New 'Haunted Mansion' game info

StarscreamLSU

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May 12, 2003 - Eddie Murphy. TDK. A movie-based license. The combination of these three elements is as inspiring as a soggy taco. While each ingredient by itself doesn't necessarily spell disaster, put together in this age-old formula for failure, it almost certainly does spell doom. Will TDK beat the movie-to-game rap? Can this game ascend above the box-shaped movie-based game, which is actually based on a Disneyland ride? It's a tall order, but you never can tell.

Based on the movie The Haunted Mansion, which in turn is based on the Disneyland ride, The Haunted Mansion, the motion picture stars Eddie Murphy as a workaholic real estate agent. He's got an idea. He drags his family to a new home, the Gracey mansion, with the aim of redeveloping it into a spanking new condo complex. You probably have already guessed that the house isn't empty. Yep, it's packed like sardines in a tin with 999 ghosts, all of whom are ed off about this so-called renovation. Which makes renovation kinda tough.

In development with High Voltage, whose resume includes dozens of games (including Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626 and the upcoming Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward), Haunted Mansion looks to hang its genre hat in the action-platform arena. Players take on the role of of a slightly different character for the game and explore the Mansion, unveiling clues to the mystery of the house, secret passageways, and freeing the souls of 999 ghosts. Your goal is to free all 999 before you become one yourself.

TDK's game is based on the movie of the ride, so players are sure to see those treasures they first experienced as a kid (or as a parent of a kid), from the evil descending foyer with the transforming pictures to the ghost-filled dining room to the spooky cemetery and more. At the very least, TDK's game is certainly going to be interesting, and at most it may indeed beat the movie-license rap with a clever, inspired game.

We'll let you know as soon as our inner demons allow us.
 

StarscreamLSU

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Yeah... a few...

I played a little of the game, although the build was really early. Plays similar to Luigi's Mansion in terms of exploration, but has a heavy puzzle element. I was pretty happy with what I saw so far. The game has more to do with the ride than the movi, and the rep said they were trying to get as close to the Mansion experience as possible, while still making the game interesting and fun. He said that they used floorplans and blue prints from the Mansion, also obtained some documents on some of the happy haunts from WDI (yes, he really said "happy haunts"). They didn't release much on the story, but it was hinted at that the red haired guy was a Gracey.

Just hope it turns out well.

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DMC-12

It's HarmonioUS, NOT HarmoniYOU.
What game systems will this be for? :confused:

*edit* Nevermind... i saw it in your TDK thread below* :)

Also... the links are not working for me :(
 

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