Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
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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DeveloperKronos Digital Entertainment
PublisherEidos Interactive, Square Enix
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2001
StatusReleased
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About This Game
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix opens in Hong Kong in 2048, delving into the backstories of the original trio of mercenaries and newcomer Rain Qin, and the unlikely circumstances that bring them together. The world is reeling from a degenerative global pandemic called EINDS (Environmentally Induced Nucleotides Degeneration Syndrome, pronounced "ends"), and theft, murder, and terrorism have become thriving industries.
Hana Tsu-Vachel and Rain Qin work as freelance operatives, Royce Glas is a washed-up ex-soldier, and Jacob "Deke" Decourt is a ruthless assassin. Much of the intrigue lies in how these mismatched allies ever come together for a single cause; each begins with private motives but is gradually drawn into a sinister conspiracy that reaches far beyond politics, espionage, or survival. The adventure carries players through a futuristic Hong Kong, the imposing walled city of Xi'an, the lost tomb of China's first emperor, and finally the mountain island of the immortals, Penglai Shan.