Nosferatu (PC)

RRP £19.99 Lowest New Price £1.49

Mindscape Release date: Friday 14th of May 2004 Manfacturer maximum age: 216 Manfacturer minimum age: 180 months

RRP: £19.99
An interesting experiment.
Review date: 2007-09-19 Rating: 6 out of 10

Nosferatu is a first person shooter. The basic concept of the game involves you trudging around a castle, freeing your friends, and destroying vampires. But there's a HUGE twist. Every time you play the game, core sections of the castle are "randomly generated", and therefore the layout is rather different every time you play it. The visuals aren't incredible, but they do the job, as does the audio design. The main draw, of course, is the unique level design. However there's a big negative: a very strict time-limit, preventing much exploration, and the main reason I've given Nosferatu 3/5. But a good 3, verging on 4.

So for horror fans, go and play Clive Barker's Undying, and Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines first. If you've caned both as much as I have, you may then find some fun in this game. It's nothing special, but it's certainly above average.