Clive Barker's Undying

Undying is a horror shooter made by Clive Barker, a director and visual artist best known for the Hellraiser movies. In this title, you play as Patrick Galloway, a paranormal investigator coming to help Jeremiah Covenant, his friend from the war, after all his siblings died and paranormal things happen. You will fight otherworldly creatures both in and around the mansion, as well as alternate dimensions. Gameplay is similar to BioShock, you have weapons and supernatural powers, and have wheels from where you can switch them. But sadly, time doesn't slow down during the switching process so it might be a bit chaotic trying to switch during fights. The enemies are surprisingly quite varied, following the theme of the chapter of the sibling you're investigating. Boss fights are pretty cool, too. If you're a fan of horror shooters, Undying is definitely a title you shouldn't miss. I haven't delved deep into Clive Barker's creations so I probably had no idea this title existed, but now that I do, you can be sure I'll enjoy more of them.

Not a bad game really, but extremely frustrating early on. Your character is super fragile and it doesn't take anything for the enemies to squash you like a bug. Once you get the shield spell, the difficulty is night and day different, but persevering to that point is what is trying. The music score is pretty good when it's there, but more often than not you're playing in silence which isn't great either. I tried using the Undying Renewal mod, but it crashed on me fairly early in the game, so I stuck with the provided NGlide wrapper instead which was quite stable. Not a bad game really, but not exactly good either. Fairly average.

Clive Barker Undying is a masterpeice when i played it back when it came out i was blown away pretty freaky even today over 20 years later the grapgics music gameplay story the magic powers you wheeled my favorite part when you travel back to the monastery to the 13th century that music gives me gooesbumps incredible it's a shame that this game did not sale well i really like to see a sequel for this game i give it 5 stars 2001 was a great year for games.

I wanted to play this game upon release but didn't have the money. Playing it for the first time all these years later I'm not only thankful I finally did but am amazed at the level of immersion and lore a game from this time managed to weave together. Smooth mechanics, fair balacing of resources, puzzle complexity, and rewards for exploration are just a few of the design elements that make this game sing. I can only hope NIghtdive sees the potential here and breaths new life into another true classic. 10/10 would recommend!

Awesome retro game, very very creepy!