Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Excellent review as always Inferno! I'm a bit sorry to see the game didn't get an A, I found it to be an Adventure lovers dream in the combination of story, interface and puzzles. Thanks Becky! Ana
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Thanks, Inferno
Nice review... I do agree with your quote " The puzzles are the true masterpiece here "
I found the puzzles & the game very sophisticated.
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Thanks for the Review Inferno.  After reading it, glad I have the game. And why not play some right now.  Chief 
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Thank you  Inferno Looks like a fun game  love 
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Great review, Inferno. As always  It looks like a must buy for me... (my bank lady might be -ehm- cross with me...but what can you do..)
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Thanks for the review Inferno. IMO the lack of anything really annoying, like timed sequences, was one of the game's best features. I also enjoyed the variety of puzzles and the occasional moments of humor, like the names of some of Dracula's victims. The game seems to use an updated, smoothed out version of the 2.5D game engine that was used in Case of the Silver Earring instead of the 3D engine used by The Awakening and Sherlock vs Arsene Lupin. That's why there is no keyboard navigation and everything is point-and-click. I think it's the first Dracula game I've played where you vanquish Dracula and he comes right back before the game is over. But the reason for this is explained in the reading material you find at one point in the game. Your intent was not to kill Dracula, but to save Mina.
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Hi Inferno  Splendid review indeed, thank you !!  Sounds a definite must of a game as far as I'm concerned  Cheers. Mad 
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Glad that you all are enjoying the game. I'm a huge Vampire fan and have been since childhood Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of my most favorite treasures.
Enjoy the game
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Thank you very much for the review Inferno, greatly informative as always!
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Great Review Inferno  Thanks Love Maria 
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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I know they used AgeiaPHx and Bink -- the look is the same as some of the other Sherlock Holmes games -- but I don;t know which engine they used either.
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Re: Dracula: Origin -- A Review by Inferno
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Just finished the game and really enjoyed it. The character of Van Helsing is quite remarkable - the way he talks... Also, Dracula seems to be a badder villain, an utterly incorrigible scoundrel here compared to whom I remembered him to be in Coppola's movie, which tried to redeem his character at the end.
I actually like the ending, something not unexpected of a modern horror story/film.
Frogware should do more vampire games - like adapt the Anne Rice ones next! The main character could be a good vampire or an evil vampire for a change. Or perhaps, Frogware could allow the gamer to control the villain for some segments of the game.
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