Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Reviews

Appallingly awful - spent ages setting things up, then ended abruptly in a ridiculous way that bore no relation to anything that had happened up to that point. Voice acting ranged from average (main character) to laughably bad (hotel manager).

Ok, so after lots and lots of hours I basically just gave up. I liked the solving puzzles and figuring things out, but it was like the old days of the game Mist where you just didn't know what the heck to do next. Basically just guess your way through stuff. I mean, I guess it would recommend it since it actually was a challenge at times and pretty fun looking around. I never beat the game and wish the clues were a little more obvious. This game would be awesome if it had seamless loading. But I guess they decided to made every room a scene or something. One more thing though. I thought the voice acting was trolling the player at time especially the voice acting of the main hotel manager guy. It was pretty weird how they did the voice acting, not really sure what to ever say about it. Give it a shot and maybe you'll get farther than I did.

After reading all the bad reviews here, I had my doubt about this game and it took me quite a while to finally play it. The English voice acting is terrible, that's for sure. But if you speak Russian or German, there are very good voiceovers there! The game has an ambience similar to the Agatha Christie games by The Adventure Company, so I felt immediately at home in the creepy mountain hotel. The graphics are amazing and leave an impression. The only thing i can really criticise on this one is that it could be longer and the story better developed. However, I think the bad reviews are unjust, it is definitely worth your time if you are into classic adventure games.

There are a few negative moments with this game like, some of the voice acting. But If you do like puzzle solving and classic point a click games, than give this one a try. These classic type of games are few and between. I feel that some people weren't giving this one a better chance. Story line is pretty simply, you are a detective solving a possible murder. Characters in game are some what interesting, but will get boring after awhile talking to them. And the setting in game could have been worked on more. Breakdown - Graphics: 2/5, sound 3/5, fun factor 3/5, difficulty 3/5, controls 4/5.

[h1] Information / Review English [/h1] Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a classic point-and-click adventure game developed by Electronic Paradise. [h1] Gameplay / Story [/h1] The story briefly explained: A police officer is called to a remote mountain hotel by an urgent call and finds the body of a tenant. Everyone present is suddenly suspicious. In this hotel, something else seems to be wrong. You move in the classic point-and-click manner from A to B, examining objects, combining objects or talking to other people in order to gain new knowledge . [h1] Pro [/h1] + hand-drawn locations + interesting idea [h1] Contra [/h1] - dull soundtrack - boring story - poor implementation - too many, long ways - no help with the solution [h1] Conclusion [/h1] Unfortunately, Dead Mountaineer's Hotel doesn't promise what the developers promised. I cannot make a recommendation for the game. [h1] Information / Review Deutsch [/h1] Dead Mountaineer's Hotel ist ein klassisches Point-und-Click-Adventure, welches von Electronic Paradise entwickelt wurde. [h1] Gameplay / Geschichte [/h1] Die Geschichte kurz erklärt: Ein Polizist wird per Eilanruf in ein abgelegenes Berghotel gerufen und findet den Leichnam eines Mieters. Jeder der Anwesenden ist plötzlich verdächtig. In diesem Hotel, scheint aber noch irgend etwas anderes nicht mit rechten Dingen zuzugehen.. Dabei bewegt man sich im klassischen Point-und-Click Manier von A nach B untersucht Gegenstände, kombiniert Objekte oder spricht mit anderen Personen, um an neue Kenntnisse zu gelangen. [h1] Pro [/h1] + handgezeichnete Schauplätze + interessante Idee [h1] Kontra [/h1] - fader Soundtrack - langweilige Geschichte - schlechte Umsetzung - zu viele,lange Wege - keine Hilfe bei der Lösung [h1] Fazit [/h1] Dead Mountaineer's Hotel verspricht leider nicht das, was die Entwickler versprochen hatten. Ich kann für das Spiel keine Empfehlung aussprechen.

