He begins to doubt his sanity even further, which also attracts the attention of the police.
But then one of his co-workers – a fellow he didn’t particularly care for – is brutally murdered. But then he starts having numerous eerie visions, which at first creep him out a bit. It jumps forward a bit, and we find Curtis back in the real world, seemingly well-adjusted with a standard office job. The story focuses on a young man named Curtis Craig, who we are introduced to as a resident of an insane asylum, strapped to a gurney and being treated with electroshock therapy. Overall, it’s still not fantastic, but at least it’s been upgraded to the level of a Sci-Fi Channel original movie. The music is remarkably tense, and despite some occasionally cheesy synth instrumentation, is quite excellent. While it does lack the attractively rendered visuals of its predecessor, the visual style is also much more consistent, which makes the whole production look substantially less cheap. It also ditches the computer rendered backgrounds (for the most part) and uses real locations. The graphics utilize 16-bit color, and the video compression, though not up to DVD quality, is still substantially better. Roberta Williams also stepped aside as the designer, leaving the task to Lorelei Shannon, who previously worked with Williams on King’s Quest VII: The Princeless Bride.Īlthough only released two years after the first Phantasmagoria, A Puzzle of Flesh is a huge technical improvement. Despite the name, it has very little to do with its predecessor from a storyline standpoint – it’s a psychological thriller as opposed to a story about a haunted house, and other than one minor reference to Adrienne Delaney, there’s no storyline connection at all. After this, they released their third FMV/adventure title: Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh. While it still had some issues, it was a substantially improved product, with better acting, better writing, and some actual puzzle elements. Sierra continued its line of FMV adventure games with The Beast Within, the second in their Gabriel Knight series. Despite its mixed reviews, Phantasmagoria sold extremely well.
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