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ONE FEAR ONE KEY

PostedMay 25, 2017

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Welcome to the Freedom Hotel, a hotel that can grant your deepest desires, a hotel that can help you overcome your deepest fears. A hotel whose owner just might be the Ruler of Darkness, the Angel of Light, Belial, the Deceiver, Beelzebub, the almighty King of the bottomless pit! The cost of a room at this hotel isn't cheap, you could very well pay the ultimate price.....you're soul!

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Welcome to the Freedom Hotel, a hotel that can grant your deepest desires, a hotel that can help you overcome your deepest fears. A hotel whose owner just might be the Ruler of Darkness, the Angel of Light, Belial, the Deceiver, Beelzebub, the almighty King of the bottomless pit! The cost of a room at this hotel isn't cheap, you could very well pay the ultimate price.....you're soul!

To play this game, you'll have to sign a contract with the hotel's owner (no worries, you will be signing in as Stephen Blake searching for his mother Elizabeth and sister Kate, not your chosen screen name, just in case your darkest fear is the fear of signing away your soul, also known as thedevilmademedoitphobia) To try to make your stay more enjoyable, feel free to search for Ghosts of past hotel guests, Morphing Beyond objects and Morphing Phobias. The owner would appreciate your cooperation in returning his missing family Crest pieces as well, so if you come across any of these fragments, kindly assemble the crest and return the screensaver, no questions asked.

Also for your entertainment, the hotel has arranged some wicked Hidden Object Scenes, former guests say they are to die for! Former guest Mary had this to say: "I absolutely loved the scene where I found objects that matched the silhouetted shapes of animal prints, one in particular seems to belong to a beast!" James had this to say about his experience: " I had no choice but to dig through a mucky fountain as I searched for items to save my life" One of our permanent guests Frank also adds: "The hotel's bar is in shambles, I had to move items just to find two of every ingredient just to whip up my favorite spirit!"

The puzzles are optional at this hotel, you won't be penalized for not participating in the game, however, it is strongly recommended that you give at least one of these games a try, if you want to have an immersive experience:

1) Navigate through the hotel corridors to reach your mother using the hotel map to select the correct hallways and doorways. Caution, your fears will come into play.

2) Place the flags according to the year they represent.

3) Find the correct path through the forest by rotating the compass until the correct group of prints that match the clues align, then choose the path the arrow points to. Please be cautious of things that go bump in the dark.

4) Place the owls in their correct color coded spots. (please ignore the fact that you just fed a spotted owl walnuts)(because they don't eat nuts)(they eat meat)(but maybe he's just overcoming his fear of eating the same thing a squirrel does)(....just saying....)

5) Guide the mouse through the labyrinth by using directional arrows to plot the course and clicking the start button to test your solution. (do you think mechanical mice have fears?)

6) Follow the recipe to brew a soothing cup of tea to give to James because he's supposedly freaking out, but he looks perfectly fine to me. ( I fear people who are freaking out but appear normal.)

Haunted Hotel Games available:

Haunted Hotel (SE only 11-16-11)
Haunted Hotel II: Believe the Lies (SE only 11-16-11)
Ancient Bane (5-29-14)
Charles Dexter Ward (6-10-12)
Death Sentence (12-18-14)
Eclipse (10-10-13)
Eternity (4-24-15)
Lonely Dream (SE only 11-25-11)
Personal Nightmare (5-25-17)
Phoenix (8-20-15)
Silent Waters (9-17-16)
The Axiom Butcher (4-30-16)
The Thirteenth (12-24-16)
The X (11-12-15)

This Collector's Edition has 10 Wallpapers, 10 Concept Art pictures, 4 Music Soundtracks, 15 Achievements, Morphing Phobias, 20 Morphing Beyond Objects, 20 Hotel Crest fragments to assemble a Screensaver, 12 replayable Mini Games, 16 replayable Hidden Object Scenes, a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy your stay, you could be here a long, long time! Show less

I recommend this game!

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WOO HOO! JAMES IS BACK! GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN OLD FRIEND!

