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Blair Witch Episode 1: Rustin Parr 1941

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What a wonderful addition to the growing multimedia experience in the Blair Witch Saga!

Blair Witch- Rustin Parr adds a more indepth look into the events surrounding the Rustin Parr murders of 7 Burkitsville children. As special government agent Doc Holliday, you investigate Burkittsville, discovering more and more about Parr and the evil that infests the woods and the town.

But that's hardly the half of it. Combine spectacular effects such as chilling sounds, a creepy 3D enviorment, the Blair Witch hoopla, and a wild imagination (oh yeah, a fast processor and unfortunately a chunk of memory come in handy to), Blair Witch 1 will have you almost as intrigued as you will be spooked.

I recommend playing it at night with the lights off. It really adds effect. This tinge of mood in the air is lost during the day obviously.

Can't wait for the next 2 games in the series to come out! BW 1: Rustin Parr hopefully atests to the fulfillment in a heart thumping gaming experience with the next two in the series!

Part One of a Trilogy hatched by Gathering of Developers, Rustin Parr is a game developed by the same guys responsible for bringing us Nocturne. Lets start with the review then:

Story: Rustin Parr murdered 5 children in a town called Burkitsville. After killing and mutilating the bodies, he walks backs to town claiming "it's complete now..." Ms. Halliday, a member of Spookhouse (from Nocturne), is assigned to investigate the supernatural link to the murders.

Gameplay: Gameplay is like Nocturne too but this one has a lot more puzzle solving a more involving storyline. Gameplay is done on a third person view. There's a lot of action involved too. You're armed with regular guns and rifles and the more specialized Spectral Pulse Sensor- a device which tracks spectral emanations. Action is tense since it usually revolves around "surprises" like monsters suddenly jumping out of windows, or ghosts popping out of your bathroom when you open the door. Unlike other adventure games where you see the enemy ahead of you. This one relies on a complete shock heart attack way of bringing in the enemies to you.

Environment/ambiance I must say is the best quality of this game. It's just so creepy. A lot of the creepiness has to do with the sound effects and the music. You'll hear voices wailing, you'll hear thunder and lighting randomly. The sound drops to a silence and then suddenly you hear the crack of lighting and thunder. I must say I dropped my mouse several times whenever this happened. Spooky. Very spooky.

Graphics: How do I describe it. Looks exactly like Nocturne. It's 2D pre-rendered background and the character is 3D. Most of the areas are quite dark but it adds so much quality and game experience into it.

System Requirements: Since this was built on the Nocturne engine, the user has to have a powerful system, at least PIII600 with a 32mb video card. Anything less, and this game will stutter all night long. NOcturne engine is notorious for hogging so much system resources and as such this game has it too. Low end computer users should stay away from this game. Mid and High end users will enjoy the graphic benefits of the engine.

Overall: Blair Witch Rustin Parr is a good gaming experience. It's not your Resident Evil type of game because this one has more depth and of course better voice acting. The environment/ambiance level is top-notch. I've never played a game as spooky and as creepy as this one. Try using a pair of headphones with the lights off while playing this game and you'll know what I mean. This game is not recommended for people with heart conditions.

This is a good buy.

After having just played the very interesting demo, I must say this game is going to be very good if it is like this. While I had my doubts the Nocturne engine is perfect for giving a dark and moody setting that this game needs, along with the frighteningly scary sound effects and graphics. Although originally the Nocturne engine required high specs like the person below said, they are modifying the engine for this game to make it less demanding. Overall it should be an interesting experience, and you can't beat the price. Download the demo and see what I mean.

You can pick up all three games, along with both movies and a stickman necklace for around $7 (used, of course). Just run a search for The Blair Witch Experience in DVDs.

I purchased the first two volumes of the Blair Witch game series and while I am impressed with the graphics and gameplay, the programs themselves leave alot to be desired. Both games were playable to a certain point and then a bug would come into play. The game would crash, and I am left frustrated. Going on the developers website revealed no patches, but reading the past chat forums told me I am not the only one with the crashing problem and there are other gamers who are equally frustrated. I seldom buy PC games but since I am a fan of the "survival-horror" genre I gave them a try. However, with the problems I have experienced with these two I understand now why the typical gaming platforms i.e Playstation, Nintendo, etc, are far more popular then the PC. Which is a shame because the power a PC has to offer is much more substantial. But since I have never been playing a Playstation game and had it shut down on me in the middle of play, I think that is what I'll stick to.....

