Ecstatica

Ecstatica is officially the weirdest game I have ever played. I haven't the slightest idea what the plot is, what I'm doing, or where I'm supposed to go, and this game is seriously some of the most fucked up shit I've ever seen.

Everywhere I go, some fucking monster ambushes me and hangs me up to fucking die on a wall.

Who has played this? It's really quite brilliant once you get ahold of the gameplay mechanics. I found the sword somewhere, and I've been trying to kill the one or two enemies I know are defeatable. The wolf guy that pops up every once in a while always gets me, but those huge minotaurs are no problem.

I got a Bible which allowed me access into a monks' abbey, whereupon a met my demise by fate of a brute carrying a giant hammer in the abbey's basement. Well, demise, until he left me to hang on a crucifix I worked my way off.

This game is creepy. It's like Alone in the Dark, except it's medieval and the game makes even less sense. When you die, you're treated to a cutscene of monsters chatting about your death, in what I assume is a humorous light. I really don't know.

I don't know what to think of a game that has an animate table that tells me it's "just sick of [my] fucking face." I don't know.

Oh, and the characters are all made out of ellipses. REALLY FUCKING STRANGE, GUYS.

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See the crucifix? That's a naked Jesus made out of ellipses.

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Oh, here's some gigantic monster drunk on ale, taking swipes at my guy after saying, "Heeeeeeeeeeeey thaaaaaaaaar."

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SO, WHO HAS PLAYED THIS?

If this post seems incoherent -- which it most definitely is -- it's because my mind is hurting after playing this game for a straight hour. It's that fucking weird.
 
This is an absolutely fucked up game with the most bizarro atmosphere I have ever encountered. HIGHLY recommended.

BTW, AFAIK it was made entirely by one guy.
 
shuri said:
I believe theres a sequel

Yeah, I own the sequel...but I haven't really messed with the original much. Not a bad game, but certianly not great...
 
enjoy bell woods said:
I played the demo for the sequel a long time ago. That's sort of what got me interested in the first.


i played a demo for the original.. but that was back when i lived at home with my parents .. which never allowed me to get any PC games.

absolutely loved it.
 
Played both, beat the first one, couldn't figure out the second one. Don't forget to see both endings when you beat the first one
At the end of the game the devil (or a dragon, can't remember) offers you a life of paradise if you give him the magic bone, which is the only thing that can defeat him. If you give him the bone the devil says something like "HAHAHA now you will get the reward that is coming to you!!!". Then it cuts to you sitting by a pool while naked women feed you grapes and stuff.

The second one wasn't as good. The game mechanics were fun, but the castle was too much of a maze and there weren't nearly enough clues to figure out what to do (this was in the days before gamefaqs). The first one was pretty bad about clues, too, but I was still able to beat it in about 5 hours the first time.
 
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