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Old 09-07-2008, 01:48 AM   #1
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I've just seen on the ScummVM page that Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back (an older game from the developers of The Abbey) was recently released as freeware – but I can't seem to find much info about it anywhere. Does anyone know what it's like and if it's worth playing? (I know I could just download it and give it a try, but I don't have much time for games now, so I'd rather have some opinions on a game before devoting time to it.)
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Old 09-07-2008, 03:11 AM   #2
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Glad someone brought this up actually, because i've just tried it and i'm not so sure about it. The graphics are fine, considering when it was done ('96), and therefore looks like a classic LucasArts game. And because it's a vampire game it seemed ideal. But the problem for me is the voice acting/translation. Not very good imo. The subtitles don't even match the lines of dialogue most of the time, the voice acting is cringeworthy in parts and the jokes just seemed to fall flat.

Try it though and see for yourself.
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Old 09-07-2008, 10:28 AM   #3
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I have and agree with you. It is bad enough that I have no interest in playing it, anymore.
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Old 09-07-2008, 11:12 AM   #4
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That's good news!

Hope more of those hard-to-find adventuregames from the nineties will be made freeware!

Thank you Alcachofa Soft for making Drascula a freeware game, and ScummVM for making it playable on a contemporary PC!

Will download it from the ScummVM page tonite
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Old 09-07-2008, 01:45 PM   #5
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Have downloaded and installed Drascula, and it seems to run perfectly under ScummVM
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