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Pathways into Darkness (Mac)

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In the spring of 1993 the US government receives a distressing transmission from alien creatures that warn of an alien threat hidden deep beneath an ancient pyramid in Yucatan, where an asteroid crashed eons ago. You have been chosen as part of the special ops team selected to drop in the zone and deal with the threat but unfortunately you get separated and now must accomplish your mission on your own.

Pathways into Darkness was the first FPS developed by Bungie (of Marathon and Halo fame) and placed the player in the shoes of a special forces operative that has to advance through several dungeons filled with all sorts of horrors (some lifted from Lovecraftian lore) in order to save the world. Unlike their later FPS's "PID" includes a lot of adventure touches such as NPC interaction, inventory management and other assorted means of interacting with the game world (such as examining, using, etc.) and the overall design puts an emphasis on puzzle solving over firefights as your character is usually underpowered against its foes.