players a fair chance to react to enemy tactics, such as flanking.Team17released it for Windows on June 21, 2023. Ports to theXbox Series X/SandPlayStation 5were released on October 2, 2023.

Reception

Trepang2received positive reviews onMetacritic.Video Gamercalled it "an excellent ultra-violent shooter" and praised the combat, stealth, and story.TechRadarsaid it does not surpassF.E.A.R.,which it was inspired by, but it "delivers stylish, bloody action".

External links

• Official website