Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

 PC
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. Meristation
    35
    We take a look on Strugatsky brother's videogame adaptation, Dead Mountaineer's Hotel, and interesting adventure that end up being a poorly told story, with an awkward gameplay and the feeling of not being finished a good example of how NOT to build a graphic adventure.
  2. Adventure Gamers
    Dec 5, 2011
    20
    Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is almost a case study of what an adventure game shouldn't be, which is all the more unfortunate considering its immense potential.

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User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 8 out of 13
  1. Chariowalda
    Feb 23, 2012
    1
    This game is a disgrace to computer gaming! Do NOT buy this game. Period.

    I am in no mood explaining all the flaws. There are just too many.    This game is a disgrace to computer gaming! Do NOT buy this game. Period.

    I am in no mood explaining all the flaws. There are just too many. I stopped playing this game after an hour of annoyance.

    I regret not having checked metacritics before buying...    … Full Review »
  2. Ragegoat
    May 10, 2012
    3
    Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a point and click game. At this point I would normally attempt to explain what the game is all about, but alas,Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a point and click game. At this point I would normally attempt to explain what the game is all about, but alas, after having put hours into it I still do not have a clue. The protagonist is going on vacation at this mountain top hotel. He meets the owner and the other guests and in that process hears of a mountaineer who fell to his death years previously. There is supposedly a murder riddle somewhere in the game, but I've yet to see anything of it - whether the story of the mountaineer is connected or whether it was just clumsily included to give the hotel a cool name I know not. The closest thing to a criminal act I saw was when someone locked me in my room and I had to crawl out the window to find another way in.

    In the lack of a riddle, a purpose, a goal or any form of measure of success, you find yourself playing something that's mostly akin to a budget-vacation simulator. As your character has no motivation for doing anything, the whole "pick up item for using it in riddle later" routine of every point-and-click adventure just becomes akin to theft since you really can't be planning to do anything but put the item on your mantlepiece.

    There seems to be no obvious connections between the riddles and the plot. For instance I solved this riddle where I had to pick food from a buffet based on the other guests' choices. There was an obvious "success/failure" condition, but I could not for the life of me figure out why I should care about what the character eats. Why is it successful to eat pasta and not mashed potatoes, and how on Earth would this ever relate to a murder case?

    Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a pretty bad game in spite of the interesting theme (the supposed murder riddle with some hotel guests as suspects). The most fun I got out of buying it was writing this review.    … Full Review »
  3. wisnoskij
    May 8, 2012
    5
    Underrated. Sure the story is horrible and abruptly ends right when it is actually just getting started. Basically, the scene is set (in likeUnderrated. Sure the story is horrible and abruptly ends right when it is actually just getting started. Basically, the scene is set (in like 5-8 hours), the initial mystery happens and not much more the 5 minutes of gameplay latter and in one conversation the story is told and concluded (even before the solution of the mystery has been hinted at). So the story is ridiculous and horrible but it contains some unique and interesting features. Mainly a real time system, many different optional things you can do, multiple endings, and a nice long and atmospheric scene setting intro.… Full Review »
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