'What Game Scared You?' Developer Q&A

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Written by BuckGB on October 31st, 2005

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Matt Zimmitti - Tilted Mill: To throw in my two cents I'd have to say that the (Haunted Hotel) level of Troika's Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines has some of the creepiest gameplay moments I've experienced in a long time. It's a wonderfully crafted level that starts with tons of cheap but effective gags (falling chandelier, picture falling off the wall). Over time it builds up to a much more serious tone with phantasms appearing just for a moment as you turn to look where a strange sound came from, etc. When you finally make it to the basement and find a newspaper with a gruesome headline ("Child's Severed Head Found in Hotel Laundry Room!") you realize that you have more than just some run-on-the-mill Scooby Doo mystery on your hands.

Going back and playing the game again with other characters, I always rush through that level as fast as I can even though I already know what is going to happen. Good stuff.

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