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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User Reviews
The Press Says
| FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network |
Sep 25, 2002 |
96 out of 100 |
96 |
| GameSpy |
Nov 03, 1999 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| PC Gamer Brasil |
Aug, 2000 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| Power Unlimited |
Jan, 2000 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Nov, 1999 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Dec, 1999 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Dec 01, 1999 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Dec, 1999 |
71 out of 100 |
71 |
| GameSpot |
Nov 17, 1999 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Svenska PC Gamer |
Dec, 1999 |
66 out of 100 |
66 |
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Trivia
Like any good game with horror element this one has it's fair share of horror references. The mobster-monsters are akin to Frankenstein. The vampires are from Dracula. There are also many references to H.P. Lovecraft, Doc Holiday went to Miskatonic University. And the mission in which The Stranger faces an Elder God.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
MAT 
(47009) on Mar 07, 2000.
