In the mid-20th century it seemed that new science, from DDT to nuclear power, would save us all. By the time the ’70s rolled round, the legacy of ignorance, corporate greed and government arrogance was clear. So it was, in one beautiful corner of the Pacific Northwest.
Amongst the redwoods and fir trees, research into a potentially limitless energy source—LIM—unleashed a series of increasingly deadly anomalies. In the end the government evacuated the population, walled off the whole peninsula and left it to descend into eldritch chaos. This is the setting for Pacific Drive, a debut first-person driving-survival-adventure game by Seattle-based Ironwood Studios, a proudly anti-crunch group with an eclectic track record in the industry.
A humble delivery driver, you get sucked into the exclusion zone by an escaping red goo vortex, and find yourself sealed inside the
