Chaser (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Cauldron |
| Publisher(s) | JoWooD Productions |
| Engine | CloakNT |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | August 30, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| GameRankings | 69.96% |
| Metacritic | 66/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | 8.0/10 |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
Chaser is a first-person shooter action video game developed by Cauldron. The game is built on the CloakNT 3D engine. Unlike many contemporary science fiction first-person shooters like Halo: Combat Evolved, Pariah, WarPath, and Unreal Tournament 2004, Chaser's weapons fire modern-day projectiles.
It was re-released on Steam and GOG.com in 2011.
The game takes place in a fictional future, when man has inhabited Mars. A coalition of 36 top industrial corporations establish the MARSCORP consortium in 2036 with the goal of terraforming the planet. However, in 2042, Samuel Longwood becomes the director of MARSCORP with the blessing of the UN. Longwood turns MARSCORP into the de facto autocratic government of Mars, with himself becoming its ruthless dictator who has zero tolerance of opposition. As a result, a stealthy rebel movement headed by Graham Castor is formed, whose ultimate goal is to liberate Mars. The rebel organization proves too elusive for Longwood and the United Nations Intelligence Agency (UNIA).
The game protagonist wakes up in the medical bay of the space station U.S.S. Majestic, having lost his memory. The station is under attack by a group of armed men wearing the red Martian soldier's uniform, who refer to him as Chaser. They kill everyone on board but killing Chaser seems to be their primary objective. Having recovered a gun, Chaser fights his way to an escape pod and flees towards Earth, moments before the station explodes.
Chaser's escape pod crashlands into the fictional city of Montack somewhere in the United States. Having arrived on Earth, however, he finds that his news has preceded him. According to the television, he is John Chaser, an aggressive Martian rebel and is now held responsible for the destruction of the Majestic. Shortly afterwards, he is forcibly recruited into the Vallero mafia family as an enforcer. The family is on the verge of a gang war with the local Yakuza.
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