New Games Tagged 'Windows, action, Playstation, adventure' on The Great Games Experiment New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg New Games Tagged 'Windows, action, Playstation, adventure' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is the fourth installment of 1992 survival horror video game series Alone in the Dark created by Atari. The game was released on several platforms including PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.

Edward Carnby's best friend, Charles Fiske, has been found dead off Shadow Island, a mysterious island near the coast of Maine. Carnby's investigation quickly leads him to Fred Johnson, who informs him of Fiske's search for three ancient tablets with the ability to unlock an incredible and dangerous power. Johnson pleads with Carnby to take the place of Fiske and reopen the investigation in order to recover the tablets. Carnby accepts the mission making it his life's goal to avenge Fiske's death and find the tablets.

Carnby isn't alone on his quest. Aline Cedrac, an intelligent, determined young archaeologist joins Carnby on the mission to Shadow Island. This high-spirited adventurer has taken it upon herself to find the missing tablets, but is there another reason she was so determined to come to Shadow Island? Time will surely reveal the secrets and the intentions, so on October 30, 2001 they approach Shadow Island.

From their first steps on Shadow Island in the cold winter night, Carnby and Aline are immediately confronted by terrifying, evil creatures that are determined to halt their progress. Throughout the course of their investigations, every step they take, every corner they turn, they are met with suspense, intrigue and a sense of impending doom. Relying only on their instincts and limited resources, Carnby and Aline must destroy this sinister evil and uncover the truth.

The player takes the role of either Edward Carnby (a rugged paranormal investigator) or Aline Cedrac (a feisty scholarly type), and find themselves marooned on Shadow Island, a haunted place where the shadows are rumored to come alive. The player soon comes under attack from "Creatures of Darkness" that appear out of nowhere and seem to be living shadows. These "Creatures of Darkness" are eventually revealed to be reptilian, silicon-based life forms from the center of the Earth, an enormous world of dark caverns known as the "World of Darkness". Shadow Island apparently contains one of the many entrances to this underground world. True to their name, the game's enemies are averse to light (which apparently turns them into sand), and this figures heavily in gameplay. Players can use their flashlight to repel certain creatures, and killing them is accomplished with such light-producing ammunition as "magnesium bullets" and "phosphorus shells."

Light plays a significant role in this game. One of the game's main gimmicks is the use of a flashlight that players can use to light up the game's darkened pre-rendered screens, revealing hidden details and uncovering items.
]]> 11 Mar 2007 06:23:46 Clock Tower: The First Fear
patente101 said,
I thought a SNES game couldn't be scary. I was wrong. Really wrong. Clock Tower made me scream and made nightmares form in my mind. For almost a month, I checked behind each single door in my house...

The true title of this game is simply "Clock Tower". It was released in Japan only, for the Super Famicom (Japanese market equivalent of the SNES). It was later ported to the Playstation (also in Japan only), and Windows 95, but under the title "Clock Tower: The First Fear". Thus it was natural for the sequel to be titled "Clock Tower 2" in Japan, but the North American sequel was entitled "Clock Tower", since the title had not yet been exploited here. In keeping with the North American release title, it is the sequel that's listed as "Clock Tower" elsewhere here at GGE.


We enter the story just as the 15 year old orphan Jennifer and three of her friends are adopted by the reclusive Mrs. Barrows. Upon arriving at the imposing Barrows mansion in the mountains of Norway, Jennifer and her friends are left alone for a long while and finally the girl sets out after Mrs. Barrows, but runs back in search of her friends when she hears a scream. The power has gone out, and Jennifer finds herself in the dark and alone.

As Jennifer, you now must seek out your friends, and save them if you can as you discover the depth of evil at work, witnessing a murder at the hands of the Scissorman, leaving you terrified throughout your ordeal as you try to evade and hopefully, escape.

Jennifer's adventure will unravel mysteries of the mansion, the murderous evil Barrows twins, and even her own past as she explores the eerie mansion and encountering it's evil inhabitants.


Additional Game Features:


  • Simply point and click gameplay means you have to use your head and keep your wits. Choices made throughout the game will sooner or later have consequences.

  • Keep an eye on Jennifer's avatar throughout the game. Her current strength is indicated by the window color and must be managed wisely, and her reactions to what's going on may provide useful hints.

  • Sounds and music used sparsely and cleverly, adding to the overall tension and drama.

  • Explore the numerous rooms and levels of the Barrows Mansion.

  • Intricate story full of mystery and puzzles, with many alternate endings adding to the replay value.

Developer: Human Entertainment
Publisher: Human Entertainment
Released: Sep 14, 1995 (JP)

System Requirements
Windows 95 version information unverified. Contributions welcome!
]]> 26 Jan 2007 06:53:43 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Playstation World said,
...the baddest, goriest, most hardcore action game on the PlayStation to date. Highly recommended to everyone bar the squeamish

Join Jill Valentine, the heroine and amazing survivor of the notorious disaster at the mansion, as her nightmare continues in the next terrifying drama from the blockbuster Resident Evil Series, and picks up just hours before the events from Resident Evil 2.

After resigning from S.T.A.R.S. Jill now prepares to head out of Raccoon City, but it's not going to be easy. As events overtake her she suddenly finds herself trapped by hordes of flesh eating zombies, hideous mutants, and a relentless new Nemesis. Once again she must rely on cunning and brute force to escape. What she soon discovers is the evil created by the Umbrella Corporation is even more horrifying than she ever imagined.

Additional Game Features:

  • Single player 3D third person action adventure of the survival horror genre in a unique new drama which reveals more details of Umbrella Corporation's devious activities from the Resident Evil series.

