An employee in a seemingly normal company begins to think he's going insane as he encounters otherworldly horrors around his office and home.
Platform: PC, Mac
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After the stellar Phantasmagoria, which was an involving and atmospheric if narratively derivative work, A Puzzle of Flesh fizzles. Having a bunch of actors (the best of whom is only modestly talented) running around on hopelessly drab CG sets and spouting inane dialogue is not going to win anyone over. And it's not just in the dialogue that the writing lacks; how many times did I dread clicking on that stupid mirror in Curtis's bedroom, not because I thought I was going to be frightened, but because I knew what was going to happen was going to be silly? And yet I still clicked on the damnable thing, because I didn't want to miss a possible plot point. The sex scenes add a little excitement to the mix, but if that's the best thing I can say about the game . . . (Oct 27, 2000) | |
Follows, but is not a direct sequel to, Phantasmagoria.
Filmed in full-motion video.
