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5 Star Hotel......Haunted Hotel!

PostedDecember 18, 2014

pennmom36

fromJames, I love ya man but that hotel is creeepppyy

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This is one hotel you may not want to stay at if you are guilty of just about anything! This owner has taken it upon himself to enact justice upon the guilty, the punishment, DEATH! James has written you a letter that claims he's already dead, this just can't be true, (because dead people can't write letters) so the Holy Mountain Hotel is our next destination! No need to pack a suitcase, you won't ...Show more

This is one hotel you may not want to stay at if you are guilty of just about anything! This owner has taken it upon himself to enact justice upon the guilty, the punishment, DEATH! James has written you a letter that claims he's already dead, this just can't be true, (because dead people can't write letters) so the Holy Mountain Hotel is our next destination! No need to pack a suitcase, you won't be enjoying your stay with all those ghosts roaming around! (although I would recommend a flashlight, it's really scary folks!)

The graphics....creepy and unnerving, the music will send chills down your spine, I'll never sing that lullaby to a baby. This game is fantastic, everything is perfect, I couldn't ask for more (that rolling ball freaked me out!) There are 32 glowing green antiques to collect, and of course the usual character figurines have returned giving us a bit of insight on the dearly guilty departed. There are also several achievements to earn and almost every inventory item requires some type of interaction before using it.

The Hidden Object Scenes are the typical interactive list finds, but there are a few silhouetted shape finds as well just to break up the monotony. Mini games are in abundance, and I loved em all! Just to name a few, one game required you to swap metal plates to match the grooves on the plate in the middle, the plates could only be swapped in specific positions, just to make it more challenging. Another game required you to place color coded wires into two different sockets with symbols that would form the correct numbered code shown when combined. Even the plus sign inventory items had fun puzzles!

This Collectors Edition has replayable mini games, Wallpapers, Concept Art, Music, Achievements, Character Figurines, Esrael's Antique room, Screensavers, a built in Strategy Guide, and an ALTERNATE ENDING!!! < that my friends is way cool, enjoy! Show less

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Haunted Hotel Death Sentence is One of he Best Games This Year

PostedDecember 18, 2014

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fromOh No, This Can't Be the End!

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5 / 5

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5 / 5

In what promises to be one of the best games in the Haunted Hotel series we have an eerie cutscene to start the story. You are reminiscing about some of the cases you have worked with your associate and friend James when you happen to receive a letter from him where he tells you that he has died. He directs you to find answers at the Holy Mountain Hotel – a very dangerous place. Will this truly be ...Show more

In what promises to be one of the best games in the Haunted Hotel series we have an eerie cutscene to start the story. You are reminiscing about some of the cases you have worked with your associate and friend James when you happen to receive a letter from him where he tells you that he has died. He directs you to find answers at the Holy Mountain Hotel – a very dangerous place. Will this truly be the end of your friend’s life or will you somehow be able to save him? Needless to say, you rush off to the Holy Mountain Hotel to seek what answers you might find there and hopefully save James.

The game has incredible graphics and the voiceovers are absolutely wonderful. I love the creepy recitation of Six Green Bottle in the beginning cutscene. IMHO, this is definitely a game that you will want to play with the sound. Not only are the voiceovers excellent but the intermittent sound of a woman humming in the background as well as the creaking floorboards that we can hear add to the overall creepiness of the game. I play a lot of HOPA games and this one has possibly the best and most realistic sound package I’ve encountered in a game.

We have a journal that contains our notes as well as dossiers of the victims as we progress through the game. There is an interactive, transporter map that can be customized to show where you have active tasks if you choose the custom settings. Aside from the standard tools, I didn’t acquire a helper or find any of the tools that some might consider gimmicks. This is a straightforward game that relies on a great storyline and your skill as a player. What a novel idea!!

Elephant has stretched their abilities and now includes various types of interactive HOPs, some are the standard list type and others are silhouette type. You will encounter some great puzzles in the game that add to the gameplay - some are even a bit more difficult than the ones we normally encounter: not because they are hard to figure out what to do but because they take some time to manipulate. I always look forward to solving lock type puzzles so I enjoyed the first puzzle I encountered.

