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This will give you bad dreams...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game. I have played nearly all of the FPS games and the combination of puzzles, investigation, graphics and sounds effects is the best so far (for my tastes anyway.) This is a very spooky game best played in the dark. The only downsides are the long load times and the lacking usability in the controls, but the incredible graphics blow me away every time I play this and I am more than willing to withstand the short waits. This sort of reminds me of a cross between the Myst-like reality graphics with the fun of a FPS. I hope there is a sequel.

Clive Barker's Undying

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Installation was a breeze and the intro captivating! I find this game very challenging yet possible. I love the graphics and the audio. It is very interactive, I feel like I am really right there and am totally emotionally involved. Thanks for the total experience!

UT in the Fantasy era !

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

1st of all, CBU is a very publicized game and it was promoted long before it was released. The game utilizes an enhanced version of Unreal Tournament game engine which is visually stunning but requires a stable mediocre station with at 450 mhz to enjoy. The game is very rich and detailed and characters are also convincing and mix with the evil plot. Sincerly, i believe that the game is intended for lower end systems because the polygon count on many characters is very low and most of the enviroment is very cubish. The game's horror theme is very well designed and the maps remind me of J.R.R Tolkien's maps which are Top Notch quality. It has a rich array of ancient weapons that are similar to the modern FPS weapons such as Tibettan War cannon which is similar to grenade launcher of some short ranged kind. The main innovation is the integration of spells which effect your own character and enhance your abilites or attack your enemies. A weak point in the game is the physics engine which enables you to jump of a very high place without getting hurt and the fact that you can jump for miles. My last single remark regarding the game will be that there is no gore at all, the enemies don't even fly away in agony when they are hit by a missile, they just blow and disappear or just lie down on the floor so this element is very poor. CBU is a very good game but it has no real quantom leaps and it's powered by a very powerful game engine which enhances the gaming experience greatly, without considering it's minor flaws it's very well designed and polished game and it will be remebered as a 95% creation. Enjoy!

Clive Barker's Undying

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game it's scary and at some ponits very difficult (even in the easy difficulty mode). It has outstanding detailed graphics, music and sound effects. I'm both a horror movie and first person shooter fan and this is by far, the best game I've laid my hands on in a very long time.

Best Action Game Of All Time!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

WOW Before I got this game I almost was certain It was Scary.
But After I got It I realized it was the scariest and best action game of all time I opened it up put it in the cd rom and installed it. After it was installed I clicked start and new game. I went to the easy setting of course I new I wouldn't get anywhere on nightmare mode. The first five minutes where bone chilling. I played it all night till I had no mental energy left. I still Was on the walk through still.Best visual and sound effects of any action game since Half Life(SIEERA GAME). I strongly recommened this game for people who absolutly love CREEPY shooters,and are dying for great effects.

NOT BAD FOR THIS PRICE!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If I would of known then what I know now about the game I would have waited. The game play, graphics, music are all really good. What is the best about the game is the story! Here is a suggestion for when playing: Do it in a DARK ROOM! Everytime I went to bed I was scared crazy just walking down my short, dark hall to the bedroom. The atmosphere it presents is truly awesome. How can you resist a Haunted house with creatures flying at you or popping up thru the floor boards? Or even running around in a mausoleum not knowing where to hide? Unfortunately the game dies off at the end and once you've played it you know what to expect. So replayability is kind of out the window. I tried starting another game recently and it still is as scary as ever. But the problem is I know whats going to happen in the storyline. Also the bosses are not too hard to get rid of. Just takes some practice and you got it down everytime you face one. So thats why I mentioned that at this price its not a bad game at all!

Excellent voyage, excellent game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Once you start on it you cannot stop. Like a cross between doom, resident evil, and many other fantasy games. But Barker's story keeps it from being just another clone. Great fun and only play it in the dark.

Most FANTASTIC and scariest game I have EVER played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have nothing but good things to say about this game! I am a Clive Barker fanatic, and waited on pins and needles for this to come out. I was not disappointed, in fact, it far exceeded my expectations! Imagine every single book, short story, play and painting to bare the name Barker all rolled into one, and then placed with vivid clarity and backed by haunting music before you. For example, traverse the realms of the Imajica and battle the Cenobites, only bigger and better and down-right meaner. Well worth every single penny and every single second you'll spend with your eyes glued to your monitor. Pump up the music, make sure you have enough ram and a great video and sound and game care, and you will NOT be disappointed!

Thank you Mr. Barker!

Simply the most original FPS so far.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Waiting for this game was a tough thing. When I first heard about the game (with Barker's contribution)I was so excited that counted days before its release. I was also a bit worried about the news that the game would include some rpg elements such as spells etc.How could a fps like this coexist with rpg basics ? But when the great day arrived all my fears gone away. It was more than I expected. Much more.
Undying is a classic fps and will always be remembered as one.
Reasons for that is simple. Firstly it has a great story which builds slowly throughout the game. Clive Barker did a wonderful job by setting the story in pastoral England with a chilling ghost story. The characters, npc's, enemies are very well made and exists along with the story rather nicely. The landscapes and closed places are very well made and graphics are excellent. The green British landscape, old victorian palace, ruins,dungeons and the floating alien landscape with Arabic/Middle eastern architecture etc are all remarkable. The creatures and enemies are also very unlikely. The eastern bandits, various evil creatures and strange beings from another dimension as well as the bosses (even they were all human once) are well designed and placed. The Uncanny atmosphere of the game is another thing. It is guaranteed that If you play it in a dark room at night , sure it will make you feel strange .
Aided by the great music and sound effects (especially the howlings)only a handful of games managed to get closer to undying. The rpg elements are very well balanced and adds to the playbility as well as games atmosphere. You use spells in this game like rpg's . But they are well constructed and most of the time used as lifesavers on difficult parts of the game when your classic weapons ( ye olde shotgun, 6 pack pistol, uncle molotov's favourite drink etc) are outgunned by the tough enemies. But the most interesting weapon is the sniper weapon on which I dont want to talk any further in order to keep it secret until you buy the game . The game has strange twists and turns and the ending is very interesting .But it does not end that easily, you have to sweat a lot since it is not easy and can be seen as a longish game. In sum , undying is an excellent game. It will make the fans of Barker to go and buy a computer after playing it just for a short period of time. Even gamers who dislike fps should give it a try, and lovers of horror genre will be obsessed by it.
Since the ending is suitable , all I can hope is a sequel.

This is a great horror game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of horror games, scary movies or especially Clive Barker novels, then you will like this game. There are cool sound effects and the graphics are good also. It can get a little gory, so if you are sqeamish about blood, this game is not for you. There are 5 quests that you have to complete, with a boss character to defeat at the end of each one (I think - I have not completed the game yet.) You begin in a mansion and there are characters to interact with and the detail and amount of rooms in this mansion are incredible. I think this is a game worth the $40, for sure. Lots of hours of gameplay to complete this one.

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