The Edgar Allan Poe Horror Game | The Dark Eye
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
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Here's a horror game based on 3 Edgar Allan Poe short stories. All wrapped around a frame narrative where your kooky uncle tries to off the rest of the family. Neat!
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Game info
1:25 Presentation & gameplay
3:32 Story setup
7:35 Berenice
15:46 The Cask of Amontillado
20:01 The Tell-Tale Heart
25:27 Conclusion
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Weird how many times Edgar Allan Poe wrote about burying people alive or in his walls. You think any of his friends ever asked him about that? Just like, "hey man you sure have thought about burying people in walls a lot."
I once read that Poe was so scared about being buried alive he wore a sign to bed saying he wasn't dead.
@@lukeb247Makes sense, given the times (that happened quite often) and that he was a horror/tragedy writer. Many take inspiration from what they themselves fear.
That would explain his quote "sleep those little slices of death oh how I loathe them".
Or about marrying your own cousin...
You know, I think for people to ask that, he’d have to *have* friends
This is the kind of game I would have really loved as a kid and then it would have given me nightmares for years.
That’s what it was for me at 14.
Yeah that was me at 8.
It was terrifying and I couldn't get enough.
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Played this as a kid, can confirm, gave me nightmares 😂
same!
the woman that flashed on the screen that is supposedly montresor's wife is actually a woman that was enjoying the festivities in the beginning of the story if you spoke with the other revelers!
Oh! I didn’t make that connection
I must've beaten this game 50 or more times as a kid and it's criminal how unknown it is. But you only get half of the experience buying it online because it originally came with a huge companion book with lots of cool stuff in it.
Now if someone does a video on Shivers my life will be complete.
what did it have in it? The original stories? Other stories? Art? It sounds so cool!
@@convolution223 I thought I still had the book in my room but couldn't find it, so I'll just have to do my best to remember.
It starts with a forward from the game devs followed by a few pages on the life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. It then retells the original story that it uses as the vessel for the Poe stories (with Uncle Edwin and your brother and underage cousin's tragic love story), then goes through and retells the Poe stories from the perspectives of both the killers and victims tactically interspersed with screenshots from the game (in black and white though), and I think you're supposed to go back and forth between the Edwin story and the Poe stories when you read it. Then it has the Poe stories and poems that the game uses in their original glory. I feel like there's more I'm forgetting, if I end up finding the book I'll reply again.
I think the design of the characters really work well for this game. It makes the world seem more fictional yet still uncanny. It feels like they're puppets without strings, which I think works really well for Poe's style of story telling.
“But Entertainment Weekly, that paragon of gaming savvy gave it an A” 😂😂😂😂
Absolutely one of the most formative interactive movies I ever played. My dad's coworker gave us a copy (how I wish I knew where it went) when it came out (Halloween 1995!) and it was scary to me as a 5 year old. I picked it up again when I was 14 and was hooked. I loved the art styles and I feel like they really hold up today. I play through it at least once a year. I've chatted with a couple of the artists who worked on it and I've had the great pleasure of meeting Richard Downs, who did the phrenological map, icons, and the Masque of the Red Death.
The early-mid 90s seemed like such a great time to take risks and make media like this. It was a very special thing that fostered my love of user interfaces and art, even if I didn't know it at the time. God, I wish I could experience it all for the first time again.
Jeez, Cosmology of Kyoto and now The Dark Eye, you're rapidly running through my repressed childhood nightmares lately.
I've always wanted to live out my fantasy of bricking someone up behind a wall in a basement. Thanks to you, now I can.
I've done it a few times already and it's not that exciting. I mean... No I haven't.
I’d like a good bricking
I've always wanted to live out my fantasy of marrying my cousin
@@knyght27Mine was of burying them alive. This is pretty close!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESSOR
This game looks like the kind of lucid dream that convinces you something was just sitting on your chest and blowing into your ear. Terrifying. I like it!
Sleep paralysis. I will never forget the blowing in the ear sensation.
More like sitting on my face 😫
Holy shit this video is fantastic. I'm an avid watcher of videos on obscure/niche games but you really manage to dig up some absolute gems I've never heard of. I'm really jiving with your style of commentary and editing and this is such a good example of it. Really, really great work with your vids!!
The art direction is so uncanny i love it. Amazing work man loving all the content.
