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Ecstatica

Description

Ecstatica is a 3D graphic adventure, where you must free a the young sorceress Ecstatica from the unholy spell cast by vile supernatural forces. The peaceful village of Tirich was invaded by horrifying monsters. You are a lonely adventurer looking for shelter who finds himself in the role of a hero who must awaken Ecstatica, save the village and its inhabitants, and defeat the forces of darkness who are pulling the triggers behind the scene.

This is a survival horror game, somewhat similar in gameplay style to Alone in the Dark. Walk around and examine your environment, gather materials you need to solve puzzles--and gather weapons to defend yourself against the minions of evil. The hero can walk, sneak (in order to avoid fighting monsters) or run. He fights in real time, striking with melee, and later also long-ranged weapons, and parrying the opponents' hits when necessarily.

Alternate Titles

• "魔城迷蹤" -- Chinese title (traditional)

Part of the Following Group

• Ecstatica series

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User Reviews

The Art of Horror!	Boston81 (71)
The most bizarre survival/horror adventure game starring a dude made of spheres!	Zovni (9138)
Survival Horror goes medieval... or does it?	Alan Chan (3712)	unrated

The Press Says

PC Gamer	Feb, 1995	93 out of 100	93
PC Games (Germany)	Nov, 1994	92 out of 100	92
Power Unlimited	Feb, 1995	9 out of 10	90
MikroBitti	Dec, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Coming Soon Magazine	Dec, 1994	89 out of 100	89
PC Joker	Dec, 1994	87 out of 100	87
PC Format (UK)	Dec, 1994	87 out of 100	87
Abandonia	Sep 03, 2004	4 out of 5	80
Kingdom of Desire	Oct 21, 2006	8 out of 10	80
High Score	Jan, 1995	4 out of 5	80

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Trivia

Estatica uses an interesting software 3D "ellipsoid" technology that renders objects and characters completely using filled spheres/ellipses. The highly-optimized rendering algorithm performs automatic Gouraud shading and z-buffering, so the spheres are lit correctly and mesh together without noticable artifacts. The results are interesting and effective.