DISINTEGRATION

Turning to dust before our eyes

-  Oscar Taylor-Kent

Sometimes genres are just suggestions. The heart of Disintegration is a lightweight, easy-to-understand RTS squad commanding system, wrapped in a layer of gravity-defying FPS. Ultimately, though Disintegration is neither a great RTS nor a great FPS. As a combination it does offer something fresh, but it lacks focus.

In a post-humanist future when human brains are uploaded into robot bodies (a process called ‘integration’), some of the now-integrated population struggle to hold onto what made them human in the first place. Not helping is an aggressive military force, Rayonne, and the immoral practice of introducing indoctrination into the integration process. Rather than use integration as a temporary measure, Rayonne seeks to upgrade and control humanity.

TRAINING WHEELS

The campaign follows Romer Shoal, a former famous gravcycle rider, as he escapes the floating Iron Cloud prison along with other anti-Rayonne outlaws. Taking around nine hours to play through, it’s not insignificant – and it will