 When the mission begins, the characters themselves are unaware that a predator is conducting a hunt in the same area as their mission, and sets the narrative for why the two factions come to blows.The game itself is a spiritual successor to the original movies, and tells a narrative through a number of fully voice acted cassette tapes.These fill in the gaps in the timeline and tie certain characters and events from the series together such as "Dutch" (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Predator 1987), and Agent Sean Keyes (Jake Busey, The Predator 2018), on-screen and real-life son of Agent Peter Keyes (Gary Busey, Predator 2 1990).