Trepang2

Trepang² is a first-person shooter released in June 2023, developed by Trepang Studios and published by Team17. The player takes on the role of a superhuman soldier, possessing enhanced strength and reflexes, who breaks into black sites and secret locations to retaliate against the corporation that held them captive. Critics praised the game for its graphics, weapons, and movement, but noted its short length and weak story as drawbacks. It is often called a spiritual successor to, or heavily inspired by, the F.E.A.R. series. The gameplay recalls first-person shooters from the mid-2000s. The protagonist, an amnesiac super soldier, wakes up handcuffed in a black site run by a mysterious militarized corporation. Initially relying on stealth, the player eventually acquires weapons and fights human and paranormal enemies. Movement includes crouching, sprinting, jumping, and sliding, all of which drain a stamina gauge. Stamina recovers by waiting or by killing enemies, which also grants a brief period of unlimited stamina. The player can slow time with a bullet-time effect and turn invisible, each for a limited duration. Weapons include real and fictional firearms, such as a SPAS-12 shotgun and H&K Mark 23 pistol, plus a "bolt launcher" that fires penetrating or explosive rods. The player carries two weapons at a time, plus hand grenades, and later gains the ability to dual-wield most weapons (excluding the LMG and bolt launcher). Weapon modifications, some realistic and some fictional (like smart bullets for the LMG or a choke for the shotgun), can be swapped. In melee, the player can bash enemies, kick them, or grab a disoriented foe to use as a human shield, throwing them, killing them instantly, or pulling their grenade. Allies occasionally assist in combat. An expansion DLC, *Bladekisser*, released on July 25, 2023, adds a katana, machine gun, revolver, and new missions. The plot begins with the player waking as a prisoner of Horizon, a global corporation running private military contractors and conducting dangerous experiments. A man called Subject 105 rescues the protagonist, naming them Subject 106, and guides them through the facility using glow sticks, killing guards. 106 finds a key and pistol left by 105, then discovers 105’s dead body, having committed suicide (likely a form of seppuku unique to the subjects).