History VideoGame / ThePrecursors

* RPGElements: You have ExperiencePoints, and you choose a new ability with each LevelUp.
** There are hundreds of non-linear [[{{SideQuest}} Sidequests]], many of them having multiple solutions.

* CutShort:[[spoiler:Treece rescues Dr. Apertov and threatens to kill him for the destruction of Casilla by using the Precursor artifacts, but the doctor drops the bombshell that ''all'' the planets are in danger now, Casilla was an accident caused by the planet's artifact having its self-destruct mechanism triggered, and that a "pure-blooded Amarn" is the only being who can properly use the precursor artifacts and that Treece will need his help. The doctor then asks if Treece (and the player) wants to solve the mystery of the Precursors. What are the Precursors? Was that rotating triangle artifact in the base a Precursor? What is a "pure-blooded" Arman? Is ''Treece'' a pure-blooded Arman? No answers, because the game then smashes to credits and there's no sequel since Deep Shadows shut down due to financial problems]].
-->'''Tehsnakerer:''': It took me 20 minutes to comprehend that. I don't comprehend it but at least I just decided to take it in. I had to go watch a few Let's Plays because I had to double-check that ''that'' was indeed the ending. I had to reconfirm that my game hadn't just broken again. I needed a drink and a lie down (...) I don't think an ending has ever hit me so profoundly, but that's it. (...) It raises a ton of questions in a matter of minutes then asks one final question, read so poorly that it sounded ''bored.''

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Averted in the same manner as in ''[[VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell Boiling Point]]''.

%%* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Treece rescues Dr. Apertov and threatens to kill him for the destruction of Casilla by using the Precursor artifacts, but the doctor drops the bombshell that ''all'' the planets are in danger now, Casilla was an accident caused by the planet's artifact having its self-destruct mechanism triggered, and that a "pure-blooded Amarn" is the only being who can properly use the precursor artifacts and that Treece will need his help. The doctor then asks if Treece (and the player) wants to solve the mystery of the Precursors. What are the Precursors? Was that rotating triangle artifact in the base a Precursor? What is a "pure-blooded" Arman? Is ''Treece'' a pure-blooded Arman? No answers, because the game then smashes to credits and there's no sequel]].
-->'''Tehsnakerer:''': It took me 20 minutes to comprehend that. I don't comprehend it but at least I just decided to take it in. I had to go watch a few Let's Plays because I had to double-check that ''that'' was indeed the ending. I had to reconfirm that my game hadn't just broken again. I needed a drink and a lie down (...) I don't think an ending has ever hit me so profoundly, but that's it. (...) It raises a ton of questions in a matter of minutes then asks one final question, read so poorly that it sounded ''bored.''
* {{Precursors}}: With a religious cult devoted to them.

The gameplay is best summed up as ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}''. It is a hybrid of a FirstPersonShooter, RolePlayingGame, StealthBasedGame and space-based SimulationGame. The player is [[WideOpenSandbox capable of doing whatever he wants]], [[AnEntrepreneurIsYou trade with merchants]] or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential extort them for money]], work for TheFederation, TheEmpire, or LaResistance, [[AdventurerArchaeologist investigate long lost ruins]]... you can travel through space, actually land and play around in planets and space stations. (Granted, you can only land on six planets, but they're pretty big and detailed).

[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5A72C3074F98B18A Here's]] a LetsPlay.

* AnEntrepreneurIsYou

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler:Treece rescues Dr. Apertov and threatens to kill him for the destruction of Casilla by using the Precursor artifacts, but the doctor drops the bombshell that ''all'' the planets are in danger now, Casilla was an accident caused by the planet's artifact having its self-destruct mechanism triggered, and that a "pure-blooded Amarn" is the only being who can properly use the precursor artifacts and that Treece will need his help. The doctor then asks if Treece (and the player) wants to solve the mystery of the Precursors. What are the Precursors? Was that rotating triangle artifact in the base a Precursor? What is a "pure-blooded" Arman? Is ''Treece'' a pure-blooded Arman? No answers, because the game then smashes to credits and there's no sequel]].
-->'''Tehsnakerer:''': It took me 20 minutes to comprehend that. I don't comprehend it but at least I just decided to take it in. I had to go watch a few Let's Plays because I had to double-check that ''that'' was indeed the ending. I had to reconfirm that my game hadn't just broken again. I needed a drink and a lie down (...) I don't think an ending has ever hit me so profoundly, but that's it. (...) It raises a ton of questions in a matter of minutes then asks one final question, read so poorly that it sounded ''bored.''
* BackStab

* [[DudeWheresMyRespect Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Averted in the same manner as in ''[[VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell Boiling Point]]''.
* FanTranslation: http://www.filefront.com/17336440/Precursors_English_Patch.zip
* GenreBusting:

* NoExportForYou: It only came out in Eastern Europe. Thankfully, the release on Gamers Gate solved the problem.

