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Take down horrific monsters and earn big in Rules of Engagement: The Grey State. Read on to learn how it plays, what it's about, and everything else we know so far.
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Rules of Engagement: The Grey State Gameplay
Rules of Engagement: The Grey State is a tactical PvPvE extraction shooter where squads of elite operatives, known as Striders, venture into the unstable, monster-filled dimension known as the "Grey State." It is a high-stakes, time-limited hunt for valuable resources and the ultimate prize, the alien artifact called The Vertex.
Players begin with minimal gear and must quickly scavenge equipment and weapons while contending with a vast "Horrorverse" of creatures inspired by everything from Lovecraftian lore to internet creepypasta. It features a deep class-based progression, with Striders like the shield-wielding Sledge, the gas and fire-using Pyro, and the stealthy Phantom allowing for diverse team synergies and build crafting via expansive talent trees.
The game builds towards its extraction phase, where players must decide whether to secure a safe, personal exfil for a modest profit or brave "The Showdown"—a fierce, final battle against rival player squads for control of a single, heavily contested extraction helicopter that guarantees the retrieval of The Vertex, adding a final, decisive layer of risk versus reward to every run.
Rules of Engagement: The Grey State Story Plot
Rules of Engagement: The Grey State centers on a high-tech, black-market "gold rush" into a newly discovered, parallel dimension known only as The Grey State. Players take the role of a Strider, an elite operative hired by a secretive and ruthless organization whose primary motive is not saving the world, but pure profit.
The Grey State is a dangerous and unstable "Horrorverse," a dimension filled with horrific monstrosities and otherworldly threats, with creatures inspired by a vast array of horror media, from Lovecraftian cosmic entities to modern creepypasta. The Strider's simple, mercenary objective in each deployment is to venture into this lawless frontier, using a bio-engineered proxy body piloted remotely by their consciousness, to secure priceless, alien artifacts—chief among them, the highly coveted object known as The Vertex.
This sets the tone for a brutal, every-squad-for-itself tactical hunt, where the threats are twofold: the nightmarish environment and the rival Strider teams fighting for the same score.
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