That's not to say there's not plenty of action in the game. This game is all about atmosphere, and part of that atmosphere is keeping you edgy just waiting for the next beastie to jump out and claw off your face. This isn't Quake or Unreal - baddies don't jump out at you constantly. As any horror fan will tell you, it's scarier waiting for something to happen. Unlike most first-person shooters, Undying isn't about constant action and mouse clicking. While the creepy, spine-chilling storyline is obvious Barker, he also had quite a hand in the pacing and atmosphere of the game.

I don't think a burly, bald, tattoo-laden protagonist would have fit in well with a game set on an island off of Ireland at the turn of the 20th century.With that said, it's obvious that not only did he lend his name to the title and influenced the main character, but Clive Barker was also intimately involved with the entire game design process. Clive Barker's Undying is now available, and the results are every bit as scary and enthralling as any of his movies or books, and in some cases even more so because you're intimately involved with the action as it happens.Hopefully you've all had a chance to read the PC preview of Undying by now, so I don't have to delve deep into the back story or Jeremiah's 'family problems.' What I will say, though, is that I'm personally glad the folks at DreamWorks Interactive decided to heed Clive's advice and go with the period-fitting, curly-locked Patrick Galloway as the main character rather than the bald-headed, tattooed Magnus. While any horror fan is quite familiar with Clive Barker's novels and his work on movies such as Nightbreed and the Hellrasier series, he had as of yet left the interactive world of videogames untouched.

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