Overview

Developer: Dreamworks Interactive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Undying official page: http://undying.ea.com/

Doing things the Right Way

Remember back when CD ROMs were starting to catch on in the PC scene? Games like Myst and Wing Commander 3 were huge, and everyone thought that CD games with Hollywood actors were the next big thing? Damn that was a joke. I'm really glad those games aren't around anymore, and Hollywood and gaming have separated for the most part (save the few really bad games based on movies). I was wondering when they'd start getting it right, and Undying may the be the answer. It's the first game that pulls off merging books, Hollywood and gaming into a single product - and does it well. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a new trend in PC games because of Undying: horror first-person shooters.

So it begins

The Covenant family

The Story

Like every family, the Covenant family has its problems. Unlike most families, the Covenants deal with turning undead and killing each other on a regular basis. Step in the hero, Patrick Galloway, a WWI friend of Jeremiah Covenant. Jeremiah asks Patrick to help him get to the bottom of his family's curse (after the war Patrick turned into a 1920's ghostbuster). Hilarity ensues. That is, if you consider disembowelment and human sacrifice hilarity.

Highly detailed furniture and shadows

He's high on the afterlife