Oh shit, I didn't imagine this and it actually exists? I had a dream about this when I was really into Edgar Allan Poe's work back in the day and thought I made it up for some reason
- obscure FMV horror game
- classy literary background
- Mr Plinkett meme 1:18
I love this channel
Berenice has yellow wallpaper… nice literary nod.
Everything put out by Inscape is absolutely worth checking out, they only put out a few before they went under but they are all gems worth talking about. As far as I can tell, they both acted as a developer as well as a publisher, with The Dark Eye, Bad Day at the Midway and the Devo game (yes, that Devo) being produced to a differing degree inhouse. Though The Dark Eye and Bad Day came out on the exact same day and don't seem to have much overlap in teams, beyond sharing an art director. The team behind Bad Days are by and large the same team that made the earlier Resident's collaboration game Freak Show, with the Dark Eye team later going on to make Devo Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol.
As for what they exclusively just produced, there's Drowned God: Conspiracy of Ages (an endless rabbit-hole of a topic) and... the Princess Maker 2 PC port.
Fun fact, if you've played Riven you might have recognized the art style for the Masque of the Red Death sequence, yep it's the same artist: Richard Downs.
Common misconception: The film Naked Lunch is far more a very loose mix of material from Burroughs’ early books, such as Junky, and a vague fictionalization of him writing thing those books, than Naked Lunch itself.
I don’t think I was ever aware of this game, and I wonder if Burroughs was actually enthusiastic about voicing it, or if the devs were pretty cool.
He probably needed a quick fix....of delicious kitty food for all his kitties.
@@Dana-pn1vymhm the Golden Brown verity.
@@turtleofpride4572 I hear there's never a frown with that brand.
"i can think of two things wrong with that title..."
You don't see much horror with visuals that have that mix of grotesque and cartoony these days. It's a very 90's thing.
Ahead of the time, this stuff would win awards these days
the pause menu really did make me think disco elysium
Thats a pretty low bar to pass seeing as what kind of trash manages to win awards, awards that are nothing more than endorsment for products as their plastered as a giant wall of big numbers as if to make you feel good about your purchase.
How did I never know about this!? This is the combination of several things I really like.
rip burroughs, what an absolute legend.
makes me remember Dead City Radio, i'm overdue to listen to it again
Ah yes, ol' William Tell Burroughs. The Priest, They Called Him
This game is very nostalgic for me. Sought it out after reading Poe and was probably the start of sending me down the rabbit hole of experimental 90s PC games. Was sort of familiar with Burroughs at the time too. Played through it many times. Far from perfect but so unique with the use of stop motion in 3D environments. Can't really say anything more you covered it well.
Although sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it but I think worth noting the music was by Thomas Dolby.
i love burroughs i was so excited to hear his voice wtf. this is perfect for him
I love this channel so much it's the perfect dive into niche media I have literally never heard about
You have no idea it exists and wouldnt care otherwise, but suddenly now it's the coolest thing ever. Good storytellers are good at that
I first played this in 2016 and admit that while it was janky, there was genuine talent working on this game
I played this game when I was really young, and it inspired my love of Edgar Allan Poe's work and twisted horror in general.
Thanks for covering it!
90s animation is unmatched in how detailed ununerving it is, such a unique and distinctive vibe
Love this game, so stoked to see someone make a video on it 😮
I really wish that games like this were regularly made.
Being slowly bricked in like this was very comical.
"Ooooooohhhh ... noooooo"
This game terrified my ever since I first laid my eyes on it.
Your coverage was great!
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor
Damn what a cool little game. I love how many of Poe's works they crammed into one game.
So glad you've reviewed this. I first played this game in 1995 when it got out and it succeeded at both creeping me out and getting me to delve into Poe's litterature. The puppet design was masterfully grotesque and to this day remains (to me) the ideal incarnation of all protagonists in Poe's stories. The art direction, music and narrative did a great job at immersing you within the tales - and the minimalist staging set the perfect mood for the macabre creepiness to happen. The Cask of Amontillado and Berenice were my fave parts, but I also immensely enjoyed the victorian darkness imbued in the 'Annabelle Lee" poem, masterfully read by William Burroughs. The game was unfortunately too short - more of an "interactive experience", but it did a great job at incarnating the very essence of Poe's universe.
I know its a great day when Dungeon Chill uploads . great video as always
what a fascinating little game. i never would have heard of it if you hadn't shared this. thanks for posting your videos!
