Played over 12 chapters, The Assembly lets you take turns playing as Cal Pearson, a veteran scientist who is investigating a secret project at the titular company, looking for details about research that may be going too far, and as Madeleine Stowe, a scientist who has been invited to join the organization. When you play as Stowe, the tests the Assembly put you through include everything from box puzzles you would expect in a mobile game, to a murder mystery and other psychological exams. From these tests, players begin to get an idea about what values the organization has.
“The Assembly’s goal is to fund and research science without being strained by ethics and laws. It’s a chance to explore the morals and the ethics that exist in an area like this, when you have people working without the usual constraints. At the same time, we’re not trying to tell the player what’s good or bad. We are trying to show them two different perspectives and let them come to their own conclusions,” says Jamie Whitworth, The Assembly‘s Game Director.
Like many PC games, The Assembly is played in first-person. But besides running on typical computer monitors, it also supports virtual reality–both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive headsets. VR helps immerse you in the labs and testing facilities of this questionable organization.
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