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* MeaningfulName: The hotel is called the Phoenix, and it's the site of a number of fires which are suspected to be arson. In ancient mythology, a phoenix would be reborn from its own ashes after bursting into flame.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first four games can come across this way to players who encounter them later, as they were made by a different developer from the rest of the series. Starting with ''Eclipse'', the series is the exclusive property of Elephant Games and all the games have James Blackthorne as a recurring character.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first four games can come across this way to players who encounter them later, as they were made by a different developer from the rest of the series. Starting with ''Eclipse'', the series is the exclusive property of Elephant Games and almost all the games have James Blackthorne as a recurring character.
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** Most games in the series don't have the interactive map which is typical of Elephant Games, which can be frustrating to someone who started with games that do and became accustomed to using the map to fast travel.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Eternity'' is the name of both the hotel where the game takes place and the project that Professor Reynolds funded which led to the deaths of all of its test subjects.
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* BadassBystander: The player character is more or less this. He's a detective hired as extra security for a wealthy man, who turns out to be the target of a revenge plot. The detective has absolutely nothing to do with the plot, and the villain has literally no reason for dragging him into the whole thing. Luckily for him, he's got the skills to survive.
* CrisisCrossover: Seen at the very end; the Mystery Trackers send one of their top agents to rescue the player.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Eternity'' is the name of both the hotel where the game takes place and the project that Professor Reynolds funded which led to the deaths of all of its test subjects. This is not a coincidence.
* CrisisCrossover: Seen at the very end; the Mystery Trackers send one of their top agents to rescue the player.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Eternity'' is the name of both the hotel where the game takes place and the project that Professor Reynolds funded which led to the deaths of all of its test subjects. This is not a coincidence.
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* OddballInTheSeries: It's the only ''Haunted Hotel'' game from Elephant which doesn't include James Blackthorne as a character.
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* AffablyEvil: The masked man is excessively polite to the detective, asking how he feels and complimenting him on his success as he navigates the puzzles.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Eternity'' is the name of both the hotel where the game takes place and the project that Professor Reynolds funded which led to the deaths of all of its test subjects.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Averted for the first time since Elephant took over the series. The contract at the beginning of the game specifies that it takes place on September 8, 1978.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: The person who takes Professor Reynolds hostage.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: The person who takes Professor Reynolds hostage.
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* StockSubtitle: One of many pieces of media with the subtitle ''The X''.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: What brings the player character to the Lexington Hotel. His sister Samantha disappeared while investigating the premises, and he's there to find her at any cost.
* StockSubtitle: One of many pieces of media with the subtitle ''The X''. In this case, it's a DoubleMeaningTitle, because it's the tenth ''Haunted Hotel'' installment.
* StockSubtitle: One of many pieces of media with the subtitle ''The X''. In this case, it's a DoubleMeaningTitle, because it's the tenth ''Haunted Hotel'' installment.
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* VigilanteMan: The BigBad is seeking vengeance for the death of his girlfriend during the original reign of terror by the Axiom Butcher. The player (a police detective) and James weren't among his intended targets, but they happen to be there and he can't afford to leave witnesses...
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* VigilanteMan: The BigBad is seeking vengeance for the death of his girlfriend during the original reign of terror by the Axiom Butcher. The player (a police professional detective) and James weren't among his intended targets, but they happen to be there and he can't afford to leave witnesses...
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Not to be confused with ''Film/TheHauntedHotel'' or ''Series/HotelHell''.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Helping the player this time is P.A.T.R.I.C.K., a hand-held device designed to recognize ghost activity. The acronym stands for Paranormal Activity Tracker and Interactive Computing Kernel.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Helping the player this time is P.A.T.R.I.C.K., a hand-held device designed to recognize ghost activity. The acronym stands for Paranormal Activity Tracker [=TRacker=] and Interactive Computing Kernel.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The first ''Haunted Hotel'' game from Elephant, ''Eclipse'', appears to have a late Victorian or Edwardian setting; ''Personal Nightmare'' is explicitly set in 1958, and ''Beyond the Page'' seems to be in the late 90s or early 2000s. Yet all of these games (and several others) have James Blackthorne as the player's companion, and he hasn't aged a day.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The first three ''Haunted Hotel'' game games from Elephant, ''Eclipse'', appears Elephant (''Eclipse, Ancient Bane,'' and ''Death Sentence'') appear to have a late Victorian or Edwardian setting; setting. ''Personal Nightmare'' is explicitly set in 1958, and ''Beyond the Page'' seems to be in the late 90s or early 2000s. Yet all of these games (and several others) have James Blackthorne as the player's companion, and he hasn't aged a day.
