Shivers 2
Encyclopedia
Shivers II: Harvest of Souls is a horror
-themed point-and-click
PC
adventure game
, released in 1997 by Sierra On-Line.
music videos by the fictional band Trip Cyclone, which provided the player with hints to solving the game's multitude of puzzles. The game itself is played from a First Person perspective, very much like its predecessor, and games like The 7th Guest
, or Myst
.
. If the player rings the bell the jack in the box will open. It will be holding a stick with a ribbon tied around it. the jack in the box tells them that it is a Bahos and they will need to collect 12 of them if they want to save their friends. After this point the game becomes nonlinear and the player is free to explore the town. As the player goes about the town, they will find it is deserted. Everyone is gone, and you are alone.
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
-themed point-and-click
Point-and-click
Point-and-click is the action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen and then pressing a mouse button, usually the left button , or other pointing device...
PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
adventure game
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
, released in 1997 by Sierra On-Line.
Gameplay
The game was innovative in that there was a series of rockRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
music videos by the fictional band Trip Cyclone, which provided the player with hints to solving the game's multitude of puzzles. The game itself is played from a First Person perspective, very much like its predecessor, and games like The 7th Guest
The 7th Guest
The 7th Guest, produced by Trilobyte and released by Virgin Games in 1993, is an FMV-based puzzle video game. It was one of the first computer video games to be released only on CD-ROM. The 7th Guest is a horror story told from the unfolding perspective of the player, as an amnesiac...
, or Myst
Myst
Myst is a graphic adventure video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. It was developed by Cyan , a Spokane, Washington––based studio, and published and distributed by Brøderbund. The Millers began working on Myst in and released it for the Mac OS computer on September...
.
Plot
The game starts with the player checking into a hotel. Upon entering the hotel, the player is greeted by a rather unfriendly clerk who hands them a message that reads: 'I have your friends, only a warrior can free them.' Then the player walks into a room, sets down their bags and goes to bed. Once the player drifts to sleep, they have a strange dream involving a car wreck and a dead body. Once awake, the player is free to explore the town. At this point the player should go to the hotel office where they will find a jack in the boxJack in the Box
Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant founded by Robert O. Peterson in 1951 in San Diego, California, where it is still headquartered today. In total, the chain has 2,200 locations, primarily serving the West Coast of the United States...
. If the player rings the bell the jack in the box will open. It will be holding a stick with a ribbon tied around it. the jack in the box tells them that it is a Bahos and they will need to collect 12 of them if they want to save their friends. After this point the game becomes nonlinear and the player is free to explore the town. As the player goes about the town, they will find it is deserted. Everyone is gone, and you are alone.