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a game based on the novel of the same name by the Strugatsky brothers, the generally pretty great Russian sci-fi authors who also wrote books like Roadside Picnic, which was the basis of the movie which was in turn the basis of the STALKER series. I've never read this particular book, but I figured anything related to them couldn't possibly turn out that bad. I was horribly wrong, but I don't need to tell you that, because I doubt anyone was actually planning on buying this game to begin with. But I'm going to go over it anyways because I need a therapeutic rant session to recover from playing it. The first thing you'll notice within five seconds of starting the game is that the voice acting is absolutely terrible. Just listen to the opening dialogue of the game, and you'll see what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYvubs4MQs . Well, actually the first thing you'll notice is that despite originally releasing in 2007 the game only runs in one resolution, and it's 1024 x 768 and cannot be changed, but still. There are one or two actors who border on decent, but for the most part the game sounds as if they hired a bunch of bums off the street and paid them in bread to do the voice acting for the game. It's kind of hilarious, and was mainly what kept me playing through the game, but it also made the story impossible to take seriously. Luckily, there really isn't much story. Again, I've never read the novel this was based off of, but I highly doubt it went quite like this. You spent the first four or five hours of the game doing absolutely nothing relevant to the plot, mainly involving stupid puzzles like helping the hotel owner fix the room service call system that never gets used again, or choosing a dinner from various categories that doesn't cause the other guests to laugh at your choice (I don't know why having too many vegetables in your meal is grounds for making you redo a "puzzle", but what do I know?), or playing billiards with another character that isn't even really a puzzle so much as just a billiards flash game implanted into the game. Then in the last 20 minutes or so of the game the story finally starts, you talk to each of the hotel's residents, and then it ends, and the game explains the story to you. As you might have gathered from that last bit, the store page is pretty misleading. It mentions "15+ hours of gameplay", but I finished it in less than 6 and I can't imagine it taking 15 hours unless you just get lost in the unnecessarily large hotel. The store page also makes it seem as if the hotel guests have AI routines and go about their own lives, hinting at a system something like how Deadly Premonition's characters go about their day, but the game doesn't have any sort of time system and the characters just move from place to place as you solve the puzzles like in any adventure game. I used to think RunAway was the worst point-and-click adventure game I'd ever played, but I'm not sure if anything will ever top this one.

Yes this game has some of the worst voice acting you will ever hear. Yes the movement is clunky. Yes it's often difficult to exit from screen to screen. Yes you will sometimes have music suddenly kick in with no explanation, reason or context. And YES I BLOODY LOVE THIS GAME!!!! So sorry if you think every game should look like Call of Duty, or be as slick as Life Is Strange. Maybe stick to a handful of very limited AAA titles, yeah? Leave the gaming to actual gamers. Dead Mountaineer's Hotel has a great story, often great atmosphere and is just plain weird. What's not to love. Sit yourself down, grab a cuppa and let the story wash over you as you play through some glorious clunkiness.

I played this game on Windows 7 so my experience might be different to some. I actually enjoyed it, in spite of all it's quirks. The scenery and the hotel were beautiful , even though a bit empty, with very little with which to interact . The characters are all very different . They modernly included a gender ambivalent character but then made the female characters absurdly massively bosomed(this latter, I guess, to entertain the stereotypical male player) It's a classic point and click game which is something many people don't take into account. Yes some puzzles were annoying; for example, the pool/snooker game . I, like many others players, could NOT win this (which one has to, the obtain a certain ending)in spite of trying over and over and over...lol However it was possible to play on, to an ending which was ok. I do recommend it if you can get it to play on your computer... Ohh meant to add, there is a VERY helpful notebook, map(very valuable...one gets it from looking at the map on the wall behind the check in desk) and character ID

Started off good but went awful towards the end due to game breaking bugs and glitches. The game builds up a story in suspense for a while, then it just ends abruptly with an awful ending that doesn't explain what happened in the game. Don't buy, would not recommend. 3/10 Pros: Nice music Nice graphics for when the game was made The suspense Some of the puzzles Cons: The awful voice acting Bugs/glitches later on in the game The dialogue Slow movement Some objects being almost impossible to find The amount of walking around to advance to the next part of the game The unrealistic physics in one of the puzzles will make you want to pull your hair out The ending

A game that covers the spectrum. I had read the reviews and wasn't expecting much, but when I saw the game on sale for less than 4 dollars I thought I would give it a go. I am glad I did. Some aspects of this game are really great, others are awful. The artwork is fabulous and it helps the game exude atmosphere. It reminded me of 'Evil Under the Sun' with a bit of 'Black Mirror 1' and 'Syberia' thrown in, but in the mountains. The hotel was a dream to explore as it is huge and would be a fantastic place to stay. I loved the short sections outside, with the snow falling. The artists did a fab job. Difficulty is not too tough. I only needed to check a walkthrough once, when I couldn't fathom how to lure the owner out of his office. Kaisa is certainly very cute. The music is lovely for the most part, though a couple of horrendous rock pieces come in at odd moments and not just when entering the room of a particular character. Gameplay is ok, with a clear changing cursor. Now for the bad. The story is a real slow boiler, which is a good thing as it sets the scen beautifully and allows us to get to know the characters. However, when the main events finally happen, the story just ends. I had the most nonsensical ending to a game ever and though there are different endings none make a lot of sense, with an absolutely ridiculous twist at the end. So the game takes a good few hours to brew and then when something big finally happens, it ends. Crazy. It is like the developers suddenly lost interest to continue the plot. The translation is poor, though understandable. Sometimes it appears that characters give a comnpletely different answer to the question being asked. The voicees being better than the inaccurate subtitles. It's crazy that the developers didn't get someone who can understand proper English to check the translation. The character voices range from ok (the main character, Kaisa, and Olga) to horrendously bad (Alec, for instance). Also the voices are obviously done with the actor not having a clue as to the context in which they are supposed to be said. A basic error. So, I am going to recommend this title as parts of this game are very enjoyable indeed, though the ridiculously abrupt and silly ending ruins the experience in the end.