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Esoteria: Techno-Assassin of the Future

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Esoteria: Techno-Assassin of the Future
Esoteria: Techno-Assassin of the Future cover
Developers
Mobeus Designs Inc.
Publishers
Kirin Entertainments Inc.
Release dates
Windows April 16, 1998
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Stealth, TPS
Themes Sci-fi
Esoteria: Techno-Assassin of the Future on IGDB
Esoteria: Techno-Assassin of the Future on MobyGames

Esoteria features non-linear third person shooter gameplay with stealth elements unique for it's time. Game was rushed and was the only release of Mobeus Designs Inc. which folded shortly after.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Demo

Prologue Demo This demo contains a single unique level.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Music

The default install copies only the sound effects file and reads music off the game disc. To install the music to be read off your hard drive, perform the following steps:

1) Delete the sfx.22k file from the Esoteria directory on your hard drive.

2) Copy the file music.22k from the spool directory on the Esoteria CD to the Esoteria folder on your hard drive.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Versus, Co-op
Online play
Versus, Co-op

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Self-hosting

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
DirectDraw
Glide
3dfx renderer was released in a buggy state.
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Media Cafe Interactive Sound Design Technology Context-sensitive music system that changes with gameplay.
Cutscenes Microsoft ActiveMovie Original .avi video player. Files can be played with any modern media player.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 or NT4 SP3
Processor (CPU) Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16MB (95) 32MB (NT4 SP3)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100MB


References