Shadowgate remake on Kickstarter

[Nyarlathotep]

Probably not much I can do to sell you on it. But, for a lot of people nostalgia will be involved. The game is memorable. I was fascinated in it as a kid and even scared by it.

Playing it today, the game still stands on its own for me as well. Just, the music is great and the puzzles are fun to go through. Doing a puzzle incorrectly will often lead to an immediate death, which is accompanied by interesting descriptions. The game also had a cool torch feature which had you holding torches that would slowly burn out as you moved through rooms and solved puzzles. You had to collect other torches from the castle walls and light them up to keep yourself alive.

The remake plans to update the puzzles and add much more depth to the game. It should be interesting for old fans and newcomers.

I'm also a big fan of the dark fantasy style in the game, overall. It also has some light horror tones to it. The N64 sequel continued that trend, it was very atmospheric and had a subtle eeriness to it.