Prisoner of Ice
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| Studio | Infogrames | ||
| Publisher | Infogrames | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1995 | ||
| platform | DOS , Linux , Mac OS , PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Windows | ||
| genre | Adventure | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Mouse , keyboard | ||
| medium | CD-ROM , download | ||
| language | German English | ||
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Prisoner of Ice is a in 1995 for MS-DOS published graphic adventure of Infogrames , the HP Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu Mythos based.
action
January 1937. The young Lieutenant Ryan is on board the British submarine HMS Victoria, with the task of delivering two boxes previously seized by the Nazis . On the way to its destination, the submarine is attacked by a German destroyer. A fire, which was started by the attack on board, encloses one of the boxes and thus thaws a previously frozen being that attacks the crew members. Ryan manages to lock the creature in and send out a distress call. Back on the mainland, the protagonist sets out to find out what connections the Nazis and the creature have. His path leads him to the Falkland Islands , Buenos Aires , Germany and finally to the city of Innsmouth (here Illsmouth), which is known from the novels .
Game principle and technology
Prisoner of Ice is a point-and-click adventure game. From Sprites composite characters act before hand-drawn, some animated scenes. The sprites were created using actors filmed using the motion capturing process, so that the movements appear lifelike despite a rather small number of animation steps. The player can use the mouse to move his character through the locations and use the mouse buttons to initiate actions that allow the character to interact with his environment. Lieutenant Ryan can find objects and apply them to the environment or other objects and communicate with NPCs . As the story progresses, more locations will be unlocked.
Production notes
Prisoner of Ice is the successor to the 1993 adventure game Shadow of the Comet , also published by Infogrames . The game can be played either in VGA (resolution 320 × 200) or in SVGA mode (resolution 640 × 480). In 1997, implementations for PlayStation and Sega Saturn appeared exclusively in the Japanese-speaking region . In 1998 there was a re-release for Microsoft Windows. In 2015, a version of the game that ran on modern operating systems was published via the Steam and GOG distribution platforms .
reception
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The Power Play was, Prisoner of Ice is "technically on the amount of time," and praised graphics and animations as well as "some genius" soundtrack. The magazine criticized the cliché story, partly illogical puzzles and the less complex gameplay. The specialist magazine Adventure Corner highlighted in a retrospective that the criticisms of the predecessor Shadow of the Comet had largely been implemented. The magazine praised the plot, atmosphere and setting of the game and criticized a relatively short playing time and undemanding puzzles.
Web links
- Prisoner of Ice at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AdventureCorner.de: Prisoner of Ice. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Power Play 7/95: Cold Feet: Prisoner of Ice. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .