![]() The closest comparisons would probably be shitty D-tier horror films, which makes the Vault of Darkness collection sort of like a double feature horror matinee, featuring three good games and then two more that couldn’t draw crowds at the best of times. ![]() As for Dungeon Keeper 2, while it’s a great game and I’ve played it a fair deal, it suffers under the same gaming preference set that drives this very blog: I don’t want to play it in depth until I finish the previous game in the series, and I’ve never been able to clear Dungeon Keeper 1!įor all that I like them, let’s not give anyone the impression that Dracula 1 and 2 are anything more than average. Alice simply lost me somewhere along the line. Undying, unfortunately, comes from an era of first person shooters that give me motion sickness, so that’s out. If you’re curious about my relative lack of interest in the other titles in the Vault of Darkness collection, well, here’s a quick overview. ![]() And it’s a good thing that they did, because that’s what drew me back when I learned about the third game, which now sits as one of my favourite games of all time. Despite their relative obscurity, the two Dracula games ended up being my favourite of the set. The fact that both games were included together even though Dungeon Keeper 1 was left in the archives speaks to the fact that the two Dracula games aren’t so much sequels as two halves of a whole. The games were developed by the same team, but its name changed between releases: Resurrection was created by index+, while The Last Sanctuary by index+’s successor company, Wanadoo Edition. The final pair were of much lower billing: Canal+Multimédia’s Dracula: Resurrection (sometimes: Dracula: The Resurrection) and its sequel, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary. ![]() The headliners were Dungeon Keeper 2, American McGee’s Alice, and Clive Barker’s Undying, all classics of the genre (although Undying strikes closer to “cult hit,” especially at the time). Explore the inner sanctum of a Transylvanian castle while on the hunt for a terrifying secret.Would it be so wrong for me to stick a tacky Halloween banner at the top of these posts? We’ve got to match the subject matter, so it can’t be, you know… “good.” I’m thinking a “1990s church bake sale flyer by someone who just discovered clip art” aesthetic, what do you think? Eh, whatever, let’s get started.īack in the day, I came across a PC game collection called “The Vault of Darkness,” a compilation of five horror-themed games either created by EA or acquired by them after the fact.Decipher mysterious manuscripts and ancient prophecies from the origins of mankind.Dracula: The Last Sanctuary, and Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon. The Dracula Trilogy pack includes Dracula: The Resurrection.Investigate dark, occult secrets, interrogate suspicious characters, and discover the heart of the mystery in Dracula Trilogy! As night falls and the last train pulls away, something evil lurks across the graves of fallen soldiers, and Father Arno's nightmarish visions are becoming all too real.īrave the depths of horror and depravity as you embark on three blood-tingling adventures! A gripping storyline will take you through three suspenseful chapters in the Dracula Trilogy. He's on a mission from the Vatican to investigate the life of a deceased woman reputed to be a saint. Follow a lethal trail in a chase from London back to Transylvania: from an insane asylum to Dracula's castle, and through an underground prison littered with the bones of forgotten men, arriving finally at Dracula's Last Sanctuary.įather Arno has been sent to Vladoviste in Transylvania, a small town still recuperating from battle after the First World War. You must hunt down Dracula in an attempt to vanquish him forever. Jonathan's search for his wife - and his life - will take you through an Inn, Caverns, a Rail System and Dracula's Castle on his desperate passage to bring Mina back to London.Īs Jonathan Harker, you know that your wife, Mina, trapped under the Vampire's spell, will never be safe as long as Dracula is still alive. ![]() Unable to ignore her call for blood, she is returning to Transylvania. Now married and comfortably living in London, Jonathan thinks his nightmare is behind him until he comes home to find a letter from his wife, who was bitten by Dracula several years ago on the night of his death. Based on the characters from Bram Stoker's suspenseful novel, Dracula: The Resurrection takes you forward seven years from Jonathan Harker's faithful rescue of his fiancée Mina from the fangs of Dracula. ![]()
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