The Tainted is effectively a RPG (role-playing game), but with the slight difference that there is more action and fighting than usual. There is no linear progression to the game, and you can, in essence, run to the end of the game without having to gather keys or helping NPC's in completing sub-quests. It is, however, extremely unlikely that you will succeed in doing this, because you'll get your butt kicked by the end of level alien bosses. The only way you're going to develop your character enough to be able to take on the alien bosses is by being brave and slaying everything that moves. That's the way the game play flows if anything other than you moves on your screen, it's dangerous and needs to be slaughtered - pretty simple huh?
 

But how did it all begin?

The story goes like this an alien race, called the Progenus, brutally attacked humanity and forced the human race to the borders of the universe. As one would expect from our wonderful race, the ingeniousness of mankind retaliated by creating a new race of genetically superior beings called the Tainted. It is these superincumbent superior warriors that were responsible for driving the filthy plague of the Progenus back to their disgusting home planet. It is their home planet, the infamous M'loch, that provides the setting for the game. Your task is to therefore kill off the remainder of these evil creatures and in so doing you are ensuring the survival of mankind.
 

What about your character?

Well, as can be expected from an RPG, you have many skills and attributes which gradually increase with time, as your experience grows. You can boost your character by using a series of implants that give you extra strength and boost your abilities. You have the choice of playing as one of four characters (mercenary, assassin, psychomancer, or cyborg), and each type of character has different and special traits, depending on how you want to approach the game. Naturally, as to be expected from the mercenary, all you're going to do is create mass destruction using all the most powerful weapons in the game. Or you can use a more subtle approach by using the psychomancer or assassin.

What's neat from a visual perspective is that your character wears this really cool may run cape, made of real time cloth (that flaps as you walk) and serves primarily as an identifier for your character (particularly in multi-player games). The capes act as "skins", allowing you to make a fashion statement of your own.
 

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