Project Retrograde: The Becoming

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Project Retrograde: The Becoming drops you into a 1995 alternate timeline where an underground civilization crumbled under attack from a primordial parasite. You play a bounty hunter fused with a slithering alien organism, its volatile power lets you rewrite reality to hunt targets and fight off waves of corrupted enemies. Every ability comes at a cost as the parasite slowly erodes your body and mind. Dialogue choices and resource management shape how you balance survival with the moral toll of relying on your parasitic companion. The game leans into tense boss battles and branching story paths that force you to weigh short term gains against long term decay. With combat blending quick-time actions and timed ability triggers, it carves out a niche between classic RPG strategy and modern action mechanics. Running on next-gen hardware but available on PC and consoles, it’s a single-player slog for anyone digging hybrid narratives where your greatest weapon is also your slowest death sentence.