Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare Collector's Edition

Many establishments from around the world have a reputation of being spooky or even haunted, although most of the time it’s just a marketing scheme designed to attract tourists. Some of these stories are not complete inventions, on the other hand, at least not in terms of history. Hence, there probably are a few hotels where gruesome murders have taken place, even if the ghost parts are made up.

Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare is a hidden object adventure game in which you play the role of a man trying to help his family get out of a weird situation. There are quite a few horror elements waiting for you along the way, but the gameplay mechanics are pretty much the same as in every other game in the genre. However, at least you tackle different challenges along the way.   To begin with, it all starts when the main character receives a message from his mother and sister who are calling him to a hotel. Once he gets there, it turns out that the hotel in question is far from normal, especially since a very evil being owns it. Thus, you actually trade your soul when you sign for the room, which gives the demons free reign over you and puts your life in tremendous danger.

The gameplay is pretty much as you expect it to be, especially if you are a hardcore fan of the genre. As such, everything revolves around being able to spot useful items around the environment, as well as using these items to solve puzzles. Although the puzzles in question are nothing too original in terms of mechanics, they can be pretty challenging sometimes.   As far as the graphics are concerned, don’t expect anything out of the ordinary in this regard, which is a bit of a bummer. The environments are indeed nicely colored and pretty detailed, but they are also static and a tad repetitive after a point. The saving grace comes in the form of various special effects that help with the atmosphere, including short animations and overlapping images.

All things considered, Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare does not bring anything new to the genre, but it certainly does everything right in terms of gameplay. The horror elements are very nicely integrated with everything else.

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