A local monastery seems the only place of any safety… And what is this underground cavern? The whole story feels like a Ray Harryhausen/Hammer Films cross-pollinated nightmare. A hysterical priest is hiding in the bell tower.
A huge Minotaur patrols a nearby castle’s gardens. Miniature people try to beat you up and carry you away. Hypnotic, female, goat-legged spirits try their best to kill you. Later on, Ecstatica becomes more complex more dark, and more ‘poetic’. You presume you’re dead at this point, but no – if you wiggle the joypad you can break free and escape! Limping and bloodied you are then given a second chance to survive.
The werewolf beats you some more, then leaves the room. The scene cuts and you awake hanging from the ceiling. For example: early on you’re captured by a werewolf and beaten up. Learning how to run and fight helps, and – at the start of the game – Ecstatica gives you reprieves from what you think are death. Turning the wrong corner will often result in death – at least until you can gain a foothold in the game.įrom the atmospheric opening, to unlocking the mysteries of the village you have inadvertently wandered into, E cstatica is a tense and scary experience. Andrew Spencer Studios‘ 1994 release, Ecstatica, is a masterpiece of survival horror.Įcstatica is as unforgiving as it is surprising.
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