MorphX (video game)

In 2008, Earth was invaded by the alien swarm. Within the year, they had complete control of earth and had wiped out most of mankind. During 2009, the Swarm directed its effort to locate and wipe out the few remaining pockets of resistance. The year is now 2011, and mankind is still fighting to survive. Meanwhile, sightings of strange humanoid creatures are reported, their purpose unknown. Some believe they are the products of experiments the swarm has done on humans, while some believe it's the first of a new generation of swarm adapted to life on Earth.

In 2012, one of mankind's last bastions dubbed "The Laboratory", resides beneath the ruins of Moscow. There the survivors work tirelessly to stop this new threat.

MorphX is a science-fiction action-adventure video game played from a third-person perspective. The player can gain abnormal abilities by killing different aliens, and absorbing their genetic material to acquires their specific traits.[4]

Lead developer "JSinx" told IGN that the development team were inspired to set the game in their home city of Moscow as there "are many tales about the end of the world in movies, literature and videogames, but there's no famous story set in Moscow. Moscow is a big, beautiful city that is very recognizable; we imagined our own tale about the end of the world and it was natural for us to set it in Moscow -- being a background that we know well and that would also be refreshing for players."[4]

MorphX received "generally unfavourable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[5]

GameSpot's 4/10 review stated that "there are enough innovative ideas here with the alien metamorphosis mechanics that could have made this an inventive, captivating shooter", but lamented "design screwups [that] are so blatant that they get in the way of enjoying the weird stuff with alien genes and mutant powers".[6]