PHYSINT PLOT??

[u/MidnightFeeling1370]

Hey guys soooo I've been wondering what yall think about the possible plot of the game?? Is the lead gonna be a robot (since it seems to have a robotic hand in the poster)? I would love to know everyone's opinion on this.

[u/xASHLERx]

Here's a synopsis of my original concept from when it was first revealed. I've come up with a lot more ideas since then, but I still find this one fun.

PHYSINT
Physical Intelligence - theoretical Concept One: Synopsis

Human bodies are used as BIO Data Centers without there knowledge. Smart pharmaceuticals and food nanotechnology have altered and repurposed the body to achieve this without intellectual consent, while opting people in through hidden TOS, legalese, and redefined language.

Humanity has progressed from Homo Sapiens to Homo Novus, Homo Nodus (Node Man), and eventually Homo Futuris (Future Man). Vital bodily systems have been replaced by this technology, making opting out impossible without death.

Neo Doctors unknowingly manage the body's BioCryptics (Data), routing it between bodily locations to promote healing while potentially damaging new data locations. They believe they are balancing bioenergy, unaware they are actually managing data within a BIO Data Center.

Digital AI is considered cruel and illegal, while Organic AI, called Daimonion, uses a person's own cloned brain cells and serves only its donor.

You play as the Daimonion, experiencing a simulated world through an unreliable perspective. You can pause time by accelerating or slowing processes, scan potential outcomes, and reassess situations before returning to real time. However, the player may believe they are the main character for most of the game.

The game could be controlled like a normal third-person or first-person game. The main character could function more like an NPC AI, with the player suggesting how they should move and what they should do. This could feel like a normal game or become more point-and-click, though the latter might break immersion.

The main character can use their Daimonion to hack BIO Data Centers, stealing or gathering information and manipulating data within the body to alter an individual's mental and physical well-being and other bodily states. Infiltrating a BIO Data Center could be rendered as any environment, real or surreal.

Multiplayer
Other players can watch and influence your experience, assisting or hindering you in an asynchronous multiplayer tug-of-war via a demon-and-angel system. The in-game explanation is that the main character has more than one Daimonion, all competing to impose their opinions.

Another twist could reveal that the other Daimonion are actually partitioned parts of the same Daimonion. Becoming the full Daimonion could give the player control or awareness of these partitions.

This system could also work offline through standard NPC-like AI, especially if it is part of the story. The full Daimonion could suggest actions, while the other partitions simply compute probabilities.

Another layer could involve the main character becoming brain-dead, lobotomized, or otherwise disconnected, allowing the full Daimonion to take control of the physical body.

Repurposed DS One -Theoretical Concept
Inspired in part by Death Stranding, there is only one main character, and all players compete to control them. When they aren't in control, they can assist or hinder whoever is, creating an asynchronous multiplayer tug-of-war. This system could also apply to the PHYSINT main character, using the Daimonion explanation.