Who Would Win: the US Military or One Big Hungry Girl?
Since Maneater slipped into the gaming ocean, we’ve learned one surprising fact: the whole world is craving more shaRkPG action. Fortunately, Tripwire Interactive has heard our shark-related prayers and they just announced something amazing. Maneater: Truth Quest will return to Port Clovis and pick up where the original game left off, this time with more conspiracy theories, more Apex Predators, and a lot more humans to fight. Investigative journalist Trip Westhaven, former narrator of the in-universe TV Show Maneater, has stumbled onto something big, or so he claims. He’s discovered the real reason the sealife is mutating in such strange and terrifying ways. The story chronicled in the original Maneater was just a government cover up, but his ViewTube channel Truth Quest will dive deep and uncover the real facts. At the very least, it promises to be incredibly entertaining.
Sean McBride, Creative Director at Tripwire Interactive, stated that: “We’re aiming to give players more of what they loved from the original Maneater, with the ability to grow bigger, explore an entirely new region off the coast of Port Clovis, and evolve further tools of destruction. Inspired by Scaly Pete’s father’s tales of ‘Gub’ment Experiments’, we pick up where we left off and join Trip Westhaven and the shark’s journey down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and military cover ups as you eat, explore and evolve through these uncharted waters.”
Yes, you read that correctly: the US military is now after one bull shark–though to be honest, we’re not sure she really counts as a bull shark anymore. After all the mutagens she’s gobbled down, she’s basically become the shark equivalent of a super soldier. It’s great.
Key features will include:
New Evolution Set
- Maximum level cap increased to 40
- Five new organ evolutions with one additional organ slot unlocked at level 40
- Maximum shark size increased
New Wildlife
- New “Uber” Apex Predator
- New evolved hunt creatures
New Military Forces for Bounty Hunter System
- Military land forces will launch attacks from beaches and fortifications
- Helicopters will hunt by air
- Five new Bounty Bosses
- New weapons and vehicles for military Bounty Hunters
New Objective Types
- Failure to Communicate: Tail-whip objects to destroy the target objective
- Time Trial: Swim through the rings before time runs out!
Maneater: Truth Quest DLC will require the base game, Maneater, to play. It will be available for $14.99 / €14.99 / £12.99.
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