PostedMay 25, 2017

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A really, real Haunted Hotel immersed in Elephant Games style gaming! Rest assured all is well with James at the hotel "Good to see you again, old friend!" I'm sure we'll have to rescue James at some point as we always do. That's one of the reasons he's so lovable--a great detective who needs rescuing. Don't get me wrong, James always lends a hand with clues and contributes important items but, we ...Show more

A really, real Haunted Hotel immersed in Elephant Games style gaming! Rest assured all is well with James at the hotel "Good to see you again, old friend!" I'm sure we'll have to rescue James at some point as we always do. That's one of the reasons he's so lovable--a great detective who needs rescuing. Don't get me wrong, James always lends a hand with clues and contributes important items but, we definitely have to do the work.

Magnificent atmosphere loaded with amazing artistic detail and finely tuned musical scores. Collectible morphing objects, picture parts and fears abound. Wow! Check out the Fear Room! Nothing dull or dreary here. Superb mixture of Haunted Hotel prequels ANCIENT BANE, DEATH SENTENCE, and AXIOM BUTCHER dovetailed into an exciting new adventure.

A definite purchase especially since I've been waiting for a worthy game. Elephant Games Develoopers, you are the best! Thank you! Enjoy! Show less

I recommend this game!

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THIS 14th EDITION OF HAUNTED HOTEL BLEW MY MIND!!!

PostedMay 26, 2017

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Many establishments from around the world have a reputation of being spooky or even haunted, although most of the time it’s just a marketing scheme designed to attract tourists. Some of these stories are not complete inventions, on the other hand, at least not in terms of history. Hence, there probably are a few hotels where gruesome murders have taken place, even if the ghost parts are made up. ...Show more

Many establishments from around the world have a reputation of being spooky or even haunted, although most of the time it’s just a marketing scheme designed to attract tourists. Some of these stories are not complete inventions, on the other hand, at least not in terms of history. Hence, there probably are a few hotels where gruesome murders have taken place, even if the ghost parts are made up. That said, I am a huge fan of this creepy series. Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare is a hidden object adventure game in which you play the role of a man trying to help his mother and sister get out of a weird situation. There are quite a few horror elements waiting for you along the way and you tackle different challenges along the way. To begin with, it all starts when the main character receives a message from his mother and sister who are calling him to a hotel. Once he gets there, it turns out that the hotel in question is far from normal, especially since a very evil being owns it. Thus, you actually trade your soul when you sign for the room, which gives the demons free reign over you and puts your life in tremendous danger. The gameplay is pretty much as you expect it to be, especially if you are a hardcore fan of the genre. As such, everything revolves around being able to spot useful items around the environment, as well as using these items to solve puzzles. Although the puzzles in question are nothing too original in terms of mechanics, they can be pretty challenging sometimes. The environments are indeed nicely colored and pretty detailed, but they are also static and a tad repetitive after a point. The saving grace comes in the form of various special effects that help with the atmosphere, including short animations and overlapping images. This particular episode in the series might just scare you a bit and for me that's an added bonus. All things considered, Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare does everything right in terms of gameplay. Furthermore, the horror elements are very nicely integrated with everything else. Maybe ludiatophobia or Venatophobia won't hamper casual gamers from at least trying the demo. I thoroughly enjoy the entire game. I love all the Haunted Hotel games and have played them all. Cheers!

•Haunted Hotel
•Haunted Hotel: Believe the Lies
•Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream
•Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward
•Haunted Hotel: Eclipse
•Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane
•Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence
•Haunted Hotel: Eternity
•Haunted Hotel: Phoenix
•Haunted Hotel: The X
•Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher
•Haunted Hotel: Silent Water's
•Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth
•Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare

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I recommend this game!

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Based on completed game & details of CE content/bonus play

PostedJune 16, 2017

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fromI love how each chapter has it's own short story weaving with the main story. The bonus play was great too!