Wasn't expecting to see a video of this game on my feed. I haven't played this game since I was a kid. Takes me way back. The art direction has always stuck in my mind, and really left an impression. Thanks for the content.
oh my GOD how have i never heard of this, AND WILLIAM BURROUGHS DOES VOICE IN IT??? thanks for sharing friend!
I am immediately enamoured with the animate visuals of the characters and even the _cursor!_ The stop-motion quality of the yet fluid motions is a treat itself, and the ascribed uncanny vibe really suits a horror game to displace trust in the unfamiliar.
So cool that someone its finally talking about this game, also thanks for the link it makes the job of running obscure old PC games easier.
I remember playing this as a kid in our basement, in the dark. This game truly scared the crap outta me & I've never had another game affect me like this one. Such a classic..
So it’s been awhile since I read it but it seemed like the overarching story was a riff on ‘Fall of the House of Usher’…could be wrong but it’s a nice way of keeping the overworld in-universe with Mr. Poe
Every time I come to this channel for some reason I think of this game. Never played it but found out about it years ago. Always intrigued me.
The look of this game, amazing puppetry! And voice work, wow man, there is so many gems in a infinite ocean of PC gaming.
Great video! Thank you for spotlighting such an interesting oddity this project is
This game has been my favorite for a while and I’ve barely seen anyone talk about it or make videos for it. It’s such a creative and unique game and I haven’t been able to find anything similar enough.
I played this for the first time when I was 16. Still have the big box and all.
The fact that it isn't on GOG is downright criminal. Such a scary game.
When my family got our first PC in the 90's, my older brothers bought a lot of games for it. This was one. Even as a kid I was a big Edgar Allan Poe fan and this game was so cool to me. Honestly, though, the cool compendium book that came with it was better than the game itself. Glad to see another obscure gem on the channel, Dungeon Chill.
I played this years ago and when I tried to tell anyone about it, no one had heard of it. I started to think I had been a victim of the Mandella Effect. Thank you for giving me peace.
I'm glad this game is starting to get some attention, I discovered it by chance around 2011 and I've never forgotten it.
Dungeon Chill and Grim Beard posting within 24 hours of each other? Not beating the same person allegations
Loved this game ever since I saw it at Home of the Underdogs. I really miss that time in gaming where people were just trying things to see what works, and you got arty things like this being made. The teeth part in the Berenice section is just so well done.
I did a playthrough of this game on my UA-cam channel many years ago, back when I did Let's Plays and game reaction vids. What a strange, unnerving, and unique little game The Dark Eye is... I learned about it through a SomethingAwful Let's Play myself, and getting it set up was kind of a nightmare of basically, running a Windows 3.11 Virtual Machine in DOSBox. It took months to find the ISO, get it running, and play it. I'm glad I did and I'm extremely glad to see someone else talk about it.
This is one of the coolest channels Ive found. I am an old. (Well. Not a super old. But old enough I remember the 80s as a child) i love late 80s-early 90s DOS and windows games, and have my own collection of obscure games.
Thanks. Subbed!
Oh my God, I watched my roommate play this game one night like nearly 20 years ago. What a fascinating, unnerving game.
Clay models evoke "The Dream Machine" vibes.
I played this when it came out in 1995. I absolutely loved it! It holds as much nostalgia for me as Myst! I used your link to get the game! I played it I think 3 times back then so time for another playthrough! Thanks again!
It's actually a crime you don't have more subscribers, your content and quality is top notch!
I found this game on cd-rom somewhere I cannot recall. I still have it, being a Poe fan.
this game had really high production standards based on what ive seen here, the 1990s were really interesting with all of the animation studios experimenting with adventure games
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That's nuts. I use to do a lot of "breaking bad drug" and when I was awake for 2-3 days my mind would be so cooked I could stare into the darkness and stuff would move and whisper to me and I could sit there and stare for hours. Not a good time.
I've always had a fascination with this game through seeing it mentioned on various abandonware sites, but I've never actually played it or seen it in action before. Very cool, and a great review of it.
😱😨 The strange claymation movements and the figures themselves are absolutely horrifying to me--especially their hand and arm movements! Something about this is truly unsettling me to the core. Some moments of the game where the figure comes in to the room or is just standing in the back of the already disturbing scenery...oh man, giving me mega chills of terror that I can't explain.
That being said, what a wonder, great video on this creepy, horrid game haha. Your channel has quickly become one of my top favorites so cheers and looking forward to more chills like this!
Thank you so much for doing this review. This game has mostly been forgotten.
