While some people prefer the action-heavy, guns blazing explosion fest that the Xbox marketplace delivers in spades – sometimes you just want to sit back and enjoy a story that can be discovered at your own pace, free of exhilarating combat or frustrating puzzles.
And this is what you will be getting with Tacoma.
In 2088, when the six crew members of the space station Tacoma have died, it is up to you to piece together their story, how they interacted with one another and discover their unique personality through 3D animated AR scenes, which show pivotal moments in the members’ lives leading up to the disaster. With these scenes being represented in 3D with full voice recording, to get the most out of them you will need to rewind and fast-forward these scenes, as well as walk around the physical space they are played out in. Eventually, as everyone’s storylines converge and split off again, you may just find the resolution to the tragedy that occurred on Tacoma.
Not only will you be able to uncover clues by recorded scenes, but unlocking drawers, finding objects and artifacts and reading notes will also provide you with information. Clues are everywhere on Tacoma, it is just a case of seeking them out.
With Tacoma having been created by the devs behind the likes of Gone Home (another narrative experience) and Bioshock 2: Minerva’s Den, Fullbright have a proven track record with creating great stories on Xbox One – and Tacoma may be another to hook you with its complex story.
If you have interest, then the Xbox Games Store will let you in on a download. Just head on over and spend the £14.99 required.
Game Description:
The Venturis Corporation wants their AI back. That’s where you come in. Tacoma is a narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. As you go about your mission, you’ll explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster. At the heart of Tacoma is the facility’s digital surveillance system, which has captured 3D recordings of pivotal moments in the crew’s life on the station. As you explore, echoes of these captured moments surround you. You’ll use your ability to rewind, fast-forward, and move through the physical space of these complex, interwoven scenes to examine events from every angle, reconstructing the multi-layered narrative as you explore. Tacoma is the next game from the creators of Gone Home, and carries on that tradition of detailed, immersive, and powerful storytelling, while pulling players deeper into the narrative than ever before. Features: · A Richly Layered Story Experience: Six crewmembers lived and worked on space station Tacoma, forming relationships, experiencing love and loss, and facing crisis together. Discover not just what happened to these people, but what makes them who they are, through your role as an interactive investigator. The story is told through a series of fully voiced and animated interactive AR scenes, immersing you in the events on Tacoma. · A Groundbreaking Multi-Path Story System: In each section of the station, you are surrounded by digital representations of crewmembers following their own parallel story threads that diverge, recombine, and split off again. Rewind, fast-forward, and move through these scenes’ chronologies as they swirl around you. Your interactive tools allow you to discover the tightly-knotted narrative from every angle, and in every detail. · A Deeply Interactive Gameworld: Explore Tacoma Station both physically and digitally. Unlock doors and drawers to find meaningful objects, notes, and physical artifacts, while simultaneously exploring extensive records of the crew’s digital communications and personal thoughts. Every facet of the crew’s experience on Tacoma is part of your investigation. · A Vision of the Future: Experience life in the year 2088. Discover a rich fictional universe that depicts humanity’s expansion into low-Earth orbit and beyond. A deeply-imagined speculative vision of the near future from the award-winning story team behind Gone Home and BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den. · A Compact Narrative Experience: Tacoma is estimated to take around 2 to 5 hours to complete. How deep you dig and how much detail you find is up to you. Tacoma is a non-combat, non-puzzle-focused game. The details of the story and gameworld are there for you to discover at your own pace.
