Like our dark lord Cthulhu rising from the deep we’re back reviewing a special blend of nightmare fuel.
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Game: Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
Webzone: www.artifexmundi.com/page/piraci/
Devel: Artifex Mundi
Engine: Spark Casual Engine
Price: $6.99 / €5.99
Wazzat: You are a museum owner pursuing an undead pirate who kidnapped your daughter. You quickly realize that the villain is entangled in a tragic, centuries-old love story, and wants to resurrect his mistress with the girl’s life force. You feel sorry for the pirate, but you have to stop him before it is too late for your daughter.
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The in game kind of reminds me of phantasmagoria, but the animation? Geez
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Dat voice acting
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Frame-by-frame was done back in the day when computers couldn’t handle fully 3D rendered worlds.
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Nowadays even my calculator can render Metro: Last Light on medium graphics, there’s no need to do it anymore
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Sounds are alright. The voice acting is kinda meh, but the subtle ambient noises do make up for it some.
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Control
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You point, you click. Pretty hard to screw that up
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When I clicked on clickable things, things looked like they had been clicked on!
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FUN
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Its just like phantasmagoria! But worse
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In this day and age, I find that frame-by-frame is more of a hipster gimmick than an art choice. It doesn’t really help the game at all in my opinion.
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