Amen: The Awakening

Amen: The Awakening is a cancelled PC game by Cavedog. It was to be a story-heavy FPS game, following the trend of Deus Ex and Half Life.

Plot
On Xmas Eve 2032, the 'Awakening' happened and four billion people became homicidal maniacs. The game takes place in 2033. You would play as Bishop Six, a former SAS soldier. Your task is to find out the truth behind the Awakening.

Gameplay
Amen: The Awakening was to be a 12 act game; levels so big they're internally called acts. Locations would have included airports, subways, military complex, and more. It was to be a thinking-man's game, with both tricky enemies and puzzles to solve.

Cancellation
Amen: The Awakening had problems in 1999. The game was too ambitious. The dev team tried to compromise and simplify things. But then came trouble beyond their control.

The would-be publisher of the game, GT Interactive, was going into debt. They were acquired by Infogrames in November 1999. Development winded down before being laid to rest. Cavedog became defunct in 2000.

in 2014 a crowd-funded spiritual successor, Consortium, was published.

Timeline:
 * 1997: development begins
 * August 1998: game officially announced
 * Spring 1998: backstory is established
 * December 1999: design team let go and game delayed
 * January 2000: game cancelled
 * February 2000: Cavedog succumbs and closes its doors