The 11th Hour

by Virgin Interactive

Product Features

• Search through 22 rooms of a decaying mansion to find your missing girlfriend
• Difficult puzzles, games and quests
• Riveting story told in cinematic form
• Intense macabre storyline
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002S7U0
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9 x 1.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 1, 1996
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,226 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #95 in Video Games > Mac Games > Action
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

It's been nearly 70 years since the close of the macabre story of the popular game, The 7th Quest. It seems that your girlfriend (Robin Morales, a television reporter) has gone back to the Stauf Mansion to investigate. In the meantime, you receive a package in the mail and realize that your love is about to come upon grave danger. Play as Carl Denning, the hero whose job it is to conquer the wicked spirit of legendary toy maker, Henry Stauf. Difficult puzzles and challenging quests will put your skills to the test. A feature-length, powerfully graphic video is woven throughout the game making this one of the most cinematically exciting games the renowned developers at Trilobite have created to date.

Product Description

Product Description From the Manufacturer It's been nearly 70 years since the close of the macabre story of the popular game, The 7th Quest. It seems that your girlfriend (Robin Morales, a television reporter) has gone back to the Stauf Mansion to investigate. In the meantime, you receive a package in the mail and realize that your love is about to come upon grave danger. Play as Carl Denning, the hero whose job it is to conquer the wicked spirit of legendary toy maker, Henry Stauf. Difficult puzzles and challenging quests will put your skills to the test. A feature-length, powerfully graphic video is woven throughout the game making this one of the most cinematically exciting games the renowned developers at Trilobite have created to date. Product Description This software is BRAND NEW. Packaging may differ slightly from the stock photo above. Please click on our logo above to see over 15,000 titles in stock.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I FINISHED IT! I WON, I WON!, November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 11th Hour (CD-ROM)

Oh Stauf, you rascal. I came to rescue a dicey damsel and you threw your worst at me. Granted, I'm no Eistein. Yet, I won. I beat you through mazes and puzzles and mockery and sarcasm. Come back. I'll be waiting! Terrific 3D-game with many progressive challenges to taunt you, goad you, and lure you into finding a way out of the Stauf Mansion. You don't have to blow your thumb trying to shoot someone, no where to do that. This game is scary and contagious. Enjoy! We did and still do. The challenging puzzles are capable of being revisited after you finish with the demonic toymaker Stauf. This game is not for young children.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A creepy--and tough!--return to Stauf Mansion!, November 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 11th Hour (CD-ROM)

Lots of cool FMV (with mostly good acting, even!) makes the story really unfold as you progress. The two levels of problems to solve (solving the riddles, and solving the puzzles) keep the player from getting fed up with one or the other--most times, if you're tired of riddles, there's a puzzle you can work on, or vice-versa. Plus, this time around, you get the feeling that Stauf is really out to get you--his taunts seem to have just a little more barb to them that makes you nervous....

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Convoluted, June 23, 2005

By 

J. Birchell "vitellioscarpia" (Anchorage, AK, US) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The 11th Hour (CD-ROM)

I greatly enjoyed the 7th Guest. Its sequel, The 11th Hour, is not bad, but it's not very good either. On the plus side, the graphics and the music are just as creepy and cool. On the minus side, the plot is just too stupid, and the extra puzzle elements make the game too convoluted. In the 7th guest, the plot (although not the greatest) was creepy and entertaining, and held the game together. In the 11th hour, there are some elements that are so unbelievable even horror, mystery and intrigue can't account for them (example: somebody gets raped by a house: THAT'S JUST DUMB).
The actual gameplay is also unecessarily convoluted. In the 7th Guest, you solved the puzzles to open more doors, where you could solve more, and open more, until you've been able to solve the puzzle that will take you to the end of the game. The plot elements emerged around the house as a natural part of this process. In the 11th Hour, there are actually two different goals: you have to play the word-clue puzzles to unravel the plot, but you have to play Stauf's puzzles in the House to open doors and get to where you need to go. Perhaps this was an attempt to make sure the plot was revealed "sequentially." In any case, it makes the game less enjoyable, with the word-clues seeming kind of like nagging errands which distract you from the meat of the game.
Final verdict? Play it if you have the chance to borrow it from af friend, or if you have a buddy you can play it with. But don't pay money for it.