<s>
Zero	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Satin	O
Rift	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
science	O
fiction	O
PC	O
game	O
developed	O
independently	O
by	O
Istvan	O
Pely	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zero	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
scientific	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
titled	O
Satin	O
Rift	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
subsequently	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
in	O
1999	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Zero	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Symbiocom	B-Application
to	O
which	O
there	O
are	O
very	O
few	O
references	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zero-Critical	O
was	O
rather	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Majestic	B-Application
Part	I-Application
I	I-Application
:	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
as	O
it	O
concludes	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
relates	O
that	O
he	O
tried	O
to	O
create	O
interesting	O
and	O
detailed	O
environments	O
for	O
both	O
Zero-Critical	O
and	O
Symbiocom	B-Application
as	O
these	O
were	O
explorative	O
games	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
n't	O
much	O
else	O
to	O
do	O
besides	O
walk	O
around	O
and	O
click	O
on	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
decades	O
after	O
the	O
Majestic	O
disaster	O
,	O
Zero	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
on	O
Rheom	O
1	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
extrasolar	O
terrestrial	O
planet	O
of	O
eternal	O
daylight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
proximity	O
to	O
the	O
Pleiades	B-Device
cluster	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
astronomers	O
had	O
built	O
an	O
observation	O
outpost	O
on	O
Rheom	O
1	O
to	O
study	O
the	O
nebula	O
nearby	O
(	O
Pleiades	B-Device
Observation	O
Outpost	O
,	O
otherwise	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Thundercloud	O
Project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Chatt	O
learns	O
that	O
Pleiades	B-Device
nebula	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
of	O
the	O
accident	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
unique	O
property	O
that	O
every	O
2048	O
years	O
it	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
gateway	O
into	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
parallel	O
universe	O
and	O
every	O
object	O
that	O
passes	O
through	O
it	O
duplicates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zero	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
point-and-click	O
approach	O
to	O
move	O
around	O
,	O
find	O
and	O
use	O
inventory	O
objects	O
,	O
examine	O
items	O
and	O
communicate	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
PDA	B-Application
automatically	O
stores	O
dialog	O
transcripts	O
,	O
this	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
go	O
back	O
and	O
check	O
on	O
a	O
comment	O
he	O
may	O
have	O
missed	O
.	O
</s>
