Scratches – PC
Nucleosys are working on Scratches, a mystery adventure game for the PC with Gothic horror undertones, claimed to be brimming with eerie twists and terrifying surprises. Set in and around a solitary Victorian mansion concealing a terrible secret, a long since forgotten story from the past emerges to haunt the present. Publishers Got Game reckon Scratches is “a careful combination of inventory-based and deductive-style puzzles, integrated with a riveting storyline, non-linear gameplay, intricately detailed graphics, and an entrancing sound track.” Sounds good to us!
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Click for larger imageAccording to Got Game, you play the part of famed horror writer, Michael Arthate. You arrive at Blackwood Manor, your newly acquired home, an old Victorian house lost in the outskirts of a small English market town. While the ominous weather bodes of darker days, you are initially charmed by this peaceful and quiet place. The pleasant stillness is soon broken, however, as the rooms of this exquisite mansion speak of past events, their tales echoing through its walls. As the odd noises in the basement grow ever louder, you set about solving your sanctuary's long-held mystery.
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Click for larger imageIsolated by a washed out road, and in search of clues, you delve into every dark corner of the mansion and its untended grounds via a point-and -click interface. Examining, probing, and hunting your way through musty rooms, an overrun greenhouse, a sinister chapel, and a forbidding crypt, your investigation deepens, and you slowly become aware of one terrifying fact: you are not alone.
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Click for larger image"We believe the adventure genre is a powerful vehicle to establish an important and very unique connection between the player and the makers," said Agustin Cordes, Nucleosys co-founder. "Got Game Entertainment has been extremely supportive of the adventure community and Nucleosys is very pleased to work with Got Game to bring 'Scratches' to North America."
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Click for larger imageIt all sounds pretty cool eh? Let’s hope they can sort out a European publisher too.
