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It
has to be said that the game has some ghoulish touches
which do add to the atmosphere. As you play, the number
of victims is displayed at the top of the screen and
occasionally someone passes you by carrying 'a fresh
supply of meathooks'. This is all very confusing until
you stumble into the larder and discover a whole row
of maids strung up on the aforesaid hooks. Ugh....
The
game is quite tricky to solve. Most of the characters
will offer help of some kind or another, but it can't
always be relied upon. Marie Curie, for example, blotted
her copybook as far as I was concerned by suggesting
I drink a potion which then turned out to be sulphuric
acid.
Unfortunately, atmosphere is about all this game has
to offer. The location descriptions are pathetically
short for a disk-based game, and there are unbearable
delays while the program processes your inputs. If these
delays were caused by disk accesses, resulting in rich
and lengthy descriptions, I might be able to live with
them, but they're not.
As
a tape-based game this program would look pretty sparse,
and it's certainly not a good reason to rush out and
buy a disk drive. Even if you've already got one, you
should think twice before parting with the necessary
£12.95.
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