** [[InnocentBystander Civilians.]]
** [[TheFederation Democratic Union.]]
** TheEmpire.
** [[LaResistance The Brotherhood of Free Traders.]]
** [[MagicalNativeAmerican The Clatz Nest.]]
** [[SpacePirates Bandits.]]
** [[LesCollaborateurs The Clatz]] [[LaResistance Revolutionaries.]]

* SceneryPorn

* SingleBiomePlanet
* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay
** SpaceIsNoisy
** StreamingStars

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally there were going to be 2 extra explorable planets, which got cut when the developers started getting into serious financial troubles.
* WideOpenSandbox

''The Precursors'' (rus. ''Предтечи'') is a 2011 game by ''Deep Shadows'', the developer previously known for ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' and ''White Gold: War in Paradise''. In it, the player takes the role of Treece Creighton, a young pilot of the [[HumanAliens Amarn]] race, who is fresh from the academy and is sent to work for the government of the Amarn colony at [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]] Goldin. After several missions, the Amarn's home planet [[EarthShatteringKaboom mysteriously explodes]] and Treece is sent on a quest to find out [[ApocalypseHow how and why it happened.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Anticlimax}}]]

'''The Precursors''' (rus. '''Предтечи''') is a 2011 game by ''Deep Shadows'', the developer previously known for ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' and ''White Gold: War in Paradise''. In it, the player takes the role of Treece Creighton, a young pilot of the [[HumanAliens Amarn]] race, who is fresh from the academy and is sent to work for the government of the Amarn colony at [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]] Goldin. After several missions, the Amarn's home planet [[EarthShatteringKaboom mysteriously explodes]] and Treece is sent on a quest to find out [[ApocalypseHow how and why it happened.]]

'''The Precursors''' is a 2011 game by ''Deep Shadows'', the developer previously known for ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' and ''White Gold: War in Paradise''. In it, the player takes the role of Treece Creighton, a young pilot of the [[HumanAliens Amarn]] race, who is fresh from the academy and is sent to work for the government of the Amarn colony at [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]] Goldin. After several missions, the Amarn's home planet [[EarthShatteringKaboom mysteriously explodes]] and Treece is sent on a quest to find out [[ApocalypseHow how and why it happened.]]

''The Precursors'' is the latest game made by Deep Shadows, the same developers which made ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' and ''White Gold: War in Paradise''

The gameplay is [[XMeetsY best summed up as]] VideoGame/DeusEx meets {{Freelancer}}. The game is a hybrid of a FirstPersonShooter, RolePlayingGame, StealthBasedGame and space-based SimulationGame. The player is [[WideOpenSandbox capable of doing whatever he wants]], [[AnEntrepreneurIsYou trade with merchants]] or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential extort them for money]], work for TheFederation, TheEmpire, or LaResistance, [[AdventurerArchaeologist investigate long lost ruins]]... you can travel through space, actually land and play around in planets and space stations. (Granted, you can only land on six planets, but they're pretty big and detailed).

The player takes the role of Treece Creighton, a young pilot of the [[HumanAliens Amarn]] race who is fresh from the academy and is sent to work for an agent of the government in the Amarn colony of the [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]] Goldin. After several missions, the Amarn's home planet [[EarthShatteringKaboom mysteriously explodes]] and Treece is sent on a quest to find out [[ApocalypseHow how and why it happened.]]

* GenreBusting

* DeathWorld: Planet Reandore. Driving from one point to another in ''that'' planet counts as a mission on it's own right.

The player takes the role of Treece Creighton, a young pilot of the [[HumanAliens Amarn]] race who is fresh from the academy and is sent to work for an agent of the government in the Amarn colony of the [[SingleBiomePlanet desert planet]] Goldin. After several missions, the Amarn's home planet [[EarthShatteringKaboom misteriously explodes]] and Treece is sent on a quest to find out [[ApocalypseHow how and why it happened.]]

''The Precursors'' is the latest game made by Deep Shadows, the same developers which made ''[[BoilingPointRoadToHell Boiling Point: Road to Hell]]'' and ''White Gold: War in Paradise''

* [[DudeWheresMyRespect Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Averted in the same manner as in ''[[BoilingPointRoadToHell Boiling Point]]''.

* RelationshipValues: One statistic for each major faction of the setting. Unlike in [[BoilingPointRoadToHell Boiling Point]] you won't be able to work for ''all'' of them.

** Until it, a year later, was released on GamersGate.

* CultClassic

* NeedsMoreLove: Though it has lots of problems, it's by far Deep Shadows' most polished and best game.
* NoExportForYou: It only came out in Eastern Europe.