I've had the three Blair Witch computer games ever since I bought The Blair Witch Experience set several years ago, but I've never really taken any of them for a spin until now. Given the pathetic nature of the second movie, I had to wonder what kind of content might be stretched across three whole games. The Rustin Parr case makes a natural choice for the first volume, as it's really the most visceral and disturbing part of the fictional Blair Witch legend. You all remember Rustin Parr - the guy who killed seven kids in his basement, walked to Burkittsville to announce he was finally finished, and testified that the Blair Witch made him do it. You don't actually get to meet Rustin Parr in this game, but you do sort of follow in his footsteps.

In many ways, so they say, this is a sequel to Nocturne. It uses the Nocturne engine and borrows the character of Elspeth "Doc" Holliday, a sort of pre-X-files agent investigating weird stuff for the "Spookhouse." After a rather annoying but somewhat helpful tutorial-type workout at home base, you (as Holliday) are dispatched to Burkittsville to see if there's anything to the whole Blair Witch story or not. It's 1941, just after Parr's arrest, and you have to explore the town, interview townsfolk, and - of course - explore the dark forests where evil is said to lurk. The locals are rather tight-lipped and pretty darn lacking in personality, and your contact with them mostly consists of cut scenes - so there's not much challenge there. You'll spend most of your time in the forest, which can be rather mazelike. I don't know why computer game makers think we enjoy wandering around lost in a maze so much, but there you go.

You do get to kill things, though. Since you can't go around shooting the residents of Burkittsville (unfortunately), the game makers came up with the idea of zombies, wild dogs, and stick creatures wandering the forests. It's quite a stretch, really, as the whole Blair Witch thing sort of fades into the background of ancient Indian folklore (as recounted by a strange Indian living in the dark forest). Clearly, gameplay and story depth are not this game's major strengths.

What makes the game interesting and, in its own little way, somewhat impressive is the atmosphere provided by the Nocturne engine. The look of the game is quite effective, as are the sounds. As you walk through the forest, your ears are treated to the sounds of the leaves crunching under your feet and the eerie sounds of children's voices somewhere off in the distance (some of whom are calling for help), while ghost-like images of children as well as beasts pop in and out of your sight. The creepiness multiplies when you get the chance to explore the infamous Parr house, where shadows of children suddenly appear in the corners before fading away before your very eyes. None of this is going to make you start calling for your Mommy, but there is a definite level of creepiness to this otherwise bland gaming experience.

In the end, though, the lack of challenging gameplay (and all the ridiculous wandering around in the forest trying to find your way) trumps the creepy atmosphere. There's just too little to do, with too little payoff for your time and effort. Different camera angles make for awkward control at times, and the third-person perspective keeps you from really being drawn into the action. The ending is particularly blasé, and so it is that I must declare The Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr a decidedly average gaming experience.

Now before you past judgement on this game because of the title, just listen to what is said and give it a try. The story fits beautifully in 1930's, the game play is resident evilish with different camera angles to give it that feeling that something is around the corner........ because it probably is. The game play is excellent as long as you learn the controls. But every game is like that.

All I can say is if you loved or liked The blair witch (1,2) then this game is a given, if you didn't but still like games of horror then you will still enjoy this game. Trust me. The children of Burkitsville trusted Rustin Barr.

My first impressions of this game were NOT good. The training thing [is] real bad, but its worth it in the end!! This is a very scary game! I thought Resident Evil 2 was good, and it is... but, this is the iceing on the cake. I think that this did very well in tying in the blair witch theory's. There were not made up stories... everything is fact from the books and the movie. I reccomend this not only to lovers of the film, But horror film lovers and game lovers also. Once again... your first impression may not be good but it won't last long! I took a star off for the basic reasons that it takes quite awhile to master the movements and is a little too hard a little too soon. Other than that, BUY IT!

Rustin Parr is a pretty alright game....Play it in the dark, at night, and I guarantee a scare... It does take up alot of hard disk space, though.... The whole game loads onto your hard drive, so do like I did....install it, take it back for a refund, and play til your heart's content...for free.. It is a pretty good game though....I never played nocturne....Overall, a game worth playing, especially if you are a Blair witch fan.

I have played many horror games and definately feel that "blairwitch 1" scores heavy over other horror games.the game is set on the 1941 legend of rustin parr who had murdered 7 children and claimed he had done it for a ghostwoman.the excellent atmosphere and graphics make this game realy spooky.though it doesnt have the best controls,it is a must buy for horror and blairwitch fans like me.i would rate it much higher than the other two blairwitch games.so if u want to visit burkitsville woods,this is definatelty the east way...