

In the year 2010, a malicious virus has infected a virtual reality machine, the FireStarter. The intruding program has caused the computer to malfunction. The rules of the simulation have been altered in a potentially deadly manner, with the player's consciousness trapped inside. There is only one possible way to escape, by completing the game with a period of 48 virtual hours. The penalty for failing to do so is the ultimate one – real death.
ShooterScience fictionPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, unpretentious and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- GSC Game World
- Publisher
- GSC Game World
- Released
- March 5, 2004
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
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