Is this a true CE? Well some of you might not think so but it is a matter of personal preference. When CEs first came on the scene they basically had a bonus chapter and the integrated SG. Over the years they have evolved to include morphing objects, collectibles and achievements. Well, in this game there are mainly three different types of collectibles to find as well as the ever-present, meaningless achievements that are earned just by playing the game. I didn’t find any morphing objects, which is okay with me since sometimes looking for them interrupts the flow of my gameplay. The game extras also include an alternate ending as well as the bonus chapter, SG, wallpapers, and music. Some might think that Haunted Hotel Death Sentence is light on extras but, IMHO, the game is so excellent that I don’t really mind.

In the end, Haunted Hotel Death Sentence is as the top of my list of best games in 2014. Recently we have had so many games where the stories just seem incomplete or thrown together and Death Sentence is well thought out and cohesive which makes this game a wonderful experience to play. I am not left scratching my head trying to figure out what is going on because the pieces of this puzzle come together to make sense. I played the beta for this game several months ago and just replayed it again, with the same enjoyment and sense of excitement that held my interest and let me know this is a game that I must have. For me Haunted Hotel is an immediate purchase with or without a sale. This is a wonderful game to play on one of the many rainy days we have had recently here in CA. As always, I recommend that you at least try the demo to see if this is a game you will like. Show less

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Short but Sweet

PostedDecember 21, 2014

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I loved this game!! There was a very logical flow to the game play that I really appreciate. Great story line, kept me interested. This game made me realize that some of the longer games just have fillers, i.e. asking questions to a character, repetitive tasks,and illogical flow that i really could do without.
Perfect amount of challenge...love

I recommend this game!

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ROCKING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE

PostedDecember 18, 2014

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fromWELCOME TO THE GAMING "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" ONCE YOU ENTER YOU WILL NEVER WANT TO GET OUT

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5 / 5

It is "lights out" for this game! Lights should be off and this game played in the dark for the ultimate sensation of creepiness. While you are playing you, will witness "lights out" for some criminals who got away with murder as well. From the dark background to the haunting music throughout this game, we have a creepy little thriller from Pachyderm!.

An outstanding, hauntingly ghostly whodunit! ...Show more

It is "lights out" for this game! Lights should be off and this game played in the dark for the ultimate sensation of creepiness. While you are playing you, will witness "lights out" for some criminals who got away with murder as well. From the dark background to the haunting music throughout this game, we have a creepy little thriller from Pachyderm!.

An outstanding, hauntingly ghostly whodunit! I LOVE this game. Wow! This game has everything. The storyline is creepy, the haunting ""Hush Little Baby" (however it did get a trifle annoying after awhile) and moans add to the mood as well. The puzzles are decent. There are plenty of collectibles for those who look for them. There were not many HOP scenes in the demo but are variable and well-done.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS FROM THE DEMO:

LEVELS: 4 - Casual (Sparkles) Advanced (No sparkles) Hard (No hints, skips) CUSTOMIZED

GRAPHICS AND MUZAC : Realistic and beautiful as usual for Pachyderm in this dark creepy game. The "muzac" was eerily creepy! Dark tones abound throughout this game!

INVENTORY AND HOP SCENES: Inventory is interactive, puzzle-like and lockable. The HOP scenes I encountered: A. Silhouettes of items which open up pieces of an inventory item you must reconstruct B. Interactive junk piles.

PUZZLES: In the demo I found more puzzles than HOP scenes. Puzzles included: A. Matching up teeth of keys with molds B. Repairing a projector. C. Solving codes to open locks, D. Using wiring to create numbers to open a lock (rather cool). Figuring out the number code to open a trunk E. Using sliders to match shapes

EXTRA GOODIES: A. 22 collectibles of green antiques B. I counted 13 Achievements C. Interactive map provided at the beginning of the game D. Collect characters from the game E. Strategy guide Show less

I recommend this game!

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Judge, jury and executioner!

