Fear Effect: Retro Helix Q&A

Fear Effect: Retro Helix is actually a prequel to last year's Fear Effect. We sat down with Sandy Abe, the game's producer at Kronos Digital Entertainment to find out a little more about Eidos's new anime-styled adventure.

videogames.com: The game is a prequel to the Fear Effect. How many years does its story precede that of Fear Effect?
Abe: Retro Helix is set about three years earlier when Hana was younger and was still owned by the Triad.

videogames.com:What's the premise of the game? Who are the three/four characters brought into conflict with?
Abe: In this episode, we delve into the backgrounds of Hana, Glas and Deke, as well as into the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together. The story begins as Hana, Glas and Deke are independently hired under mysterious circumstances to acquire three separate items of unknown purposes. What starts out as a routine infiltration and retrieval assignment spawns a chain of bizarre events that forces our unlikely heroes to put aside their differences and unite their skills to save the world from impending doom! In Retro Helix, we also introduce Hana's close companion Rain Qin, an unparalleled beauty wrapped around a dark secret core. As we follow the cast through their ordeals and adventures, we will come to discover the origin of life on earth as well as the ultimate destiny that awaits mankind.

videogames.com: The original game garnered a mature rating. Will the second? What for?
Abe: Retro Helix will most likely garner a mature rating as well. In this chapter, we intend to further push the darker side of our characters. The situations within this story are much more adult oriented and "suggestive." Yes, there will be plenty of bloody battles and revealing scenes between Hana and Rain.