The line “For the love of god, Montresor!” Is probably my favorite Poe line, and the voice actor really nailed it
A good insight into an obscure horror game here with some really interesting art direction and atmosphere. Nice to see such hidden gems come to life. Also, was that Kelsey Grammer voicing Fortunato?
Scared the shit out of me as a kid. Absolutely stunning visual style
This was my first exposure to these Poe stories. Berenice in particular really stuck with me; that bit with the teeth flashing on the screen is so freaky.
Later looking up the original story, I was shocked how short it was. If you open the Wikipedia article for it, the entire short story is embedded right there as a gif, just a single page with a few paragraphs. It felt a lot bigger when I first experienced this game.
I had this playing in the background while doing other things but once you said that William S. Burroughs is a voice actor in this game I could not believe my ears. That has to be one of the most absurd things I've heard in a long while
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That game really left an impression on him after I finished it. I loved every second of it.
New Dungeon Chill AND Grimbeard videos on the same day? Rad as hell
The figures in this game reminds me of an obscure stop-motion tv special that I would probably only see once on tv when I was young and would probably not find until some extensive google searches, or if someone made a UA-cam video talking about it.
Amazing video though!
Along these same lines, last Halloween I stumbled onto a free game on Steam which is a walking sim recreation of HP Lovecraft's Dagon. It was pretty good, especially for a freebie.
The Collection Chamber has a UA-cam Channel. They (he?) either hasn't updated it anymore or does so very infrequently, which is a shame - you're right in that that blog does great work and their old UA-cam videos were pretty good retro gaming UA-cam content that spotlighted a decent number of obscurities. Glad the CC got this game working; at first I thought I _was_ familiar with it but then I realized I was thinking of The Dream Machine, so I'm happy to see someone cover this one. Great job, Dungeon Chill! So cool to see a game like this get some coverage for Halloween month.
Quite surprised you didn't mention the framing device, was an adaption of "The Fall of The House of Usher", one of my favourite poe stories.
I love youtube channels like yours cant wait to watch more video's
I remember seeing this game on Xplay a long, long one ago and I never knew what it was.
3:57.. YOU KNOW IT'S THRILLER!!
Dude I wish I could play this as someone who’s a fan of Edgar Allen Poe’s work (and the fact that the Tell-Tale Heart is in here and that’s my favorite EAP story makes it even better). Also this game looks so much like a Tim Burton movie
Thank you, Sir!!🎉🎉
Would love to play these games on modern consoles/terminals. Love these older bits to death.
William S Burroughs had a very recognizable voice. I instantly knew it was him upon hearing it.
8:08 Ah, that good ol' laudunum.
Classic! I can't believe I found this video!😊
Poe's wife, who he married when she was thirteen, died of tuberculosis, and seems like a clear part of how they composed the frame story. Nothing as dramatic as this was Poe and he made up everything he saw, but still an effective and evocative way to set the mood.
I love this channel so much
Great video once again
I'm laughing out loud at the cousin name and the spontaneous dancing 😂
I bet this inspired Robert Eggers to make his Poe short film before The Witch because it was a puppet film in a similar style
In high school, I had a morbidly humorous interpretation of the cask of amontillado, in which montresor was bricked-up alive for being too annoying.😅
I've been awaiting this one since you mentioned it on Twitter. And it is quite appealing. It actually reminds me of a Tool music video. This is one I'd definitely like to play.
Wow, this is so good
I love your RLM references
Wonderfully spooky video!!!!! Perhaps you have heard of Garage Bad Dream Adventure? It seems right up your alley
I have it on Steam. Definitely going to get to it someday soon.
I wonder if Fortunato had to watch Montresor mix the mortar he used to brick up that hole. Torturous.
Man, Dark Eye. It's like coming home.
Great video as always. One note: 3:19 Poe died in the early Victorian era. Late Victorian would be near the turn of the 20th century.
I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME. I had it when it first came out! NO ONE. I mean NO ONE seems to know it (except you)! So happy for this!
That's cool. Do you remember how much it cost or where you got it? I only discovered it later and downloaded it from some abandonware site.
I played this on stream for Halloween a couple of years ago and it was............. well it was an experience. Very hard to figure out but that must not have been helped by being on stream and whatnot but I really enjoyed the art style. The sound was really cool to me :)
i wonder if this is what the art style or coraline was inspired by
The Dark Eye is also the name of the most popular german TTRPG
Geez literary work of art too