PostedDecember 18, 2014

MSBAM100

fromTampa, FL

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What a great new entry into the Haunted Hotel series! Only this time, you are without your partner James, and you must find him and save him -- or is he already dead?

It seems the owner of the Holy Mountain Hotel invites guests to his hotel. But these guests seem to be guilty of a crime, but found innocent in court. Esrael Blackthorne, the hotel owner, seems to be sentencing the guilty guest to ...Show more

What a great new entry into the Haunted Hotel series! Only this time, you are without your partner James, and you must find him and save him -- or is he already dead?

It seems the owner of the Holy Mountain Hotel invites guests to his hotel. But these guests seem to be guilty of a crime, but found innocent in court. Esrael Blackthorne, the hotel owner, seems to be sentencing the guilty guest to death, and then killing them. There is the surgeon who killed the patient by operating while intoxicated. And the race car driver who killed a mother and child with his car, then left the scene of the accident. But what about your friend James?

You are assisted in your discovery by dossiers about the guests, plus videos you can watch after you assemble the projector. And James leaves you notes along the way, as well. And just when you think you will get some answers, you find Esrael dead as well........and the demo ends!

For bonus bling there are 11 character statues to collect, plus Esrael's antique collection of 22 beautiful jade and jeweled objects to find. They are not hard to discover, but still fun to find and read the item's description.

The HOS are not difficult, but relate to where you are in the game -- lists or silhouettes. The mini-games are not unique, but still fun. There are bonus mini-games, plus the bonus chapter, and an alternate ending as well. One nice feature is the ability to change the brightness of the screen. Plus the four modes include custom.

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I recommend this game!

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Excellent !

PostedDecember 21, 2014

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5 / 5

Excellent game, I have yet used the demo but I hope and look forward asking in French. The puzzles are not too simple and origninalité mins in games. The dark mood of the story I like a lot. I just regret that it is not yet in French and I'm not sure to hold far!

I recommend this game!

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Great Game!!

PostedJanuary 5, 2015

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5 / 5

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5 / 5

Love this game!. Ever since Elephant Games took over this series, I have really enjoyed the addition of James and love how you have to work together with him to solve the cases. Death Sentence provides fantastic graphics, great sound, and a storyline that will keep you guessing. The extra content gives wallpapers, concept art, the bonus mini games, as well as an alternate ending (which I am truly ...Show more

Love this game!. Ever since Elephant Games took over this series, I have really enjoyed the addition of James and love how you have to work together with him to solve the cases. Death Sentence provides fantastic graphics, great sound, and a storyline that will keep you guessing. The extra content gives wallpapers, concept art, the bonus mini games, as well as an alternate ending (which I am truly glad that they did not use or I would have been extremely upset). Can't wait to see if Elephant Games brings out another in this series. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Based on Full Game & Extras: HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE MISSING

PostedOctober 6, 2015

kerith90angel

fromMASS, USA

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I LOVED this edition of Haunted Hotel! This gets an A+ across the board. They used a lot of voice actors and cutscenes to ...Show more

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I LOVED this edition of Haunted Hotel! This gets an A+ across the board. They used a lot of voice actors and cutscenes to push the story and both were PERFECT!
The attention to detail here is so well done. The story was so great, where you get to play an aspect of the story that all comes together. BRAVO!
SE took me 3hrs 15min. The end is great an doesn't depend on the CE's end.
CE: took me 1hr. TOTAL GAMEPLAY: 4hr 15min

BONUS CONTENT:

1 SCREENSAVER.... As you know I LOVE screensavers and this one doesn't disappoint! It has a backdrop of the orig. hotel scene. In the middle an ornate mirror has an image of the judge's (Esrail)ghost which explodes into mirror shards that each have a characters image! LOVE IT! Worthy of buying the CE ALL BY ITSELF! (after the screensvr goes into your docum. folder, R clk folder, SEND TO your dvdrw drive and save it to a disc, so you can use it again#

7 WALLPAPERS -almost all of them have a shattered mirror, a bummer for me was, after you complete the SE, there is still a locked wallpaper you get after you finish bonus. This is also true with ALL the CE content.

