Fans of FMV journey cheese have a deal with due this Halloween: The 13th Doll is a sequel to the 7th Guest collection, formally licensed however developed by a crew of followers who grew up enjoying the originals. It guarantees all of the hammy appearing, apparent CGI surroundings and logic puzzles you’d count on, and so they’ve even managed to convey again one-time actor Robert Hirschboeck to reprise his position because the collection’ ghostly villain Henry Stauf.
Originally slated for a January 2016 launch after a successful Kickstarter funding drive, The 13th Doll has technically been in improvement on and off since 2004, making it an actual ardour challenge. Set a decade after the unique seventh Guest, gamers alternate between the roles of traumatised unique protagonist Tad and his psychiatrist, who has introduced Tad again to Stauf Manor with a view to show to him that it’s protected, not haunted, and positively not packed to the gills with weird and arbitrary logic puzzles; the scariest factor of all.
As a lot love and respect as I’ve for beginner productions (a few of which I’ve seen properly surpass the video games they’re based mostly on), it feels a little bit of a misnomer to name this a fan sport, though that’s the time period they use to explain the challenge. I’d personally liken this to the Halo collection now being developed by 343 Industries, a crew largely consisting of parents who grew up enjoying and loving the XBox unique.
The unique seventh Guest has a considerably longer legacy, nonetheless. Released in 1993, it, (together with the likes of Star Wars: Rebel Assault) went and drove gross sales of the primary technology of PC CD-ROM drives, ushering in a short period the place sport cupboard space was padded with extraneous video footage or uncompressed CD audio, earlier than large high-resolution textures took over and bloated issues up by way of the DVD period and into our present age of 70gb+ video games.
Those feeling assured within the sport after that admittedly spectacular trailer can put $15 down on the official site now for a reduced copy of the sport when it launches this Halloween. While the logic-based nature of seventh Guest puzzles makes this much less of a crap shoot than most FMV adventures, it nonetheless may be finest holding off to see whether or not old-school puzzlers run screaming from this one.
