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Perceptions of the Dead

Moby ID: 98736
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Perceptions of the Dead is a collection of three separate ghost stories. They are more interactive novels presented in comic book style than games as throughout each the player has to do little more than click to bring up the next screen. The three stories are:

  • Live with Jill Count: in which a young vlogger visits a supposedly haunted hospital on Halloween
  • The Phantom Ice Cream Truck: The clue is in the title
  • Perceptions of the Dead: Tyrone is hired to investigate a suspected haunting and finds something more

The screens are largely static throughout and the stories are both narrated and told by on-screen text. Depending on how fast the player reads/clicks the average length of each story is about twenty minutes.

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Tyrone
Ice Cream Man
The Mother
The Father
The Child
Tulip
Marcus
Ripley

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Average score: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 ratings)

Well crafted and well told

The Good
Firstly these are not true games in my opinion, there are some points in each where the player has to select one option or another, such as in Jill Count where they are asked which order the heroine should explorer the hospitals's rooms, but that's not really gameplay. Setting that aside these tales are really well done.

  • The voice acting is very, very good and credible.
  • The artwork throughout is consistent in style and perfectly suited to the story.
  • The story, especially the dialogue, is well written and each story has it's own well defined characters. Jill Count is makes jokes about Star Trek and is constantly chatting to her on-line followers; The central character in The Phantom Icecream Truck is much stronger and darker; Tyrone in the title story is strong yet vulnerably human
  • The sound effects are excellent, they are used where they add to the story and are not thrown in for a cheap thrill
  • I don't remember in-game music but it's there at the menu screen and it's not too loud, not overly dramatic or cheesy - it's just right


  • The Bad
    I have no complaints or gripes about this game other than, by my definition, it is an interactive novel and not a game

    The Bottom Line
    It may not be a game in the way I would describe a game but it is a little gem. Try it but don't rush and click your way through it, savour the workmanship as well as the story.

    Windows · by piltdown_man (236159) · 2019

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    Game added by Sciere.

    Additional contributors: piltdown_man.

    Game added December 1, 2017. Last modified March 9, 2023.