 While the game is a first-person shooter, combat can be entirely avoided, non-lethal or lethal (in a similar style to "Deus Ex"), and is limited due to the size of the game world.The game is set in the mid-21st century, in a timeline where most world militaries have been disbanded in favour of a technologically advanced world police force called the Consortium.The player assumes control of Bishop 6, an elite Consortium soldier.