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The SE portion of the game took me 3:02 hrs.
The bonus play took me 1hr
The Secret Room took me 8 min.
TOTAL GAMEPLAY with CE bonus play was 4 hr. 10min

I play all of these games on custom mode. I complete all the HOS & try to complete the minigames but I’ll skip them if I become frustrated. I play at an average rate and run the stopwatch on my phone whenever I’m playing so it may take you ...Show more

The SE portion of the game took me 3:02 hrs.
The bonus play took me 1hr
The Secret Room took me 8 min.
TOTAL GAMEPLAY with CE bonus play was 4 hr. 10min

I play all of these games on custom mode. I complete all the HOS & try to complete the minigames but I’ll skip them if I become frustrated. I play at an average rate and run the stopwatch on my phone whenever I’m playing so it may take you more or less time.
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO MENTION:
~The main game ends quickly, but conclusively and is independent from the CE bonus ending.
~ There were some great mini games in this game. The demo has a (challenging) arial obstacle mg of a black horse and rider that was fun. Page 20 of wtg has one for James I loved, Chapter 4 has a great toy train one on pg. 25 of wtg.
~ You play in many beautiful and eerie, outdoor locations. You don't just ramble around inside the hotel rooms. One fear was loneliness. "Mountain Spiral Road" just nailed that feeling.
~ Jump scares: I LOVED these animations! Most were in the demo but they did continue right on into the bonus play. Whoever did the animation for these....just perfectly done!!! You got me, more than once!
~ RE: MAP- I didn't find this map all that easy to read quickly so I used the portal hint and the strategy guide instead if needed.
~ COLLECTABLE ROOM FOR “PHOBIAS” (ce version) Important to mention, so you don’t miss out: Be sure to enter this page every other phobia or so because there are amazing animation visuals of each phobia just before each of these collectables. It would have been cool to just click on the statue & THEN see the little animation of the fear but for some reason the animation disappears leaving just a boring statue on the shelf. The animations for the clown, drowning & heights were just so incredible. I wanted to mention it here because I was sad I missed out on a few animations until I caught on they were actually disappearing.

FAVORITE CHAPTER is #3- James’s chapter. I am such a fan of the handsome James and it was fun to see him again. We get to revisit a pinch of some prior HH in his chapter. The Axiom Butcher, Death Sentence, & The Phoenix are the ones that readily come to mind.
This game did not have replayable videos OR a diary, only a useless task list. I often play more than one game at once and one or the other of these things is so helpful. It was missed.
ABOUT BONUS PLAY-
I preferred bonus play to the demo in this game as well and glad I bought the CE right out of the gate.
The actual bonus play has 10 areas of play and of those, 6 areas are new and 4 areas we’d played in the main game. There are 4 new HOS to play and 8 new Mini games. You start out in the bonus story as Steven Blake again but luckily you find your dad George’s diary in the front yard of the hotel (what are the odds) ;) Too funny. Thankfully, it was still where he dropped it (a decade or more earlier) and not even ruined by rain! Thank goodness, because we need it to go back in time to 1931 and play some truly beautiful areas of this game in South America, Greenland, and an Egyptian themed area I loved. For Tomb Raider fans, like me, this feels like "Lara land".
CE BONUS TABS ARE: (and what they do)- A lot of these remain locked until bonus play.
Bonus play, 41 pg. in game wtg, 10 wallpapers dl to doc file, 10 dl concept art with logo, 4 music dl, replay 12 mini-games & 16 HOS, Achieve. pg., Phobia pg. (see above),Secret Room- unlocks after bonus is finished. You find multiple morphs over 4 rooms from the game and you can beat your time. It took me just shy of 8 min., PUZZLE PG is collectable page for 4 puzzles that assemble themselves. From the amount of CE's I buy from Elephant, I am willing to bet these were supposed to be 4 screensavers. Idk why they weren't all screensavers but only one of them will “SET” as a screensaver. I was really sad about that, because they were ALL such cool moving pictures. But I still love ya Elephant! I just love horses so if I could only have one of these save, they picked the right one.
SCREENSAVER: This screensaver was worth it for me to buy the CE version (w-extra play too, of course). It's of that beautiful black horse you see in the demo. He is rearing, with the headless horsemen in a beautiful woodland scene with smoke billowing from his head. AMAZING!

