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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Stranded Until 2009
Posted by Stuart Houghton at 6:20 PM on October 14, 2008
Lighthouse Interactive has announced that their PC-based whodunit Dead Mountaineer's Hotel has been pushed back until early next year to allow the developers to "further polish the game and deliver a great experience."
Dead Mountaineer's is an atmospheric-looking mystery title based on the novel by Russian sci-fi writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. The Strugatskys also wrote Roadside Picnic - a tale of post apocalyptic scavengers that was a major influence on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.
The game is described as a "character-driven, non-linear game with multiple endings" and looks - to us at least - like it might be a 3D point-and-click style adventure.
New Release Date Announced for Dead Mountaineer's Hotel [Lighthouse Interactive]
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Swizzler121
Posted 3:33 PM 14/10/08
@Ad-hominem: gawd now you got it stuck in my head again "...cuz he's the kiiiiing of lim-bo"
Swizzler121
evilbananawind
Posted 3:33 PM 14/10/08
@Scorpinox: The ship was super fun! I still have guest passes to give away, anyone with a steamID want one?
evilbananawind
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 3:32 PM 14/10/08
Really... interesting. A phishing scam? You'd think this would be the easiest type of story to contact MS for comments on. Strange. Who knows. Everyone else including Giz are moving forward with the story without rumor tags so either someone contacted MS or nobody fact-checks anymore.
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Dexyn
Posted 3:32 PM 14/10/08
@Ad-hominem:
Whoops, didn't reply to the right thing, but this all the way, it's a classic.
Dexyn
Scorpinox
Posted 3:30 PM 14/10/08
Lighthouse did a good job on "The Ship", the multiplayer at least. Even though it wasn't really well received, it was extremely fun to play with the right people in the server (sadly that fun never lasted). It was kind of a multiplayer "whodunit".
I never tried the single player version of the game though because I couldn't really see it being any fun without real people, it might be interesting to go back and play that to see how they do in the single player arena.
Scorpinox
Dexyn
Posted 3:30 PM 14/10/08
@evilbananawind:
Man, that video is a classic.
Dexyn
Fadakar
Posted 3:29 PM 14/10/08
I wonder where they stole that scenery from...
Oh wait wrong game...carry on!
Fadakar
Ad-hominem
Posted 3:26 PM 14/10/08
@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Kotaku had it up, but they pulled the story, because even though it was linked from Xbox.com, the site is rather sketchy.
Ad-hominem
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 3:23 PM 14/10/08
@Ad-hominem: Aww man that never gets old <3 It's a testament to the theory that something can become so bad that it generates enough velocity while heading towards shit-dom that it escapes utter crap-space and warps directly to pure awesome :)
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 3:16 PM 14/10/08
This game seems to have the Heavy Rain color palette to it. I almost got confused for a second.
...
Also, it seems like every site on the internet accept for Kotaku is pinging this up: [www.joystiq.com]
...I even sent in a tip a while back :( Oh well...
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Ad-hominem
Posted 3:13 PM 14/10/08
"Like it might be a 3D point-and-click style adventure"?
Really?
Because that's exactly what it looks like. I mean, I wouldn't even bother speculating.
Of course, I can understand their reluctance to mention the genre, considering the last big Point-And-Click release was this:
+ Watch video
Ad-hominem
evilbananawind
Posted 3:12 PM 14/10/08
I remember buying a game called still life III. If this is anything like that, I say "flush pocket"
evilbananawind
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 3:44 PM 14/10/08
@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): I think the comment system is breaking. This is the second time today a reply has broken away from the discussion group :(
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Crippl3
Posted 3:42 PM 14/10/08
@evilbananawind: GIMME.
Check your messages.
Crippl3
Chewbenator
Posted 3:58 PM 14/10/08
For a sec I thought it was a parody of Dead Space.
Chewbenator
2NinjasTapedTogether
Posted 4:33 PM 14/10/08
Hopefully the delay will give them time to give this game a GOOD title. Amirite?
2NinjasTapedTogether
Kymeira
Posted 4:32 PM 14/10/08
@Scorpinox: I loved the original Half-Life mod that was The Ship. However, my little brother purchased the Source version, and the severe lack of players turned me off from buying my own copy.
Kymeira
noelix
Posted 4:24 PM 14/10/08
@evilbananawind: I laughed, thank you for that.
noelix
em
Posted 4:37 PM 14/10/08
I like point and clicks, but "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel?" Kind of an odd title.
em
em
Posted 4:36 PM 14/10/08
@Ad-hominem:
OMG. o_o
em
dead_red_eyes
Posted 4:35 PM 14/10/08
Kick ass!!! Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a great story. I still have yet to see the Estonian film "Hukkunud Alpinisti' hotell" which is based off DMH.
It's nice to see the Strugatsky's material getting more attention, they definitely have some wonderful stories.
dead_red_eyes
Metal_Slug_Solid
Posted 5:24 PM 14/10/08
I'm hopelessly in love with that picture... I can't stand the pain of not being loved back! What should I do!?
Metal_Slug_Solid
sethshazam
Posted 6:11 PM 14/10/08
it looks like the guy in the front has an unnaturally huge torso, while the guy in the back has huge legs!? wtf?
sethshazam
denki
Posted 7:14 PM 14/10/08
I'm confused- is it a Hotel for Dead Mountaineers? Is the Mountaineer's Hotel deceased? Is it a Hotel that a now currently deceased Mountaineer once was in ownership of?
denki
Barts
Posted 8:11 PM 14/10/08
Shouldn't the name of authors be romanized as Strugacki?
Barts
everybest
Posted 9:13 PM 14/10/08
@Swizzler121: Shit, me too.
everybest
jwesburn
Posted 11:15 PM 14/10/08
Good thing they delayed it, otherwise I would have never heard of it.
jwesburn
benign1
Posted 12:25 AM 15/10/08
@em: Better than the title when it was first announced - they initially had it translated as Hotel "At a Lost Climber".
benign1
AltDelete
Posted 1:48 AM 15/10/08
I'd like to take the opportunity to mention that my previously unanticipated game: "Mathew Montgomery's Year of The Inconspicuous Cap" has been pushed back to late 2012 citing issues of it not being made yet.
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