Been wanting to play this for years, albeit more as a fan of the PS1 title Overblood (which was made by the same folks behind this) than someone delving into the history of 90s survival horror games. It's also my first time playing a 3DO game, and hopefully I'll be doing more of that in the future now that I've got the 4DO emulator.
This game's quite cool, though it's funny how short it is. I always assumed people were sorta exaggerating when talking about its length, but no, it's a really brisk game you can beat in an hour. Admittedly, that's also something of a feather in its cap since you don't have to invest so much time into it, whether on your first go or upon replays.
It's got a variety of neat tactile puzzles where you examine the environment and use items you pick up to solve problems; I'm a sucker for those kinds of puzzles in adventure games, which is partially why I gravitate more towards the fully 3D style of 90s adventure gaming where this sort of thing was fairly common.
The only thing I don't really like is that the base framerate is maddeningly slow. I normally don't care about slow framerate, especially in games that are already sedate to begin with. But depending on the room you're in, the game can chug so hard that it makes trying to turn or move around an absolute arseache. I had to resort to overclocking the CPU after a few minutes just so I wasn't getting frustrated at the slog.
On a more positive note, playing this helped me to appreciate how Overblood basically carried over a lot of what this game was doing (even down to the different camera types you can switch between to better navigate places), and expanded on those ideas with the dual-character setup, a more in-depth plot, scenarios where you have to respond in time, and combat encounters.
It's a cool little adventure game, and one I'm chuffed to have finally gotten round to. : )
This game's quite cool, though it's funny how short it is. I always assumed people were sorta exaggerating when talking about its length, but no, it's a really brisk game you can beat in an hour. Admittedly, that's also something of a feather in its cap since you don't have to invest so much time into it, whether on your first go or upon replays.
It's got a variety of neat tactile puzzles where you examine the environment and use items you pick up to solve problems; I'm a sucker for those kinds of puzzles in adventure games, which is partially why I gravitate more towards the fully 3D style of 90s adventure gaming where this sort of thing was fairly common.
The only thing I don't really like is that the base framerate is maddeningly slow. I normally don't care about slow framerate, especially in games that are already sedate to begin with. But depending on the room you're in, the game can chug so hard that it makes trying to turn or move around an absolute arseache. I had to resort to overclocking the CPU after a few minutes just so I wasn't getting frustrated at the slog.
On a more positive note, playing this helped me to appreciate how Overblood basically carried over a lot of what this game was doing (even down to the different camera types you can switch between to better navigate places), and expanded on those ideas with the dual-character setup, a more in-depth plot, scenarios where you have to respond in time, and combat encounters.
It's a cool little adventure game, and one I'm chuffed to have finally gotten round to. : )