Betrayer

This game made by former Monolith employees had everything going for itself
Striking visuals, original gameplay blending elements of stealth, RPG and FPS, a unique setting, a wonderful narrative
You can tell a lot of effort went into this
It flopped and got delisted
sometime I wonder if we don't deserve the industry we got after all

It is sad you cant get this game anymore. It plays a lot different than most games and the stories give you that one more mission feeling. It is like a detective style in some ways, a open word action, an actualy great shooter, and a sneaking game. Not much is handed to you and the missions can get hard and confusing/challenging. But it is an amazing style and game overall and could have gone pretty far.
Update 9/7/24: I just finished it. About 30 hours to 100% without the kill grinds which I will mop up today.
The story was awesome. Don't skip anything, read everything and try to invest yourself into the characters. It touches some dark topics and really hits thing like grief, depression, and sorrow well. And many other dark situations of cowardice and abandonment. I don't know if there are multiple endings, it seems like there is a choice but I couldn't make that choice. I did cry at the end, but only for a minute... It is obvious they had plans for a second game. But the ending I got can be taken a few different ways. After some research I found the game if free on GOG. The combat is really well done and feels tight like CS with bows. The game did crash multiple times and one time crashed in the middle of my save yesterday when I was almost finished. It corrupted the save but I was able to fix it by just renaming the corrupt save to "game.sav".
I would recommend it to anyone who want a nice open world game with lite detective work who can handle dark tones. If you like to read and like more psychological horror than jump scare horror this game is awesome. The only real 'jump scares" are sounds at first but once you understand how important sound is for combat and gameplay the sounds become more mechanics than scares. Headphones recommended for sure.
Great game! I hope somehow they can build off of this idea to make a bigger game but seeing as its ten years old I sadly don't know. But for a single game experience it holds up well and has replay potential.

Of all the Games in my Steam Library, this is the only game I've ever bothered to score every single Steam achievement. Maybe Steam achievements mean nothing, but that's how into this game I was back when it came out. I would be playing it anyways, so the harder Steam achievements gave me arbitrary specific goals to chase after.
Don't expect cinematic cutscenes, award winning dramatic guest appearances by A-List Hollywood actors, or a fuck ton of game mechanics. You won't understand what the hell is going on if you're a person who can't or doesn't have the attention span to read.
But the game looks great, if you bother to read it out, the story leaves me satisfied, the stealth combat gives you goals and sets you free to go after them.
Yes, it is a bit repetitive, you are sorta playing the same game in several different maps, that's not unfair. Each time it gets harder and the level of resistance increases though. Several really bad enemies show up by the end, and there are a couple of situations where you have to fend off overwhelming assaults on your position. Betrayer is a gem of an overlooked indie release and I feel this game should have gotten a bit more time in the sun than it did. I would love to see a sequel.

Game is fun, and worth taking the time to actually pay attention to the stories in it. The graphics can be a pain sometimes but its unique and i enjoyed it.

A little simple but a solid time if you can get it on sale. Impressive art direction really caries this whole thing especially as it gets to be a bit repetitive towards the end. I still enjoyed my time though.

Massively underrated, unfortunately modern graphic bugs wont be ironed out as it is removed, and devs have moved on. A lot of effort went into this title.
Really enjoyed this game, worthy of a run through if you have the time!

Finally got around to this game, and wow... It's fun, and immersive to play it in the black and white and red mode, but you will be doing yourself a disservice if you don't adjust the color saturation at least at the end. Such gorgeous scenery and sounds! This is a must play, and the story is amazing.