Had Potential
I remember playing this game back in the day. Picked it up in a discount bin at Electronics Botique (EB). Despite it's numerous shortcomings I felt this game did bring to the table a good sense of atmosphere. The minimalist music (sort of a Tell Tale Heart kind of rhythmic thumping) added to this spookiness of it. I could almost imagine that, if done with some production value, would have ended up something like a Diablo. The graphics, while not great aren't its greatest flaw. The clunky game controls are up there and even more so the cryptic puzzle and gameplay non-sequiturs. All this aside I think as a whole this game better conveys the mood of the movies than say the NES version, which while more polished, was kind of cheesy in its own right.
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