Customer Reviews

Clive Barker Undying

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Not only is this the scariest game I have ever played, it might also be the most amazing game I have every played. Its got the whole deal: playability, variety, environment, challenge, graphics, acting (believe it or not), and scare-factor. This game continued to surprise and scare me until the last level, which was highly creative, but a little thematically incongruent with the rest of the game, but brilliant design and graphics, all the same.
The graphics detail continually amazes me, and this game is about 6 years old!
Very interesting plot, which almost unpredictable.
This game is scary as hell!
This game also scores high in the "get evil" category. Towards the end, your character is running around with a magic sythe that can decapitate two or three monsters at once, and an attack spell that summons a shrieking flaming skull from out of the ground, and when released, the skull laughs hysterically as it shoots across the room and explodes on contact. This game is fairly nuts/distrubed/twisted/bent/"completely sideways".

Well, based on the story alone this game is worth getting.
Despite the now dated graphics, it is still a far better game than the newer Clive Barkers "Jericho".
Although both games share a few familiar elements, like the main character being able to use magic and also having some skill with conventional weapons.
This is a seriously under-rated game and should not be overlooked by anyone who wants to try something new and get freaked out at the same time.
I highly recommend this to both survival horror fans and FPS shooter fans alike.
The only downside is that some people may have trouble running this on some newer PC systems.

Clive Barker's Undying is the perfect example of how a good story could be told through a first person shooter. Granted this title is about 10 years old, but it's done so well that it's as enjoyable if not better than some of the games created these days. It harkens to an age where EA games actually cared about the products that they put out. Proof is in the pudding with Clive barker's Jericho. Though it is a decent game and has all the Next Gen bells and whistles, its predecessor has leaps and bounds over it in enjoyable game play as well as storytelling. In conclusion Clive Barker's Undying is a page that many game designers should take when creating current titles.

This game has been a rollercoaster for me since purchasing it. At first, it ran way too fast. All of the movement and cutscenes seemed to run at double speed, which of course made playing the game tough. Granted, this is an old game, and running it on a newer system with dual CPUs proved to be too much. Finally, I realized that setting the affinity to one CPU enabled the game to run properly. I have not finished the game, but it presents with a great atmosphere, (although a little campy), and has generally been a solid FPS for me so far. You must take into account that this is an old game and can't stand up to Crysis, Bioshock or the like, but if you like retro games like me, this is a good, solid pick up, just make sure you're able to run it properly on your system.

This is in my top 3 ultimate games. By far the most undersold game of it's caliber. A real sleeper at the time of release. I was fortunate to give it a shot 8 years ago and have played it through a half dozen times over the years. Fantastic story, graphics work well, Charactors are amazing, atmosphere true horror. I can't rave enough about the dual handed magic/weapon ability. Shooting ectoplasm or a number of other spells while blasting with a shotgun is a good time. Everything is perfect.
There is a way to check an option in the properties so this will run on a PC with XP better. Something that allows you to click to play in 98 or something. Can't recall specifics, but I did that and had no issue running it on XP. I really really wish they would release this one exactly the same except with modern day graphics. Can't imagine what an amazing game that would be then.

I just bought the DVD version of Undying because I sold my first game.
So,I installed it,but found it wouldn't run using XP,so I used the compatibility mode thing and am running it on Windows98. Works great.
Now,for the scared-silly part: This is the creepiest game I have ever played. The music,soundFX,visuals and especially those nasty howlers are absolutely perfect for inducing fear.I jumped out of my skin a few times when the howlers were after me,just like I did when I played it in 2001. Then there is the underground place overrun with skeletons. For some reason,maybe because of the atmosphere of creepiness that runs in high-gear throughout the game,the monsters in this game are so much more terrifying than any other game of its ilk that I have played. I suppose it's also the way they sound,or breathe,or surprise you at every turn.
Anyway..if you love being scared silly,this is the game for you.

I read somewhere that this game was better than Jericho. Well, Jericho's graphics and game play are spectacular; this game is not. Undying seems to only play on XP while Jericho will play on Windows Vista and Windows 7. I played it for a short while and it was reminiscent of Nosferatu.