The interface in Phantasmagoria is limited to a simple point-and-click navigation designed for hotspot hunting. Rather, this is a limitation of the game engine that plays the library of pre-recorded videos in piecemeal fashion.Īs a game, Phantasmagoria falls short of being an immersing adventure. To Morsell's credit, she cannot be blamed for her seemingly discordant emotions seen between dramatic scenes. Adrienne is played by the beautiful Victoria Morsell, while Don is played by David Homb and Carno is played by Robert Miano. The acting in Phantasmagoria is passable. The chilling opening theme Consumite Furore is sung by the CSUF Concert Choir. It unfolds with a gripping tone over 7 novel style chapters. A proprietary SCI game engine developed in-house for this title allows for real-time debugging during its testing.Īs a piece of fiction, Phantasmagoria indeed is a masterpiece combining horrific visual imagery and moody ambient music with an engaging plot. Special effects are also used that include much blood and gore.
Over 2 hours of video live shots are recorded which are then combined with computer generated images and backdrops via chromakey. This is the largest production by any computer game developer to date. At a cost of 4 millions USD, production of the game has taken over 2 years. Phantasmagoria (also known as Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria: Pray It's Only A Nightmare) is Sierra On-Line's first attempt to develop a full-blown, live action, multimedia interactive adventure title. You, as Adrienne, must unravel the dark mystery surrounding the house and exorcise the evil that has taken control of her home and her husband. As Adrienne explores her new founded home, flashbacks of terrible murders happened long ago frighten her. Her loving husband Don starts to behave strangely and violently towards her. Soon after their arrival, eerie sounds and unearthly apparitions begin to haunt Adrienne. The newly wedded couple, Adrienne and Don, has just moved into a large but deserted island mansion originally built by a famous but enigmatic illusionist named Carno. Unfortunately, with only a handful of exceptions, Full Motion Video has proven to be a technology that is difficult to incorporate well into adventure gaming. To many, Phantasmagoria symbolizes the beginning of a dangerous trend among game developers to mix in live action videos to enhance (or not) storytelling and gameplay. Using professional actors with real sets and Full Motion Video, it brings a new sense of make belief to computer adventure gaming.
Designed and written by master storyteller Roberta Williams, Phantasmagoria represents an unprecedented effort by Sierra On-Line to develop a full-blown, live action, multimedia interactive adventure extravaganza. Phantasmagoria marks the first of a new horror adventure trilogy from Sierra On-Line.
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