Whenever twins were born into his family line, one would grow up to be good while the other would become evil.Īt present, the protagonist learns that his twin brother, Alex, is going to suffer the curse. In retaliation, Ixona placed a curse on the ancestor. Many years ago, Ixona, a Gypsy witch, stole a chicken from the player's ancestor, who chopped off her hand as punishment. Character development: Improving your skills and gaining new perks Challenging combats: distance, stealth, or melee New music, Voice overs and Sound effects
High resolution support and fully animated characters 3D environments, characters, weapons and items When you complete an exhibit, you will be transported back into your Uncle Boris’ wax museum ready for your next adventure. This is a true gory horror game, which has no mercy and it follows classic horror movies style from the 80s.īe warned that once you enter an exhibit, the only way out is to solve the puzzle, win a terrible battle, or die a horrible death. This is not an easy task and you will have to fight with vicious creatures and mutants, who will be more than happy to rip you apart. Explore the intricate passages, alleys, and tunnels that make up the Waxworks –conquer four levels of Pharaoh, Jack the Ripper, Mines and Dracula to be able to catch the Witch and kill her. The ghastly exhibits inside hold the key to your fate. Try to ignore the gnawing fear in your gut, the feeling of impending disaster that threatens to overwhelm you. Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors is a 2021 survival horror game that dares you to take the ultimate quest and discover the secret of the Waxworks and lift the curse of Ixona that plagues your family. To this end, you must travel to several points in time and take on the role of an ancestor hunting down his evil twin brother in each museum exhibit. Just like Elvira, this game was a pixel-art point&click classic in which you must save your family from an ancient curse. With chilling atmosphere, gory graphics, and solid gameplay, Waxworks is a must play for every Lovecraft fan and anyone who likes adventure game elements in RPGs.Waxworks was released in 1992 by Horrorsoft, that already brought us the game like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus. As in Elvira, there is a significant amount of inventory-based puzzles, most of which require inventive use of the various macabre items throughout the game.Ĭombat is a simple but fun, with dozens of traditional and exotic weapons you can wield, each of which is most effective against a predictable kind of monster.
The game interface will be familiar to Elvira fans, with vastly improved graphics and item descriptions. Your only hope to save Alex by removing the curse of an evil witch. Possessed by a 500 year old family curse, your brother schemes to resurrect the undead denizens of five blood-soaked worlds of the past, present and future: 19th century London, ancient Egypt, an abandoned mine shaft, a haunted cemetery and the malevolent chambers of the Waxworks itself. Twenty years later, Uncle Boris dies, leaving you his collection of fiendish displays - and the stupefying news that Alex is alive. you were eight, your twin brother Alex vanished into the mine tunnels beneath Vista Forge - home of your Uncle Boris' demon-filled Waxworks. The plot (which is detailed in the superbly written storybook that came with the game) could well have been concocted by Lovecraft, with a dash of Hitchcockian suspense- here it is in the company's own words:
Waxworks is an excellent, yet overlooked, first-person horror RPG from the makers of blockbuster Elvira series.
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