Are you looking for a fun diversion from work or a way to pass time? Try this engaging HD game - Midnight Mansion HD.
Midnight Mansion is a classic platform game that allows you to
explore five different spooky mansions in the guise of Jack Malone, an intrepid the explorer who has nerves of steel and is sure that he'll find the secrets of
each mansion, along with the rumored treasure. It's a whole new adventure game
with its own characters, perils, traps, secrets, and treasure.
This game has 2 episodes that are quite similar, this review
will focus on Episode 1. When you play to your full, you can, of course, take it
up a notch to Episode 2.
MIDNIGHT MANSION HD EPISODE
Pros
- 5
different mansions to explore, including one that provides game hints.
- Three
difficulty levels let you replay the game at even tougher levels.
- Supports
keyboard and gamepads, although the keyboard is all you really need.
- Family-friendly
mode eliminates any blood; you can still die, just with a bit less blood.
Con
- It's
possible to get stuck during your search of a mansion, forcing you to quit
and restart from the last saved position.
The Basics
As a 2D platform
game,
Midnight Mansion has you move through a scene by jumping, running, ducking, and
swinging, to get around various obstacles and move from area to area.
There are
locked doors that require keys to open and part of the challenge is to find
the keys needed to advance to another room, scene, or area of the mansion.
Of course, the keys are usually guarded by some denizen of the mansion, or by traps and puzzles that need to be navigated or solved before you
can grab the key.
The goal is to find your way out of the mansion with any
treasure you manage to acquire along the way. Once you leave a mansion, you can
select another one to start exploring anew.
Each mansion has a slight theme to it, but generally, you'll
find similar characters, traps, and puzzles to move carefully past. Some
denizens are easy to sneak by, such as the snakes, which are easy enough to
jump over; others, such as the spiders that slide down their webs, may require
you to time a leap just right, or run as fast as you can to get past their furry
legs.
There is the bouncing eye that tries to squish you. Last but not least
are the Medusas that follow you, and whose very touch will turn you to stone. Just
remember, no one you meet is your friend.
Mansions have from 80 to 100 rooms to explore, although calling
the rooms is a bit of a stretch since they can range from underground caves to
rooftop parapets.
Playing Midnight Mansion
Midnight Mansion is played exclusively from the keyboard, or if
you wish, a connected gamepad. The pace of the game allows the keyboard to be the only controller you really need. Movement is
performed with the usual w, a, and x keys, which move you left, right, or to your knees, to duck
something dangerous flying by. The same actions can be performed using the
arrow keys as well.
The space bar makes a good jumping command, as you'll be
jumping about quite often during gameplay. You can also use the game settings
to customize which keys perform what actions.
Moving about the game is easy enough, though many of the puzzles
and traps require a good bit of careful timing to get the jump, leap, run, or
swing to occur at just the right point to get you past the problem.
Video options are limited to playing the game in a window or
full-screen. A nice touch is that when playing within a window, you can resize
the window to suit your preference.
Sound options are limited to choosing whether or not to include
sound effects and background music.
Midnight Mansion is $8.99 and is available from the Mac App
Store.
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