ABOUT THE 41pg STRATEGY GUIDE (aka-wtg)
To give you an idea of how long the bonus play is compared to the demo- the demo was 8 ¼ pgs. & bonus play was 10 pages. I’m including each chapter’s pg. amount so you can gage how much gameplay is there.
CHAP 1- Frank 8 ¼ pgs.(demo), CHAP 2- Mary 4pgs.
CHAP 3- James 5 ¼ pgs., CHAP 4- Elizabeth & Kate 8pgs
BONUS PLAY- 10 pgs., other-3 pgs.

IF YOU LIKED THIS GAME HERE ARE SOME OTHERS LIKE IT:
1. Harrowed Halls: Lakeview Lane (has keys for locked fear
doors too).
2. Sable Maze: 12 Fears (each chapter was a fear here too).
3. Bonfire Stories #1 The Gravedigger: (I had just finished
the CE to Bonfire when I bought this HH & kept
forgetting I was in a different game. It has the same
colors palette & great play/story.)

Many thanks to BFG & Elephant Games for many hours of fun and a game I will replay for sure. You keep making these CE with screensavers and I will keep buying them!  Show less

I recommend this game!

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Check in for a great game

PostedMay 27, 2017

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Was one of the Beta testers and I was waiting for this game. The art work is stunning , the audio excellent as well as the story line. I was captured immediately and really loved playing it. It is not to difficult, Experts may prefer to play it in hard-core mode.
I just can say give it a go , it is a very pleasant time killer !!

I recommend this game!

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Fearless & Fearful Choices!

PostedMay 26, 2017

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Elephant Games came through again in headless flying colors. The inevitable contract will get you in the fearful mood. I totally enjoyed playing the demo of the CE of Haunted Hotel – Personal Nightmare. I can hardly wait to finish playing this game, and I will be purchasing it ASAP. There is NOTHING that I dislike about this game. The HOS, puzzles, voice overs, graphics, music, and storyline are ...Show more

Elephant Games came through again in headless flying colors. The inevitable contract will get you in the fearful mood. I totally enjoyed playing the demo of the CE of Haunted Hotel – Personal Nightmare. I can hardly wait to finish playing this game, and I will be purchasing it ASAP. There is NOTHING that I dislike about this game. The HOS, puzzles, voice overs, graphics, music, and storyline are fearfully dead-on. I love the new twist with the headless creature, and the total suspense of it all. The game play is just right for me. Thanks Big Fish and Elephant Games for a REAL WINNER!!! Show less

I recommend this game!

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great but glitchy

PostedMay 27, 2017

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Firstly, let me say that I absolutely loved this game. Basically, as with all the other Haunted Hotel games, you got to an old hotel and, lo and behold, you end up to your neck in nasties.

This one, is all about phobias, so be warned - massive spiders all over the place. One of the storylines features characters from previous HH games - didn't recognise the judge's wife one, but did the ...Show more

Firstly, let me say that I absolutely loved this game. Basically, as with all the other Haunted Hotel games, you got to an old hotel and, lo and behold, you end up to your neck in nasties.

This one, is all about phobias, so be warned - massive spiders all over the place. One of the storylines features characters from previous HH games - didn't recognise the judge's wife one, but did the others... great fun!!

The graphics are great and the story good fun. There are morphing objects both standard morphers and phobia statues (I'm gutted I missed one and now can't go back and get it without replaying...), picture fragments in some of the 'close up' scenes. The bonus game was a decent length too.

Ok - that's the good bits. The bad bit (for me anyway), is that it froze at one point and then spontaneously shut down on me two more times. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Thanks for a Great Game Experience!

PostedMay 26, 2017

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You did not disappoint with this production! Good work!

I recommend this game!

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WHAT DO YOU FEAR?

PostedMay 25, 2017

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YOUR BOUND TO FIND OUT IN THIS, NEW GREATEST EDITION OF HAUNTED HOTEL! ELEPHANT GAMES HAS EVER CREATED! I KNEW I WOULD PURCHASE IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF DEMO!

I recommend this game!

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It gets personal!

PostedMay 27, 2017

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Love it. Played the trial for 20 minutes and was hooked. Haven't purchase or played a game in a while. This has renewed my excitement in HO games. Will purchase, have to see the ending.

I recommend this game!

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