Set on October 31, 2001. Edward Carnby's best friend and partner,
Charles Fiske, has been found dead off the coast of Shadow Island, a
mysterious island near the coast of Massachusetts. Carnby's
investigation quickly leads him to Frederick Johnson, who informs him of
Fiske's search for three ancient tablets with the ability to unlock an
incredible and dangerous power. Johnson pleads with Carnby to take the
place of Fiske and reopen the investigation in order to recover the
tablets. Carnby accepts and makes it his mission to find Fiske's killer.
Johnson introduces Edward to Aline Cedrac, an intelligent, young
university professor. She joins Edward to recover the missing tablets
and assist Professor Obed Morton, who she believes to be her father.
While flying over the coast of Shadow Island, Edward and Aline's plane
comes under attack by an unknown creature. Edward and Aline both jump
out of the plane and parachute to the ground, but are separated
immediately. Edward lands in the dense forest just outside a manor,
while Aline lands on the roof of said manor.
The player is given the option of choosing which of the two
protagonists they play as. Carnby's side of the plot is based mainly on
fighting the monsters by physical means, particularly with his trusty
double barreled revolver; while Aline's is more centered on puzzles. The
two occasionally meet up, and the main areas of plot intersect.
The player soon comes under attack from Creatures of Darkness that
appear out of nowhere and seem to be living shadows. These Creatures of
Darkness are eventually revealed to be reptilian, silicon-based life
forms from the center of the Earth, an enormous world of dark caverns
known as the World of Darkness. Shadow Island apparently contains one of
the many portals to this underground world. True to their name, the
game's enemies are averse to light (which apparently turns them into
ash), and this figures heavily in gameplay. Players can use their
flashlight to repel certain creatures, and killing them is accomplished
with such light-producing ammunition as "magnesium bullets" and
"phosphorus shells."
Light plays a significant role in this game. One of the game's main
features is the flashlight that can be used to light up the game's
darkened scenes, revealing hidden details and uncovering items. To this
end, the developers crafted an unusual graphics engine which allowed the
3D player character's flashlight to properly illuminate and cast
shadows on the 2D, pre-rendered backdrops. This was accomplished by
rendering the backdrops at various levels of illumination and including
information on the distribution of objects in the scene. The graphics
engine could then properly use brighter versions of the backdrop where
the flashlight was expected to be casting light, and leave shadowed
areas dark.
System requirements:
Operating system: Windows 98/2000/XP
CPU: 300 MHz Intel Pentium II
Video card: Open GL DirectX 8 compatible 8 MB graphics card
Sound card: DirectX 8 compatible sound card
RAM: 64 MB
Disk space: 1,200 MB
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1 File download, Total size 1.32 GB
Genre: Survival Horror
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