  • More zombies, more terror and more evil.

  • More challenging enemies that come back to life at any time and face off against the most terrifying mutations stalking the streets of Raccoon City.

  • More detailed character actions, try the dodge move to avoid an enemy attack.

  • Interact with the environment like never before, use background objects defensively.

  • Contains "Live Selection" where players make decisions which effect the story outcome. Act fast though, before the choice is made for you.

  • PC version includes 3 unique features: a hidden mini game "Mercenaries", costume changes via keybind, and mouse cursor desktop accessories.

  • Soundtrack music for Resident Evil 3 (available on a soundtrack CD) was composed by Masami Ueda & Saori Maeda.

  • Ammo creation system lets you decide how to use your limited resources by choosing differing combinations of available gun powder and ammo in combination with a reloading tool to better supply your weapons of choice.

  • Supports gamepad (Microsoft Sidewinder recommended).

Developer: Capcom production studio 4
Publishers: Capcom, Eidos Interactive
Released: 1999 release on PS, 2000 for PC and Dreamcast, 2003 for the Gamecube

PC Minimum System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98

Pentium200MHz, 48MB RAM, 20MB Hard drive space minimum, 250 or more recommended, 640x480 or higher display, keyboard and

gamepad, DirectX6.1,X7, Sound Card : Direct Sound supporting board, Video Card : DirectDraw supporting & 3D

List of the supportiing 3D video cards.
  • 3dfxVoodoo series
  • nVidiaRIVA series
  • ATI 3D RagePro
  • ATI 3D Rage128
  • Intel740
  • S3Savege4Pro
  • Matrox MilleniumG200 or MilleniumG400

    • Trivia: The storyline for this game was later adapted for the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
    ]]>     22 Jan 2007 11:48:00     Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain In this game you take the role of Kain, revived as a vampire by the Necromancer Mortanius to avenge himself by killing the bandits that murdered him. As a vampire Kain is easily able to kill the bandits. But after doing this Kain finds out from Mortanius and the spirit of the dead Ariel, one of the guardians of the pillars of Nosgoth that protect the world, that the other Guardians have gone insane because of Ariels death and the only way to save Nosgoth is by slaying the guardians.

    This is top down action adventure not completely unlike the top down Zelda games, but that's where the similarities end. As the player guides Kain through Nosgoth more and more of the history is revealed. But with every revelation, more questions rise, many of which are not answered until the later installments in the series.

    In his quest, Kain obtains many new weapons, special armor, items and tools. But as Kain becomes stronger as a vampire he also gains access to new magical spells and transformations. And through expanding Kains arsenal, the player is able to travel to more of Nosgoth in the quest for the truth that leads Kain not only through the darkest outskirts of Nosgoth, but also time.
    ]]>     19 Jan 2007 06:05:00     Dino Crisis
    IGN said,
    It's Resident Evil with dinosaurs.

    In the near future scientific genius Professor Kirk was thought to have been killed in a lab accident on remote Ibis Island. An operative of S.O.R.T. visits Ibis 3 years later in search of information about new weapons technologies, and discovers something quite different. The young professor seems to have faked his death in order to proceed with secretly carrying out his research for a clean power source in isolation after his funding was cut off.

    As top special forces operative Regina, you and your team of special forces agents are sent with a singular mission: recover Kirk and get out alive. Things quickly take a turn for the worse when you realize the once lush paradise is now the home of creatures that have been absent from the earth for millenia.


    Additional Game Features:

    • A new adventure in survival horror from the creators of Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2.

    • Control the fate of special tactics agent, Regina, as she searches for the missing Dr. Kirk.

    • Puzzle-solving, mystery and dinosaur fighting action.

    • Completely realtime polygonal backgrounds, environments, and realtime lighting.

    • Advanced predatory AI turn the hunter into the hunted.

    • Enemies include the Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Pteranodon, Compsognathus and Therizinosaurus.

    • 3 unique endings.

    • Single Player adventure in the tradition of Resident Evil, but in 3D rendered environments.


    Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4
    Publisher: Capcom
    Released: September 23, 1999

    System Requirements
    Pentium-200 or equivalent, 32 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, 4 MB VRAM, DirectX 6.1

    Dale Weir of GameCritics.com said,
    ...uses basic gameplay and ingenuitive pacing to put players on edge and accomplishes the rare feat of letting gamers scare themselves.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 04:40:45     Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Cast down to the material world, the mysterious entity 'Raziel' seeks vengeance for betrayal by his master: Kain. Cursed to stalk the dark realms of Nosgoth, he must slay his undead brethren; only then can he absorb their souls for the energy he craves. Moving between the spectral and material plane, Raziel must negotiate puzzles, overcome traps and defy blood-chilling enemies to reach his goal - the final battle with Kain!

    Game Features:

    • Feed on the souls of your enemies.

    • Explore the vast 3D worlds of Nosgoth packed with 60 hours of gameplay.

    • Shift real-time between the material and spectral planes.

    • Hunt 5 different tribes of murderous vampires with an arsenal of deadly hand-to-hand, projectile, and environmental weapons.

    • Third-person perspective, single player adventure.

    Developer: Crystal Dynamics
    Publisher: Eidos Interactive
    Released: 1999 for Playstation and Windows, 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast


    Minimum System Requirements
    P200 MHz MMX Processor (with 3D accelerator card, DirectX 6 compliant)
    P266 MHz Processor (without 3D accelerator card)
    Windows 95/98
    16 MB RAM
    4X CD-ROM drive
    DirectX 6 or higher required (included)
    100% DirectX 6 compliant Sound Card
    320 MB uncompressed hard drive space
    ]]>     31 Dec 2006 04:29:22