Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is a first-person shooter

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

 and survival horror video game developed by Idol FX, and released in 2003

2003 in video gaming

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 by iGames Publishing.

Gameplay

At the beginning of the game the player has no knowledge of events aside from those that something is very wrong, his starting weapons are his fists and a trusty cane sword. The objective of the game is to search the castle and save members of the protagonist's family within a two hour time limit. These relatives will die if not rescued soon enough so the player has to hurry. The castle's interiors are randomly generated at the beginning of a new game.

Plot

The plot is a version of Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...

's Dracula

Dracula

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...

, with inspiration from F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. The protagonist is travelling in Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

after losing a competition in sword fighting in Sweden. The protagonist, named James, is on his way to his sisters wedding. But when he arrives at the castle, something seems wrong. He discovers that his future brother-in-law is a vampire, who has taken his family members in custody. Now it is up to James to save them all before it is too late.

External links

• Nosferatu - Nosferatu at MobyGames
• Nosferatu on Gamespot