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is it the 7th guest then? but if so it wasn’t a 3rd person Adventure ? so didnt have the full control over it!
enlighten me please.

EDIT:uh the odds of posting late, didn’t see Uruboo’s

     
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This game has gotten more flack than it deserves, imo. Yes, FMV hasn’t aged very well, but that doesn’t mean that this was a bad game per se. There were a few good puzzles, a couple of (predictable but fun) jump scares, and I really liked some of the FMV deaths in the game.
Roberta herself considers this her own best work. Personally, based on her games that I’ve played, I agree.

     

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Everyone will have their own opinion as to what constitutes violence versus horror. To me this was a violent game, and I could care less about the FMV aspects.

Despite what she thinks, and despite its flaws, Dagger of Amon Ra gets my vote for the best of a very weak list of the Best of Roberta.

     

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was that supposed to be an easter egg ... it appears one time at the whole game

     
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If you watch old Dracula or Frankenstein movie today for the first time and you’ve been bombarded by plenty of modern horror movies, it’ll strike you as a little “bland”. That doesn’t take away anything of its quality. Similarly, Phantasmagoria is really a “triumph” in one step of gaming evolution, whether you consider it good/bad game.

I wouldn’t think of it as a classic horror game, nor there’s other genre than “horror” that describes it better. The reason I don’t think it’s a plain horror game is because you can, even though often in a “cheesy” way find some Poesque mystery, and even survival/thriller elements.

     

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diego - 13 May 2013 01:38 PM

... Phantasmagoria is really a “triumph” in one step of gaming evolution, whether you consider it good/bad game.

I’ll give you that. Providing “triumph” equals being brazen enough to charge $70+US for what you admit is a pretty cheesey game.

     

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This game was refused classification in Australia. In order to play this game I had to use my dad’s credit card to buy the twin pack of Phantas 1+2 off the Sierra website some ten years ago.

That was a great conversation. “Daaaaad, can I please use your VISA for this game? No, no, it’s not pornographic….”

     

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