Antireflection

Antireflection is an action-adventure video game developed by Ironwood Studios. It follows a man named Magala, who wakes up in a futuristic genetics laboratory after having survived a deadly accident which was caused by an earthquake. While trying to escape from the lab, he finds out that he has been injected with a serum that grants his muscles superior strength that causes everything he lifts to be incredibly light. At the same time, Magala must explore what the laboratory is and what happened in between the crash and how he got there. It is a science-fiction thriller which explores on the idea of genetically modified wild animals and human genetic evolution.
==Plot==
Benjamin Magala is a scientist working on ways to enhance human immunity against diseases via genetic engineering. One day, after receiving a call from his corporation; Overmind, which requests that he arrive for the big meeting announcing their discovery, he is then on his way. However, an earthquake occurs which causes him to lose control of his car.  
With his foldable phone calling for emergency services after detecting that he crashed into a tree, a Life Flight helicopter rescue team came in to rescue him out of the car just in time the engine exploded. Arriving at the Overmind owned hospital, he then recovers via the use of their genetic research. However, because Overmind’s experiments that were being injected onto the patients, reportedly steroids that made them able to lift heavy things with ease, were considered to be a “weapon of mass destruction”, the hospital/laboratory was closed for military investigation. To preserve the patients, they were sent to a cryosleep program to render them safe for the next 10 years, maintained by the AI security systems.
===After Cryosleep===
10 years later, sometime in 2040, Benjamin Magala wakes up in a laboratory. Eventually, via investigating his surroundings, he eventually starts to notice one thing about him changed; his muscles have been genetically modified to allow him to lift heavy things with ease. Realizing that the last sight he saw was the one before he crashed into a tree after losing control of the car in the earthquake, Magala says to himself that he needs to find a way out of the laboratory, what happened to Overmind, and his ultimate goal; piece together what happened in between the crash and his awakening in the laboratory.
===The Apexlife Sectors===
===Behind Overmind===
===Escaping the Laboratory===
==Gameplay==
===Startup===
The game first starts up in a static screen, where the ANTIREFLECTION logo shows up. There are three options, New Game, Continue, and Options.
===Main Game===
The game is a linear Western cinematic-style action adventure game, similar to the likes of Uncharted, The Last of Us, and Tomb Raider, but set in the era of science fiction. 
Via Magala's modified genetics, his wounds, with the exception of critical ones such as ones that would cause him brain damage, regenerate fast, which is why he has automatic regeneration after a few seconds when taking damage.
Cross/A 	When at a ledge, you can climb down or against certain walls, you can climb them up via pressing this button.
Circle/B 	This is the interaction button, which is the button for interacting with objects, lifting them, etc.
Square/X 	This is the button used for melee attacks involving your fists.
Triangle/Y	If you have a melee weapon, you can press Triangle to use it instead.
D-Pad 	The D-Pad has two functions. Pressing up or down allows you to scroll between items/materials, while the D-Pad lets you scroll between the weapons you have.
L1 	You can sprint by holding down the L1 button, and letting go of it stops you from sprinting.
R1 	If you need to focus on a specific target in battles where there's more than one enemy, you can press R1 to lock on to a single target, and if holding it down you can scroll through via the D-Pad.
L2 	Hold down this button to aim ranged weapons.
R2 	Press this button to fire a weapon if its non-automatic. If its an automatic weapon, you can hold it down.
L3 	Press the L-Stick to crouch while moving.
R3 	Via pressing the R-Stick, you can utilize your senses to hear enemies or objects through walls.
===Melee Weapons===
Aside from Magala’s fists and being able to throw heavy objects towards his enemies, these are the melee weapons he can acquire via picking them up. Slash-type weapons, such as knives, are effective against flesh-type enemies, including Apex-life, while blunt-type weapons, such as drawers, bricks, etc, are effective towards armored enemies. 
===Ranged Weapons===
These are the ranged weapons in the game. They have limited ammunition, while for the Heat and Cryo Gun duo, they have graphene batteries which charge ultra-fast via USB Type D but deplete quickly as they require a thousand watts to utilize the wireless heating and cooling.
Desert Eagle	The basic magnum weapon. Has limited ammunition.
Harpoon Bow 	Some enemies are immune to normal bullets due to their heavy skin or armor. This is where the Harpoon bow comes in.
Heat Gun 	A graphene battery powered heat gun, that allows the user to defrost objects or heat things up via the use of 100 degree celsius heat.
Cryo Gun 	The second iteration of the graphene energy guns. It is similar to the Heat Gun, except it fires frozen air that will cause water to freeze, or stop leaks in certain areas.
40mm Cannon 	A cannon meant to be utilized only by Special Ops androids. It is a heavy cannon meant for taking down tank armor and was used in experiments against blast-proof targets, including obsidian barriers.
==Areas==
The game goes for a linear point A to point B style action-adventure structure, where you would explore the area in linear paths, interacting with various objects, as well as fighting off enemies on the way.
Magala’s Cryochamber 	
Genetic Laboratory 	
Apexlife Sector: Hyperion Elephant 	
Abandoned Offices 	
Apexlife Sector: Emerald Honeybee 	
Quarters Zone 	
Apexlife Sector: Snow Cobra & Cloned Mouse	
Server Room 	
Apexlife Sector: Prancer Deer 	
The Hadal Zone 	
Executive’s Office 	
==Enemies==
===Engineered Ops===
The human enemies, known as Engineered Ops, are security androids meant for handling escaped experiments. The Engineered Ops have heavy armor and have ballistic helmets, which renders them immune to thrown objects. 3 of these enemies are human androids, the other three are robots. 
