Orphic Studios has announced a new cinematic story-driven FPS, called Shadow Project. Shadow Project appears to draw inspiration from the STALKER and Metro games. So, if you are fans of them, you should at least check it out.
Shadow Project will take place during the heightened tensions of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. Players will have to infiltrate Soviet territory and put a stop to their recently discovered experiments.
Shadow Project aims to have carefully crafted environments tailored to an immersive sim design. Players will be able to explore every corner of every location for supplies. Moreover, they will be able to find different ways to fight, sneak by, or find a secret shortcut.
Since this is an indie FPS, I strongly suggest tempering your expectations. While it looks kind of cool, it’s really rough around the edges. So yeah, don’t expect it to be the next Metro or STALKER. Still, for a game inspired by them, it looks good.
Orphic Studios has also shared some preliminary PC requirements. To run the game, PC gamers will at least need an AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i5-7600K with 16GB of RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 580 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. The devs recommend an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i7-9700K with 16GB of RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER.
Finally, the devs plan to release the game sometime in 2025. However, I won’t be surprised if it slips into 2026. As I said, the game looks rough. So, it could benefit from some further polish.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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