On a voyage of exploration in centuries past, British sailors discovered a meteor buried deep in the earth. Unwittingly, they looted four artifacts placed with the meteor. One of these sailors kept a journal as they headed back to England. He was the only one to make it home alive.

»Enemies exhibit pack behavior with improved enemy AI.

»New landscape system (incorporating triangles) for smoother surfaces and architectural structures such as domes, arches, vaulted ceilings. Organic structures and rocky floors are possible with the new system.

»Improved texture palettes for greater detail.

»Improved water effects (rippling, transparent water) and new reflection effects.

»Faster game engine.

»Semi-transparencies on any surface for dramatic lighting effects like shafts of light.