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3.6
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Description

It is the end of the Prohibition, and the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States of America. The Stranger is a mysterious operative of a secret organization known as "Spookhouse", founded by President Theodore Roosevelt to combat supernatural creatures. He investigates four cases, which can be played in any order and involve teaming up with a half-vampire to retrieve a powerful artifact from a castle in Germany, liberating a Wild West town from a zombie assault, fighting reanimated mobsters created by the mafia boss Al Capone in Chicago, and solving the mystery of a house with deadly traps.

Nocturne is an action game with survival horror elements. The game features 3D characters and pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles. The Stranger mostly fights with firearms, and has to confront monsters and mythological creatures. The player can opt to aim manually, or choose the auto-aim option from the menu.

Alternate Titles

  • "厄夜驚悚" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)

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Nocturne Windows $2.00  
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User Reviews

More of an action game than horror. MasterMegid (899) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Film Noir meets Horror Classics Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (584) unrated
Disappointing entry into the horror genre Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5239) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars
This game sure is purdy... but that's about it. Sam Tinianow (100) unrated
Visually gorgeous survival horror adventure. Sycada (175) unrated
A beautiful mess. Scott Monster Bronze Star Contributing Member (912) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars

The Press Says

incite PC Gaming Jan, 2000 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks Mar, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GameSpy Nov 03, 1999 94 out of 100 94
Power Unlimited Jan, 2000 9 out of 10 90
Just Games Retro Oct 31, 2007 90 out of 100 90
GameStar (Germany) Nov, 1999 78 out of 100 78
Absolute Games (AG.ru) Nov 17, 1999 75 out of 100 75
PC Player (Germany) Dec, 1999 71 out of 100 71
Svenska PC Gamer Dec, 1999 66 out of 100 66
PC Gaming World Dec, 1999 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
New Community page on facebook. 1 Jet Strange
Dec 13, 2011

Trivia

The three Blair Witch Project games use Nocturne's engine. In fact this was announced by the developers well in advance. That's why we see the characters from the "Spookhouse" again in Blair Witch Project 1.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (47009) on Mar 07, 2000.
 

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