Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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We are all waiting for Dead Mountaineer's Hotel release, but Akella keep on working for us! Here comes the announcement of a new horror game: The journalist Andrei Luzgin arrives in the town of Posolsk to find his missing friend. On arrival, he observed that something strange was happening in the city: people were disappearing without a trace. Corpses with terrible injuries were being found everywhere.
Luzgin is involved in a journalist investigation, during which he learns a lot about the terrible details that involve this city, where secret research and scientific experiments are being conducted. A few years after these experiments, Posolsk step-by-step becomes quiet and empty.
Luzgin noticed that he was followed by someone, and this is clearly not a human being.
The police investigator, who agrees to cooperate with him, advises Andrei to terminate the investigation, but Luzgin refuses. Eventually he starts to keep an eye on Dima Smirnov, who once was linked to the disappearance. The suspect says that all the disappearances are accidents, and are the work of security services. It would seem that a crime has been solved, but not being able to bring his case to an end, Luzgin disappears.
After some time, FSB (an organization successor of the KGB) lieutenant colonel Vladimir Dolinsky arrives in Posolsk with a secret mission to investigate the incidents in the city. But he has his own motivation, his wife is infected with the rare disease, licantropia. To create a vaccine, the genetic material from the infected is needed. During his investigation he learns about the missing journalist from Moscow. The investigator, who worked with Luzgin, sends Dolinsky into the morgue. Observing the corpse, Dolinsky has doubts that this is Luzgin. The further the investigation progresses, the more incredible and horrifying are the facts that pop up…
Game features:
* Game is created after the fictional novel "Night Watcher" by Oleg Divov;
* It is a Classic third person view Quest with fascinating puzzles in the best tradition of the classic horror quest, such as Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, and The Black Mirror;
* There are two characters the gamer is switching between during the the game;
* The atmosphere of a small Russian town and its suburbs is carefully recreated;
* 3D-characters and backgrounds;
* Intriguing plot keeps player in constant tension until
the very end;
* Scrupulously detailed locations;
* 45 gaming locations, including arcade inserts;
* Intuitive & user friendly controls;
* Realistic animation;
* 25 individual characters;
* Five puzzles integrated into the gaming process;
* 15 hours of game play You can see the first screenshots HERE including some screens of the arcade inserts. I will keep you posted! 
Carla  “Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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Thank you Carla, the screenshots look great!
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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I'll see if I can find out more in Leipzig in three weeks. They might not be showing this particular game there though...
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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PolloDiabloMaybe while you are there you could find out more about... * Intuitive & user friendly controls; This doesn't sound like point & click * 45 gaming locations, including arcade inserts;
Arcade Inserts??? * Five puzzles integrated into the gaming process; Only 5 puzzles??? Looks to be awfully short. Could this be Episodic ??? Looking at some of the screenshots there looks to be some combat/fighting action involved.
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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That's what I thought GreyFuss, but it may just be the translation or a new way of attracting more buyers.  I'll see what they have on show. I have a press pass so if they have an open time slot that coincides with a bit of free time in my schedule I'll try and arrange a demonstration of the game so I can report back.
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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Hi Greyfuss and Pollo,it's not unusual for Akella to insert some arcade games, I had the chance to play The Bad, the Ugly and the Sober and there were some arcade sequences and even in Dead Mountaineer's Hotel there were some little arcade to play that you couldn't skip at the time (I don't know if you can avoid them in the US and UK version though). I assume it's a marketing choice... 
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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Thanks,Carla I not too happy about the arcade things either.. 
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Re: Akella announces new horror game:Night Watcher
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Thanks Carla  Sounds Great Love Maria 
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