Interstellar Marines Update 15: Stealth Suppressed

The popular FPS, Interstellar Marines , that attempts to bring the best elements of Half-Life , Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six , and System Shock together, just got a little stealthier after the release of an update to its artificial intelligence, featuring a stealth scripting that offers new devices to deceive the opposition.

together, just got a little stealthier after the release of an update to its artificial intelligence, featuring a stealth scripting that offers new devices to deceive the opposition. The team over at Zero Point Software has implemented an often overlooked AI element that has been rarely utilized in the development pipelines of the last few generations of games: AI reaction to lights. This is not by any means a new element, with an example that can be traced as far back as Rareware’s Perfect Dark in 2000, where you could shoot out a light and the AI would react and have trouble finding you.

With the addition of this feature in Interstellar Marines , the Early Access title has upped the tactical stealth approach to missions in-game. It is available on Steam Early Access for $18.99and has built up quite a following since its release in July of last year. For those that are not familiar with it, the tactical shooter brings together gameplay elements often seen in games like Socom , Splinter Cell , or Rainbow Six, and ties them together in a universe that feels more like Half Life or Binary Domain . These references don’t do it justice however, as this unique FPS with tactical, stealth, RPG elemental co-op is storming its way through development and making waves for PC, Mac, and Linux.