The 10 Scariest Adventure Games of All Time: #2 – Article
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Inspired by the works of Edgar Allen Poe, The Dark Eye is a descent into the madness and mayhem of one man’s twisted world. More of an experience than a game as you explore the minds of murderers, madmen and their terrified victims as almost every animate and inanimate object you touch draws you deeper into new levels of intrigue and horror. And what is it precisely that instigates this journey? A sniff of paint thinner. The incredible 3D animated stop-motion characters that populate the multiple story paths are so lifelike and quirky that you can easily imagine them having a separate life outside of this game. Four separate stories cross paths numerous times and are eventually resolved in one satisfying, yet troubling, conclusion. The Dark Eye features the voice of legendary author William S. Burroughs and features memorable characters developed by animator Doug Beswick, who also worked on The Addams Family and Aliens movies. How scary is The Dark Eye? (Major spoiler ahead!) It has the power to so involve that you forget you are playing a game. One of the multiple story lines concerns a woman who has a sleeping sickness and, mistakenly diagnosed as dead, is buried alive. As you are occupying the character’s body, you are not aware of your desperate situation. All we as the player see is a pitch-black monitor screen, and all we as the player hear is our fingernails scratching the inside of the coffin. It was right at this point of realizing that I was buried alive that my son entered the dark computer room and, since I was wearing headphones, tapped me on the shoulder. There is still to this day an indentation in the ceiling from my head. JA reviewer Ray Ivey had this say about The Dark Eye, “If you’re in the mood for some blood-chilling interactive Poe action, get your mitts on a copy of this game. Play this twisted little masterpiece with the lights off. I dare you. Unfortunately, I think you’ll have to find a used copy of The Dark Eye, because the game’s producer, Inscape, seems to be … nevermore.” Publisher: Inscape
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2. THE DARK EYE
