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• gamedeal user

  Dec 5, 2016

  Impressive, still. I played this game back when it first came out, beat it, and have not played it since. This game left such an impression on me as a child/teen that I would think about it randomly as the years passed by. I found this game here and knew I had to get it. Still has its charm and is very playable today. Great game, do yourself a favor and get it, you wont be dissapointed.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 20, 2020

  This is a conditional recommendation, because I can see younger or more "modern" gamers not being thrilled with the more dated aspects of this game. There is a strong nostalgia factor for people that have played it before and I can see it having appeal for anyone who either enjoyed the old-school FMV/point-and-click games of the mid-90s, or who's discovering some retro games for the first time. For me, having played this not long after it came out, it was a creepy stroll down memory lane. The story is a lot of fun and the FMVs, although cheesy in parts with hit-or-miss acting, are still great to watch. The music and sound works well with the ambiance and the occasional Latin chanting, although admittedly cliché, fits just fine with the mood of the story. Puzzles are generally not terribly difficult if you explore around, examine everything you can, and talk to everyone you can (multiple times if necessary). While I'm not sure it's worth the full $9.99 price tag, given its age and dated elements, I would say grabbing it on sale would be worth it for certain. Some helpful troubleshooting if you do decide to play this: The "black lines" issue in the movie cuts can be solved by going to options and changing "Movie Detail" to "ON" which improves the quality a lot, although it doesn't increase the size of the movie window. The problem with alt-tabbing freezing the game into tiny windowed mode is easily solved by hitting Alt+Enter to force it to return to full screen. There is no Steam Overlay but I had no reason to want it. The inventory "examine" function is a little wonky as items rotate VERY quickly, but using quick clicks allowed me to still view the items. Only one or two items require interaction in the "examine" pane, and I was still able to do what I needed with them after some careful fast clicks. Save often, as you can move your bookmark to wherever you are at any time. I only encountered one glitch in the game, which only happened twice through almost 7 hours of play, but it froze the cursor and necessitated a forced quit and lost my progress. If you simply save the game after cutscenes and puzzles (not a bad idea in any game, really), you won't have to repeat anything should you run into a cursor glitch. Overall, worth a replay for nostalgia gamers and worth a first play for anyone who enjoys old-school games that isn't picky about dated elements. This was a groundbreaking game at the time it came out!
• gamedeal user

  Sep 15, 2016

  i love this game so much i played it all the time too when i was alot younger and im 31 now and still love it alot, such beautiful graphics and etc and its so much fun to play and never gets old its the best old sierra classic game ever made, roberta williams did an amazin job.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 30, 2016

  I took a chance on this one and I'm glad that this worked for me as I'm running it on my Win 10 x64 Enterprise/I7-6700K/32gb RAM/GTX 1080 PC. I never did have a chance to play this growing up but its an FMV game like the 7th Guest without the 7th Guest type puzzles. You're playing as the female protagonist, basically exploring and picking up items and clues to uncover the mystery behind the mansions previous inhabitants and the supernatural ongoings of your environment. It's reminiscent of the game Scratches or the Crown series but with dated full motion cinematics. The music composition definitely complements it's horror themed atmosphere. Overall, it's a nostalgia invoking story-driven point and click FMV game that may or may not be worth the asking price of $9.99. I like it so far.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 5, 2020

  what in god's name did i just play
• gamedeal user

  Mar 10, 2021

  This Steam Games Cut Scenes Are Terrible. I Had The CD Version Which Played Normal. Good Game Though.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 4, 2016

  This is one of the BEST computer games ever made! Yes, it's from the 1990's, very dated by games of todays standards, to but to this day it's one of my all time favourite computer games! You take on the role of a young lady as you start to settle into your new life with your husband in your new home. But the new house you have moved into is full of mystery and also houses an evil that will really shake things up! I originally bought this game on it's first release. It came on seven discs! But when I sat down to play it, I just couldn't stop!! I am delighted to see it on Steam and will be playing it for many more years to come. If you a very intriguing, very compelling, very scary interactive horror story, Phantasmagoria is the game you want!!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 19, 2018

  oh the memories. Im 36 years old as of writing this review, but I was 12 or 13 when I first discovered this game and lemme tell you it had a huge impact on my life. The FMV craze of the early 90's was short lived and almost universally panned, but I was in awe of the ability to see and control real people on real video instead of a mess of blurry pixels and horrible 16 bit audio. There was amazing CD quality sound and sometimes like in this games case there were GOOD voice actors! Most FMV games are in the category of so bad they are good, but this game is genuinely good. I replayed this from begining to end and it brought some great memories back of me and my school buddy rushing home at 3pm to get back to this game and its very complicated puzzles. it took us months to beat. remember we were just dumb kids at the time. For gamers of any age and any generation i highly suggest you buy this game and see what FMV was at its best.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 8, 2019

  Poor Don. He was the real victim of this story. He just wanted to fix his damn bathroom.
• gamedeal user

  May 10, 2017

  I bought and re-played this because I played it when I was much younger and wanted the feeling of nostalgia (and to properly finish the game). When I was a kid, the game was more difficult and much scarier - it's also become more clear that I should not have been playing this at the silly age of 10. Phantasmagoria marks an interesting time for Sierra and Roberta Williams. They ramped up the gore and horror, especially when considering it's basically watching a 'film'. Implied non-consensual sex is not something that is prominent for games in the 90s (heck, not even for today), but Phantasmagoria has it, and that's... well, that's saying something, I guess. I did enjoy replaying it. It was, of course, much easier. And the game wasn't nearly as scary as I remember it being. That being said, it's a worthwhile experience if you can get it on sale. The horror is cheesy, the acting isn't very good, and the puzzles are fairly weak (in all honesty, this game doesn't actually have any puzzles - it's very easy to progress). The interface is fun, the music is overly dramatic but works very well, and the gore special effects are surprisingly effective; particularly the failure scenes during the finale of the plot. All in all, I recommend it if you want to have a small bit of cheap fun, but don't expect too much. The good: - Cheesy, B-grade horror (if that's your thing) - Funny acting (if that's your thing) - Silly, but fun plot (if that's your thing) - Good gore effects - Fun interface, with a cool 'hint-master' - Cool soundtrack - Decent sense of narrative progression throughout the game The bad: - Cheesy, B-grade horror (if that's not your thing) - Funny acting (if that's not your thing) - Silly, but fun plot (if that's not your thing) - Dated FMV that can take time to get used to - No real puzzles, which makes it fairly easy