E3 Showing for Curse.

At this year’s E3 Curse - The Eye of Isis had a prominent showing and was
extremely well received. Publisher Wanadoo had splashed out on an
eye-catching stand in the shape of an Egyptian Temple complete with model
scarabs, a life-size mummy, and an interactive rat, which squeaked when you
squeezed it! Developer Asylum Entertainment provided demos, and people were
invited to play a Beta version on PS2.

There was a lot of interest in the game and visitors to the stand were
enthusiastic on hearing about its features such as the Victorian theme, male
and female player characters, evolved survival horror game play, strong
storyline and the Curse entity. The delights of torching mummies with a
Victorian flamethrower and the horrors of cursed human attacks were among
excerpts of the game demonstrated, and glimpses of some of the cool boss
characters whetted people’s appetites.

There was positive feedback from all sections of the game world. People
found the ideas behind Curse new and refreshing in a show where formulaic
titles dominate. There was particular enthusiasm for the way in which Curse
builds on the strengths of existing survival horror such as ammo management,
and addresses some of the criticisms of previous offerings such as poor
character control and lack of story.

All in all a highly successful showing for Curse which augurs well for its
release this autumn.