The Island: The Earthling – Preview

Suddenly, the Strugatsky brothers are the hottest commodity in adventure gaming with not one, but two games based on their books in development. The Island: The Earthling will be based on the Strugatsky brothers Inhabited Island and – according to developer Step Creative Group – is a first-person adventure quest with panoramic environments.

This is the age of mankind’s prosperity. FSG Pilots (Free Search Group) are exploring the universe. Our Hero – Maksim Kammerer – is forced to perform an emergency landing on the planet Sarraksh, where, a few minutes after, his ship is destroyed and he becomes a prisoner on the uncharted planet.

Luckily, there is human civilization on this planet and its level of development is much like the level of our civilization in the 20th century. A protracted nuclear war almost completely destroyed the planet’s ecology, and the surviving population still suffers from the aftereffects. Their painfully obtained peace remains very unstable and hides a loathsome truth. Maksim Kammerer must break through a veil of lies to search out the truth.

Maksim will go through military service and join the rebels. He’ll do time in a penal camp and will also encounter mutants.

The gameplay will cover 10 chapters and feature over 100 locations. The game is currently about 15% completed and is scheduled for a third quarter, 2006 release.