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| Developer(s) | Anthony Krafft |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 2015 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
8:46 is a 2015 simulation video game based on the September 11 attacks. The game takes place in the World Trade Center and during the plane crash into the North Tower. [1] The name comes from the exact time that American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. [2] [3] [4]
The player plays as an unnamed office employee working on the 101st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 terrorist attacks. They do their morning telemarketing work in a room with one other employee. Suddenly, during their work, the building shakes and multiple ceiling tiles fall out of the ceiling. The door is jammed shut, and they and the other employee are trapped within the room. [5]
A man kicks open the door and hands them a flashlight. They are warned about the slowly encroaching fire. They are trapped in the darkness of the floor after every door is tested and is jammed. They are trapped within these confines. They hear as their co-workers make phone calls to their families saying their final goodbye as smoke fills the room. The man breaks open a window to the outside. As the player stands there, they have to make the choice between dying from smoke inhalation or jumping out of a window and falling to their death. [6]
When the game first released in the year of 2015, many news publications gave negative viewpoints on the video game, calling it "disrespectful", "horrifying", "distasteful" and "offensive". [7] [2] [8]
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