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Solid 3D graphics, supernatural effects, and good sound contribute to an immersive environment that makes this first-person shooter a horrific success. Summoned to a haunted estate, you must fight through waves of nasty beasties in a quest to end the Curse of the Undying King.Set in a fantastic world of evil, Undying uses lighting effects and sound to create a powerful atmosphere of horror. As if you were in a scary movie, ghosts suddenly appear behind you in a mirror, and cracks of lightning suddenly light up rooms, often to terrifying effect. Bodiless faces of ectoplasm attack you from the air, and disgusting ghouls rise from the dirt. To confront these unholy combatants, you have two types of attacks at your disposal: physical (shotgun, scythe, hands) and magical (spells of many varieties). The system of switching weapons isn't extremely intuitive, as you must scroll around a circle, but the other controls are conventional for first-person shooters and serve the game well.
With a slower pace than many modern first-person shooters, Undying relies heavily on its story and background, and it succeeds for the most part. The level in the demo is extremely dim, so turn up the brightness on your monitor and confront the darkness with eyes wide open.
Publisher's Description
From Electronic Arts:
Set in Ireland of the 1920s, players take on the role of Patrick Galloway, who has been summoned to an ancestral estate by its lone descendant, Jeremiah. Death has claimed his four siblings, each of whom have reanimated intent on slaying their living brother, the last of the family, so as to free the Curse of the Undying King .
To save his friend and unravel the curse that has befallen Jeremiah's family, Patrick must embark on five perilous quests before he can unearth the final horror of the estate. Each quest brings Patrick face-to-face with one of Jeremiah's undead siblings and the strange and wicked creatures the curse has attracted. In addition, Patrick must triumph over his reviled competitor, Kiesinger. If there is power to be had by unearthing the mystery of the estate, then Kiesinger will try and steal it--and there is much power to be had. It's up to Patrick to defeat each of Jeremiah's siblings and to vanquish Kiesinger to quell the Undying King. The demo lets you play through a sequence in the haunted mansion and includes some of the stronger weapons and spells from the full version.
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"not my thing so"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Pros
Interesting game just not my thing
Cons
Can't get it to uninstall left control panel but the uninstall doesn't work
may have to reload to get it to work.Summary
Take your chance if you like this type of game
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"Excellent!!!!good game for older PC'S.."
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Pros
The game worked fine on xp.. though some users may have to use the compatibility mode... great game.. I'm definitely gonna get the full version...
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"AWESOME"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Pros
Ive played the full version of the game but i lost it
but i can tell you...
this game KICKS @$$
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"IMPORTANT - MUST READ IF YOU HAVE XP"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Summary
If you have xp, IT WILL RUN! Do not listen to other people. Xp is based on win 2000/nt and the games says it is not made to run under that operating system.
TO MAKE THE GAME RUN UNDER XP, right click on the shortcut, than click on the compatiblity tab. Set the compatability to WIN 98/ME.
If you do this the game will run. IT IS A MUST DOWNLOAD, this game is awesome! -
"A "must to have" game!!!"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Summary
I think this is the best of all the TRUE horror video games out there. There are a lot of "get the Jesus out of me" games but this is a real masterpiece of atmospheric fear. Trust me you wont feel fine with this game, you will be spooked, shocked, freaked, sleepless, and the most important: the fear. Any fan of horror movies, books and video games should check it out and is a must to have to all Clive fans.
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"great"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Summary
it is the gratest game
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"Clive Barker's Undying"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
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I completed this game twice. I Love it. Very creepy. Excellent Graphics and sound. Excellent single player gameplay. Superb Atmosphere, Superb Story and voice acting. Undying is a really great and scary FPS. Never mind that it does not have a multiplayer. DO NOT MISS UNDYING.
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"Yikes!!!!!!"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
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................................ I......see......dead.....people. .....now.........
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"THE single most scary Game I've ever played"
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Summary
I have played horror games before, but this takes the cake. The entire game creeped me out seriously, I found myself losing sleep because of it. The only two complaints I have about it are that the first and last parts of the game drag out too long. The first part is the monastery BEFORE Lizbeth and the last part is the Eternal Autumn right after Aaron. The middle of the game (Parts involving Ambrose, Aaron, the Trisanti, Bethany's cottage, Oneiros (The hell-like place), and the isle of stones) was way too short, I blew past all of those parts in the same day. The second complaint is the fact that the video kept jerking around, making it impossible to read text or subtitles. Serious cases of this involved what looked like the screen cracking, forcing you to save your game and restart the computer. Other than that, I would say that the game is worth the download wait or the money spent on buying it.
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""Scare-e""
Version: Clive Barker's Undying demo
Summary
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, this game scared me so much that I screamed. (sveral tymes) The graphics, lighting, and sound are deffinently convincing, and add to the spooky atmosphere. This demo will give you the chance to try out some of the combat and 'seer' magic spells, guns, a haunted mansion crawl, and face some horrific monsters and spirits. I would recomend this demo, if you're in for a scare. And then, see if you're brave enough to buy the full game... ^_^
