Fading Existence

"What did we want most? We wanted to exist as individuals."

- The Protagonist in the game's trailer

Fading Existence is a fictional first-person sandbox game developed by DICE, BioWare, and Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts.

Story
Set in the fictional city, Arcadia, in 2097, Fading Existence is the story of a protagonist who leads a widespread resistance against the controlling, totalitarian government. The government, originally intending to create a utopian society, evolved into something more vicious and evil, becoming overbearing on the privacy of society, forcing its citizens to live in fear.

The Resistance for Existence, or simply known as The Resistance, is bent on toppling the current government to free the society of fear and overwatch as well as install a new, free government.

Prologue
The Prologue is primarily divided up into two separate parts, namely because it spans over the course of 25 years of the Protagonist's life.

Part One takes place in the early points of the Protagonist's life, mainly in 2077, when the Protagonist is seven years old. This is also the point in time when the government is in the process of having Arcadia become a utopian society. Many citizens are outraged and distraught over the matter and as a result, form riots across the city. At first, the secret police force, various hired mercenaries, are told to control the riots, but are eventually told to kill all of the rioters. This is the point in which the government now becomes very strict (but not that strict yet).

The Protagonist is born into wealth, as both of their parents are high ranking government officials. With the change of government, all of the officials from the now Old Regime are killed, ethically. The Protagonist, a curious and adventurous seven year-old, finds out about the death of his parents and runs away from home, resorting to living on the streets.

While living on the streets, The Protagonist gets involved with the underground crime world and is renown as one of the best thieves in Arcadia. When 15 years old, the Protagonist is caught attempting to rob from one of the governor's house and is eventually caught. They are forced to serve in Arcadia's secret police force, ASPF, for ten years as a consequence.

Characters
Important characters are listed here, while other characters and more detailed listings of important characters are listed here.

The Protagonist
The Protagonist is an unnamed character controlled by the player. Virtually, almost everything about the Protagonist is customizable, from appearance to biological information to voice actor and traits. The only aspect of the character that remains the same is the Protagonist's background and history, as both of those set up the entire game as it is.

The default Protagonist, depicted in other media of the game such as the Reveal Trailer, is male, although players can also make their characters female in-game as well.

Gov. George Mason
George Mason is the governor of the Government of Arcadia and the main antagonist of the game. He controls everything that goes in the city and calls all the shots. He, along with his predecessor, is responsible for converting Arcadia to a utopia. Unlike his predecessor, however, Mason is the governor who has made the government and bent on specifically controlling its people. This reveals that Mason has a hunger for ultimate power.

Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson is the original leader of the Resistance and the Protagonist's main mentor throughout the early stages of the game. Thompson acts as a makeshift father figure for the Protagonist, as the latter's parents were killed when they were young and they had no one else too really look up to.

Rain
Rain is a prominent member of the Resistance who assists the Protagonist throughout the game, lending a helping hand and helping them complete missions. She is essentially best friends with the Protagonist because of how much time they spend together, not to mention under a plethora of circumstances.

Reveal Trailer
The reveal trailer of Fading Existence was released on June 1, 2014, the same day that it was announced. The trailer utilized the song above (without the singing and just the instrumentals), performed by American post-hardcore band, Our Last Night.

While all this is happening, messages praising the game appear as well, such as "Best open-world game of the year!" - GameInformer.
 * 0:00 - 0:43 : Depicts Arcadia both in still pictures and videos and non-action shots of the Resistance, leading up to the Protagonist, whose back is facing the camera as it gets closer to them.
 * 0:44 - 1:09 : Shows action shots of the game from the player's point of view, such as freerunning through the city, heated firefights with unknown opposing forces, and action-packed car chases.
 * 1:10 - 1:32 : Shows the government and it's control of the whole city, displaying their overbearingness on the citizens, its ruthlessness in forcing its citizens to abide by its rules, and the unhappy citizens.
 * 1:33 - 1:49 : More action shots...
 * 1:50 - 2:29 : Shows action shots of one of the pivotal moments in the game, one of the last battles between the Resistance and the government.
 * 2:30 - end : It introduces the game's developers and publisher, all while showing even more intense shots in between companies, and finally shows the game's title and logo. The music and logo fade away.

Trivia

 * The city's name, Arcadia, means "paradise," which was originally intended by the city's government in making the city into a utopian society.
 * A lot of this game is inspired by the Mirror's Edge series, as well as other modern open-world and sandbox games.