Security Guard 	
Laser Tower 	
Heat Drone 	
Locker Drone 	
Special Ops: Recaller 	
Special Ops: Anti-Tank	
===Apexlife===
Apexlife are the genetically modified wildlife that were developed in the same laboratories Magala went through. These wild animals were not taken from the wild, and were instead bred through genetic recreation, which allowed scientists to grow and start doing experiments to try to recreate extinct animals. 
Some of these Apexlife are fought, such as the Hyperion elephant, while others are controlled via segments such as the Snow Cobra and the Cloned Mouse.
Hyperion Elephant	The Hyperion Elephant is an unusually small elephant, about as comparable to the Pygmy elephant or the Borneo elephant. In an effort to try and save elephants from mass extinction, seeing their slow gestation periods, scientists used elephant DNA as a way of recreating the elephants, and nicknamed the project Hyperion, beginning the start of many Apexlife projects.
Because the one Hyperion Elephant was currently sterile, it hasn’t yet been considered ready for release into the wild as of 2040.
Prancer Deer 	Prancer deer are a form of experimental livestock. After deer species declined due to disease and hunting, research started as a way to save the deer species via a new species that could actually fare both in captivity and in the wild, thus the Prancer deer project was started.
Compared to a normal deer, the Prancer deer have decreased speed, but have the benefits alongside other Apexlife such as immunity against tick parasites, one of the common spreaders of disease on humans from wildlife.
Emerald Honeybee 	Based on the Apis dorsata, or the Southeast Asian giant honeybee, Emerald honeybees are a species that are much more effective in defense, reportedly even stronger than the Kerr’s honeybee, one of the only few attempts to make genetically modified insects.
After the idea of robot honeybees never got off the ground, scientists came up with the idea of importing the Apis megapis honeybees to Western countries, the European honeybee’s larger and more powerful cousin. Then, via enhancing their DNA via uploading it towards a colony of Apis megapis honeybee, they have acquired enhanced immunities which nullify the effects of many parasites known to eliminate honeybee colonies.
It has been reported that in a simulation against 30 cloned Asian giant hornets versus a colony against 30,000 emerald honeybees, the honeybees won due to their ability to swarm over the hornets thanks to their larger size.
In its current state, the Emerald honeybees were about close to being ready for release into the wild.
Cloned Mouse 	Cloned mice are similar to lab rodents, but have gone through the genetic recreation process. Because of how small cloned mice are, they are the easiest ones to recreate through genetics.
In the laboratories, they serve as food for their carnivores, as carnivores need to eat prey for their food. Additionally, cloned mice are used as ways to test out genetic modification before it can be brought to humans.
Snow Cobra 	Based on king cobra species, these snakes were developed as a way to test out the effects of the king cobra’s venom against a simulation dummy with a developed vaccine against the venom first.
Samples of snake venom were utilized as a way to try and develop snake vaccines, similarly to how vaccines of major diseases and pandemics were developed from collecting samples. The snake chosen was the King cobra, before branching out towards other snakes, such as the inland taipan, black mamba, and coral snakes.
As a carnivore, it specializes in eating small animals for its diet, such as rodents, etc.
APEX 51 	RECORD DESTROYED: This project is not to be taken seriously, and has been shut down by military forces due to it being declared a WMD (weapon of mass destruction).
===Bosses===
Aside from the Apexlife, there are several bosses which require Magala to utilize stealth and the environment to take them down.
Security Robot 	
Defensive Wall 	
Unstable Datacenter	
Reed Norton 	
==Intel==
===Corporation Files===
These are the files that have connection with Overmind, the corporation that Magala worked for.
"Welcome to Overmind" flyer	
"Changing Medicine" article	
C 	
D 	
E 	
F 	
===Laboratory Files===
While there are many laboratory files that you can see, these are the ones that you can collect.
Apexlife Results 1 	
Genetic Recreation: The First Blood	
Apex Muscles Results 	
Snake Venom Vaccine Results 	
Apexlife Results 2 	
Prancer Deer Vaccination Results 	
==Trivia==
*The “Kerr’s Honeybee”, mentioned in the intel referring to the Emerald honeybee is a reference to the African hybrid honey bees that escaped from a laboratory in Brazil.
*The game pays homage to Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, as Ratchet & Clank's All 4 One premise is focused on Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, and Dr. Nefarious exploring a planet while fighting off a new villain that aims to utilize one of the deadliest wild animals in the galaxy, a Rykan V Grivelnox, as his weapon of choice.
*Magala’s foldable phone at the beginning has a very hard to spot easter egg; at certain shots it can be seen that the phone lacks a charging port, or as called; portless phones. This was intentional, as this was meant to be set in an era of ranged wireless charging, portless phones, and laptops with underdisplay cameras, as Magala's laptop with ultra-thin bezels seen in a FaceTime-style meeting in the beginning has a holepunch webcam that becomes visible during video calls, and fades into the screen when not in use.
*USB Type D is a fictional successor to the USB Type C standard, where instead of being in a rounded rectangle, it is in a rounded square, which means it can plug in four different ways. It was rated for 300W "Xiaomi standard" charging, is able to stream up to 10K/144hz via up to 125 gigabytes read/write speeds. 
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