![]() So kudos to the developers for making a game that keeps you going and never having to worry about missing a vital item or anything silly like that. This keeps the frustration level down, as anyone who played the first few King’s Quests can tell you just how much of a pain it is to play 15 hours into a game and realize that you forgot to pick up something on the first screen and are therefore stuck. In fact, it may be - I didn’t try, but everything that you might need for a later puzzle is pretty obviously shown to you, and I never had an instance where I couldn’t get back to where a necessary item was. For one, it’s almost impossible to screw up the game. There are some very, very nice things about the game. So off you go, back to Transylvania, in an attempt to stop Dracula once and for all, or at least rescue the wife. Your wife, Mina, leaves you a note saying that she’s leaving you for the sugar daddy to end all sugar daddies - Dracula himself. You take the role of Jonathan Harker, seven years after the book ended. At the going price tag of 30 bucks, you’re going to feel cheated out of your money. Folks, this game is wonderful, but it’s way, way too short. Imagine the horror when the game ended another hour and a half later. ![]() Imagine my surprise when, an hour and a half into the game, I was asked to switch CDs. I sat, completely engrossed in the game, as I took control of Jonathan on the search for his wife, Mina. You’ll never be slapping your forehead like you did in Resident Evil.ĭracula: Resurrection is a joy to play. The voice acting lies somewhere between Brave Fencer Musashi and Deus Ex - a little hokey, but in general, more than adequate. Those of you that remember The 7th Guest will be reminded of the introductory theme. The music is absolutely amazing, with the proper gothic-choral feel that a game like this absolutely requires. Every FMV’s timing and setting makes sense, and you’ll be looking forward to each one as the game progresses. Jonathan’s eyes are constantly bugging out of his head as he learns what he has to do on his quest to save his wife, and later in the game there is an, er, interesting-looking trio of characters that those who have seen the movie or read the book will recognize immediately. The FMVs themselves are captivating, even if the people look like they’re made out of clay. ![]() The world itself is luscious, with moonlight trickling through tree-branches and flames dancing in corners of ancient mineshafts. The rooms themselves are pre-rendered 3D mapped onto a 2D sphere which occasionally looks rather odd, but in general, captures the ambiance of the game wonderfully. Most transitions between rooms are instantaneous, but a few of them have nice FMV. If the cursor moves over something important, it changes - into an arrow if you can move in that direction, a magnifying glass if you can look closer, a set of gears if you can manipulate it, or a hand if you can pick it up. Each location is represented by a 360-degree view which you can rotate by moving the mouse around. The rest of you will just shake your heads in disbelief and mutter something like, "those crazy French people", probably using more offensive and xenophobic words.The graphics in Dracula: Resurrection are quite nice. If you're part of the generation who cried with joy into their cups of tea when Riven dulled our screens, you may very well be getting your PG Tips ready. You can only move where the arrow lets you, and you can only interact with the minute number of objects that the game points you to. The gameplay is as limited and simple as any Myst game, allowing you less freedom than you'd get in a rolling dice adventure book. Unfortunately, it has none of the style, panache or imagery. The game borrows as much as it can from the Francis Ford Coppola film, right down to Jonathan Harker being a Keanu Reeves-style tosser with a weird mix of English and American accents. Your job is to guide Harker to Dracula's castle, save his sex-crazed spouse, kill the Count, again, and solve some incredibly boring puzzles on the way. Of course, the world's premiere vampire is still undead and sucking, prompting Harker's wife, Mina, to go to him, obviously deciding that necrophilia is the thing for her. ![]() The story follows on from where Bram Stoker's book left off, seven years after the Count has been hunted and destroyed by Van Helsing and co. Those of you who thought the Myst adventure game was dead and buried with a 3D-accelerated stake sunk deep into its monorail heart will be distressed to know that Dracula: Resurrection is here to resurrect it. Or at least the part of humanity that plays PC games. The dead are stalking the Earth, bringing a dark blanket of despair over all of humanity. ![]()
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