Nov 06 2008
Cursed Mountain, A Wii Game I Actually Want To Play
This game is an incredibly original take on the survival horror genre that could either be absolutely fantastic, or fall flat on it’s face. Cursed Mountain tells the story of Eric Simmons, set in the 1980’s Eric goes on a journey to find his lost brother. Said journey takes him to a Buddhist temple, where developer Deep Silver’s massive amount of research into the subject of Buddhism came in handy. As your main foes with be souls awaiting reincarnation in Buddhism’s in between life and death area called Bardo.
The Wii’s motion controls come in for the way you combat said foes, using actual Buddhist prayer. So basically you’ll have to make the prayer yourself tracing the movements onto the screen to stop the souls from tearing you apart I guess. Sounds cool to me though. And the concept of praying to stop your foes, something that gives the Wii motion controls more of an importance to the ‘combat’ instead of feeling tacked on, certainly sounds like a welcome addition.
The setting of the game is a 20,000 foot mountain you will have to scale to find the truth about your brother. The entirety of Cursed Mountain is of course built around the mountain so all puzzles and travelling will have an emphasis on vertical movement.
If Deep Silver does this well, I will be completely up for spending my money on a Wii game, something I haven’t done in a long time. Did I mention it’s likely to be M rated? Another rarity in the world of the Wii, and just one more thing that makes Cursed Mountain intriguing.
