A spy story in eight operations

STATIC

Someone stole CHORUS, the AI your crew built to let grieving people hear a lost voice one more time. Now it can sound like anyone you trust. Your handler is in your ear the whole way. Listen carefully, read everything, and question every voice.

Difficulty

How to stay alive

  • Cones show where enemies look. The bright inner part spots you even in the dark; the faint outer part only if you're lit. Crouching shrinks both.
  • Bushes hide you when you crouch. Crawl gaps under fences let you in quietly.
  • Throw a bottle (Q) to lure the nearest guard. Shoot out lamps. Cut the breaker to kill the lights.
  • Read everything. Codes, dates and names unlock doors, and the evidence boards between missions.
  • Press T while someone is talking on the radio to challenge them with something only the real person would know.
  • Get spotted and only a few come for you. Don't camp a doorway: they flank and use grenades.

Controls

W A S D
Move
Mouse
Aim · left click fire
Right click
Steady aim (tighter, see further)
Shift
Sprint (loud, can't fire)
C
Crouch (quiet, low profile)
R
Reload
1 / 2 · wheel
Primary / sidearm
E
Doors, takedown, read, use (hold: hack, plant, drag body)
Q · G
Throw a bottle · throw a frag
F · H
Flashlight · medkit
T
Verify the voice on the radio
Tab
Journal (everything you know)
Esc
Pause · in cutscenes: skip

On a phone or tablet (landscape): left thumb moves, right thumb aims, and FIRE also aims while you drag it. LOG opens the journal; VERIFY appears when a voice can be challenged. Hold USE to drag a body.

Turn your phone sideways
STATIC plays in landscape.