Ferrago.co.uk sat down with “Kreed” Scriptwriter Alexey Leshev, to discuss this highly ambitious and original first-person debut for Russian developers Burut.

Ferrago: The background story, of Elite Legions, genetically manipulated and nano-enhanced, being attacked by a mysterious alien race and forced to crash-land on an unknown yet hostile planet sounds intriguing, but will the player be forced to confront zombies or shall we be spared this particular cliché?

AL: The player (i.e. our Main Hero) finds himself in a world that stands out thanks to its non-standard nature. Of course it includes some easily recognizable elements but they are viewed from a totally different angle. We wish to describe a possible future of the human race in clear terms. “KREED” sort of asks the innocent gamer a tricky question: “And what do we actually know about our future? Will human survive as a species or will he become an appendage of some “Deus ex Maschina” (like in the “Matrix”) or slowly die out under some choking yoke of alien invaders (like in “Battlefield Earth”)?

In KREED’s universe it’s the year 2944 of the “Terra-Earth” calendar. A measurement introduced since the human race started exploring Outer Space and encountered alien intelligence in its creepy depths.

However the triumph of star travel was preceded by a tragic event that nearly destroyed the entire human race. The militarized insectoids race of Tiglaary invaded the Solar System at the end of the 23rd century and started absolute genocide which resulted in hundreds millions of victims. Only true faith times religious fanaticism managed to unite the scattered fragments of the human race into one fist incorporated in the Legion. This organization with a religiously-military type of structure became just about EVERYTHING in the modern history of the human civilization. After a most bloody and brutal liberation war the Tiglaary were ousted. In the following 24th century the Legion started active colonization of Outer Space directing its perfect ships into the abyss of space and time. The Legion became not only an invincible shield and sword, the guarantor of further survival for the humans, but also an Ideology which was completely based on such fundamental symbolic as loyalty, spirit, honor, caste, aristocracy, contempt of death, and worshipping of life.

In fact, the world of the 30th century could be prominently defined as “post-technogenic (or even “post-civilizational”) medieval ages” where supreme technology and spiritual values became one. But this didn’t help reach the long-awaited harmony, a new “Satja-Yuga” (“Golden Age”) never came. The human race as before continued its unrelenting struggle for survival and space against other races. And that is when KREED appears – a mysterious anomaly zone, a “Black Hole” that started a religious cult around itself. It is hiding that very Alien matter that determines the fates of the Universe. Kreed is a test of faith and very few could pass through it.

Our main Character was once a Legionary but he happened to get into Kreed aboard a tradeship “Aspero” that was crushed in still unknown circumstances. At first he will have to survive himself and save the lives of the crewmembers of the ship where beast-like creatures ‘Shpiggs’ take control. Then he will meet other inhabitants of Kreed who will give him some curious information and he will eventually reach a symbolic final.