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Platform: GBA, GC, PS2, XB Genre: Action / Adventure Publisher: TDK Mediactive Developer: High Voltage / Pocket Studios (GBA) ETA: Fall 2003
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The Haunted Mansion
I must be honest. The first time I heard the name of this game I thought it would be a Resident Evil or Silent Hill style game. To be even more honest I had no clue that this game was modeled after a Disney movie starring Eddie Murphy. The game to no surprise takes place in a haunted mansion in which you are sought after to solve puzzles, find clues, and defeat evil wherever it may lurk, all done in a cartoon sensibility.
The
storyline is based around a workaholic father who is played by Eddie
Murphy who decides to force his family to come to a haunted mansion. He
plans on building a lavish condo, but soon runs into trouble as he soon
learns him and his family aren’t the only occupants of the mansion.
Eddie Murphy’s character must do his best to keep the ghosts at rest.
The game at this stage looks to be aimed at a younger audience, but the developers are hoping to get some adults playing this game as well. The game does promise easy to learn gameplay and, fast, fun and exciting gameplay for all ages.
The
only thing that worries me is the lack of success developers have had
from using a movie license to make a game. The results have been mostly
negative. A few games include Minority Report, The Sum of All Fears, and
Men in Black. Hopefully TDK Mediactive won’t let this trend continue.
Here
are the key facts:
Features
(PS2, Xbox & NGC) Navigate
through Disney’s Haunted Mansion with environments inspired by the
movie and the theme park attraction. Solve
uniquely twisted puzzles that uncover hidden clues, passageways and
secrets untold. Release
999 trapped souls before becoming one, yourself. Features
(GBA) State-of-the-art
2D and 3D technology never seen before on the GBA, featuring highly
detailed environments from the theme park attraction. Answer
the mansion’s chilling challenge… to find the way OUT! Fast,
friendly and fun gameplay for kids and adults.
Brief
Movie Description
Eddie
Murphy leads an all-scare cast of ghosts and ghouls in the spookiest
comedy ever, “The Haunted Mansion.” Workaholic real-estate
agent Jim Evers (Murphy) drags his family up to the big, creepy Gracey
mansion in hopes of rebuilding it into a lavish new condo development.
When they get there, however, the family quickly finds that they’re
not alone… not when 999 grim, grinning ghosts come out to socialize!
With all these happy haunts that won’t leave until their unfinished
business has been completed, it’s up to Jim to break the curse - and
rediscover a family that needs him - before the clock strikes 13.
Directed by Rob Minkoff (“The Lion King,” “Stuart Little”) and
featuring special effects and make-up design by Academy Award-winner
Rick Baker, sets by Oscar-nominated production designer John Myhre
(“Elizabeth,” “X-Men,” “Chicago”), “The Haunted Mansion”
scares up the laughs. Look for this game to hit shelves sometime this October.
- Siddharth Masand (June 8, 2003) |
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