What are the Zurks in Stray, the cyberpunk cat game?

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With the cyberpunk cat game Stray set to release in a few hours, there has been a lot of community speculation regarding some gameplay mechanics and features that the upcoming title will bring to the table.

The title’s narrative allows players to take control of a cat that finds itself separate from the rest of its family. The cat finds itself in an underground dystopia not inhabited by humans but by robots who seem a bit paranoid.

While these residents might seem dangerous initially, they cause no harm to the feline protagonist. Other creatures inhabit some of the deepest and darkest corners of the dystopian land called “Zurks” and are out to create problems with the cat’s journey.

Fortunately, the protagonist is not alone as it travels through the densely packed dystopian jungle, as it eventually meets a helpful drone during its journey named B-12, which acts as both a translator as well as a guide.

In the uniquely designed world of Stray, players can make the cat jump, crawl, leap, and cause mischief throughout the robot-inhabited city as it looks for an escape.

The B-12 companion is integral to the journey, as, through it, the cat can communicate with the robots that it comes across as it traverses the urban underground landscape. Through these interactions, players can slowly learn more about the city's history and the Zurks, who inhabit the more harrowing parts of the tale.

From Stray’s gameplay trailers, players can get a glimpse of the Zurks, who look a lot like face-huggers, and they are some of the major threats the cat will face along the way.

The Zurks come in vicious forms that will attack and consume anything that it fancies, whether organic or inorganic life. In one of the trailers, they were shown to completely