Critical Path (video game)

Critical Path is a post-apocalyptic interactive movie adventure video game developed by Mechadeus and published by Media Vision Technology.

Kat (Eileen Weisinger), a helicopter pilot with uniform markings of the American 1st Cavalry Division, returns from a reconnaissance mission to find her military base destroyed.

Weeks later, Grier (Al Qualls) makes contact with an island 300 miles (480 km) away, which reported to be clear of the sick and capable of receiving refugees.

The player assists Kat as she makes her way through the factory by activating or deactivating machinery, relaying directional commands and setting off booby traps.

The function of the various machinery and booby traps is hinted at in the deranged ramblings contained in a black notebook the player finds on the control room desk.

As time passes, the identity of the facility's operator, General Minh (Min Yee) is revealed to the player, as is its function.

Minh is killed in a flaming explosion and Kat, in her chopper, proclaims that she has ten lives and flies off victoriously with the player into the sunset heading back to their military base and then home.

In producing the video portions of Critical Path, Mechadeus made use of computer-generated imagery to create many the game's scenes and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.