The 10 Scariest Adventure Games of All Time: #9 – Article
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Our first but, as you will see not our last, independently developed game on the list (Though the game was later distributed by publisher Tri-Synergy). Created by William R. Fisher, Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye is, like Fatal Frame II, the middle game of a trilogy. According to JA reviewer Shannon Hall-Harris the “…storyline revolves around Captain Marcos, Dr. Benzor and his daughter Tia, a mysterious old gypsy woman, and the creepiest eye you’ve ever seen. Captain Marcos, a world-class explorer, has brought back something twisted and evil from his last voyage. Based on a tip from an anonymous stranger, he recovered a jewel called the Eye of Acarous, cursed by an old pirate and guarded by fiendish, vampiric beings. Marcos was soon taken over by this mysterious Eye, and Dr. Benzor searched for a cure for this deadly disease. Benzor grew too close to uncovering the secret, and the now-mad Marcos killed him to eliminate the threat. The Eye soon begins to take over the town of Shadowcrest and its inhabitants, and you (an unnamed Stranger) have been summoned to use your knowledge of magic and medicine to release the town from this curse. WRF Studios obviously put a lot of time and effort into making this a creepy-crawly, spine-tingling horror game. The sound files alone must be enormous. Sometimes you’ll work with a background of moans, groans, drips and scrapes; other times you’re greeted by eerie silence. None of the locations are what you would call “well lit.” While this does create a bit of hunting, it also adds to the haunting that’s such an important aspect of this game. For the most part, your character will work alone, guided only by the stray note or journal. You will, however, have occasional aid from Tia– a ghost with lips sewn shut for reasons I never discovered– and a creepy old gypsy.” Publisher: Tri Synergy
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9. LAST HALF OF DARKNESS: BEYOND THE SPIRIT’S EYE