I think most Bigfishers would agree, we want to install ALL our goodies Ce content AS we are playing the game, not after! DEVELOPERS, PLEASE DON'T KEEP LOCKED CONTENT TO THE END!

Concept art- 8 pics #I actually prefer before/after if we get concept art to see the cool people that made the game.

MUSIC- also beautifully done.... there are 5 saveable tracks.

Bonus play: Took me 1hr. This time you play the same person as SE, but you are responding to a crashed boat on the hotel's island....and your job is to hunt for the survivors.

NEW AREAS OF PLAY::::: There are 7 areas we play on the map. 3 scenes were from SE but they have been updated -pier, porch, & garage-but they have a new feel. The brand new areas are -backyard, basement, rope bridge, and waterfall- I played 7 minigames and 2 hos during bonus ply.

CE has a 36page.STRAT GUIDE #6 chapters) + Bonus play. SE pgs 2-26 and Bonus pgs 27-33.

Acheiv & Coll. Throughout the CE you collect 22 anitiques. and 10 game statues. Each has its own display room and each item comes up for close examination when you click it...with a little bit of information on the item or person. This was beautifully done, with a lot of attention to detail.

There is also an Alternate ending.... which I havn't played yet. The first ending was great!

I absolutely adored this HH and can't wait for more! Thank you Big Fish Games! And hugs to all those at Elephant that gave me so many hours of fun!! I adore you guys!! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Elephant delivers a golden peanut in Haunted Hotel Death Sentence

PostedDecember 22, 2014

skullfun

fromTennessee

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Third in the series Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence is spooky, but perhaps not actually scary, since all of its jumpscares are telegraphed very clearly, and it's hard for me to take a corpse reveal that all but screams, "Get in, loser, we're going shopping" seriously. Visually, it's a rare treat, with crisp visuals, rich, dark colours, and a great flair for the macabre and the creepy. If you enjoy ...Show more

Third in the series Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence is spooky, but perhaps not actually scary, since all of its jumpscares are telegraphed very clearly, and it's hard for me to take a corpse reveal that all but screams, "Get in, loser, we're going shopping" seriously. Visually, it's a rare treat, with crisp visuals, rich, dark colours, and a great flair for the macabre and the creepy. If you enjoy the sort of ghoulish camp you'd find in something like Christopher Pike's Fear Street, chances are all the mysterious shadows and grinning skulls will be right up your alley. The story might move a little quick in the way it reveals things, with more pacing given to shock value than character development, but the "justice from beyond" trope is executed well. It's a fairly fast-moving game, and most of the difficulty will largely come from how much back-tracking you'll be expected to do, though the fast-travel map means that isn't quite as frustrating as it might have once been back in olden times. The only problem with Death Sentence is actually that it falls into a pattern. Find out who the next victim will be, find an item in their case file, track them down, repeat, repeat, repeat. Still, the game's stunning presentation and genuinely sympathetic villain will keep you hooked 'til the end, though it's not likely to take anyone much longer than three hours or so, and it still feels like it leaves a lot of questions unanswered as to how certain things happened. The soundtrack is a particular standout, with a few genuinely pretty pieces and a creepy ditty that know when to take a backseat and let the atmospheric sounds set the stage. The ending sequence is actually pretty well executed, and if you pick up the Collector's Edition, the bonus chapter is actually a surprisingly satisfying addition... neither a simple prelude, nor something that feels lopped off of the main story, instead centering on a little girl who's gone missing at the hotel's island after the main game ends. While it all might be over too soon, Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence is still a fantastic blend of thriller and supernatural horror, with high production values and a flair for drama that makes this demo well worth checking out for any casual adventure fan. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Great Game!

PostedDecember 22, 2014

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

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5 / 5

Level of Challenge

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Storyline

5 / 5

I don't usually review; however, this game was great to watch unfold. The graphics were excellent and the music actually added to the game. The story was well done. This is the kind of game that keeps you interested and wanting to play more!

I recommend this game!

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