Mysterious Journey II
| Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon (Schizm II: Chameleon) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Detalion |
| Publisher(s) | The Adventure Company |
| Series | Schizm |
| Engine |
Lithtech Jupiter (heavily modified) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Mysterious Journey II, also known as Schizm II: Chameleon, is an adventure game developed by Detalion, published by The Adventure Company, powered by Lithtech: Jupiter, and the sequel to Schizm: Mysterious Journey. Like the earlier game, the plotline was authored by acclaimed Australian science fiction writer Terry Dowling. While Schizm utilized 360 degree panoramas, Mysterious Journey II uses a first-person shooter interface.
The game begins on a derelict space station. Sen Geder, whom the player controls, awakens from a cryogenic stasis pod, and is interrogated by a pre-recorded holo-message of a mysterious man named Tensa, 214 years after Sen was placed in stasis. Tensa explains that there is no escape, as all non-essential machinery is destroyed, every door and bulkhead is sealed, and the station will fall from its decaying orbit in 16 days. The hologram device is blown up, and it turns out that a "companion" named "Talen" attempted to find a power source (the hologram unit). Talen also gives Sen flight skills and "Chameleon Tech" to disguise his identity. With that, Sen boards a shuttle and enters the planet itself, discovering that the inhabitants have formed two tribes: The "Trasai" and "Ansala". According to Talen, the Transai believe that science is the only answer for survival, while the Ansala profess love of nature, natural methods, and even mental powers to control the environment. Hidden is a nomad named Arko, who refused to take sides with either tribe, and instead is friends of the Companions.
Arko explains that in the past there was a great city. Then an alien starship appeared, two young scientists, Sen Geder, a Transai astrophysicist, and Chemay Tars, an Ansala astronomer, both tried to have the aliens intervene, but missiles downed the ship, and a war broke out, lasting over 200 years, turning the planet into a single valley and Sen and Chemay to blame, captured by the Ansala. The Companions were alien machines aided by the Transai, but destroyed or downgraded by the Ansala.
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