** Most games in the series don't have the interactive map which is typical of Elephant Games, which can be frustrating to someone who started with games that do and became accustomed to using the map to fast travel.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Helping the player this time is P.A.T.R.I.C.K., a hand-held device designed to recognize ghost activity. The acronym stands for Paranormal Activity Tracker and Interactive Computing Kernel.
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* HumanPopsicle: The cameraman of Rachel's crew turns into one of these when he gets locked in the billiard room and freezes to death.
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* HumanPopsicle: The cameraman of Rachel's crew turns into one of these when he gets locked in the supernaturally frigid billiard room and freezes to death.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: The relationship between James and Rachel seems to be more like that of siblings than cousins. In the bonus chapter, she even has a framed picture on her nightstand of the two of them hugging.
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* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Seekers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
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* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Seekers team, which investigates haunted locations on television. Like James, Rachel is something of a natural medium, as shown in the bonus chapter.
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* {{Past Experience Nightmare}}s: The bonus chapter shows that Rachel is still traumatized by the events of the main game, and suffers from these. She calls on James to help her [[spoiler:free the spirits of her friends, who are still trapped in the ruins of the Valentine mansion]].
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* CosmeticAward: The collector's editions of the later games in the series include a number of unlockable achievements which basically function as this.
* DownerEnding: The games end as happily as they can, but some installments can be regarded this way because of the fate which befell various characters in them. ''The Evil Inside'' is one such example - sure, James is able to put the unhappy spirit to rest, but not before the ghost murdered dozens of people over the years.
* DownerEnding: The games end as happily as they can, but some installments can be regarded this way because of the fate which befell various characters in them. ''The Evil Inside'' is one such example - sure, James is able to put the unhappy spirit to rest, but not before the ghost murdered dozens of people over the years.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Seen in the collector's editions of the later games. There are often puzzle pieces, morphing objects, and/or other collectibles to be found in each scene. The puzzle pieces sometimes form images which can be saved as desktop backgrounds or screensavers, while the collectibles can be viewed on a special screen. There are usually achievements for completing each of these collections.
* MeaningfulName: James finds considerable evidence throughout the game that in life, Alexander ''Valentine'' was an extremely romantic man who completely adored his wife. Her death utterly destroyed him.
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* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: James arrives at the old Valentine mansion in search of his cousin Rachel and her ghost-hunting friends. He finds them all, but he doesn't find them all alive.
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* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: James arrives at the old Valentine mansion in search of his cousin Rachel and her ghost-hunting friends. He finds them all, but he doesn't find them all alive. [[spoiler:By the end, [[EverybodysDeadDave only Rachel and James himself escape]].]]
* TogetherInDeath: The main game ends with James reuniting the spirits of Alexander and Bella Valentine.
* TogetherInDeath: The main game ends with James reuniting the spirits of Alexander and Bella Valentine.
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* DeadManWriting: James finds messages of this type from some of the members of Rachel's crew, saying that they know they won't make it out alive and whoever finds the message should please help the others. One even contains a DyingDeclarationOfLove for another crew member, who sadly is also dead.
* DisappearedDad: Paul, the Ghost Seekers' lighting technician, leaves behind at least two children. We know this because the note James finds from him asks that someone please "tell my children I love them."
* DisappearedDad: Paul, the Ghost Seekers' lighting technician, leaves behind at least two children. We know this because the note James finds from him asks that someone please "tell my children I love them."
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Valentine's final request for James is that he will burn the mansion to the ground.]]
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* ContinuityNod: The ghost of Alexander Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, both of whom appeared in ''The Evil Inside'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
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* ContinuityNod: The ghost of Alexander Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, Rachel and the ghost of Alexander Valentine, both of whom appeared in ''The Evil Inside'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
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* ScreamingWoman: One of these can be heard as part of the ambient noise. It happens roughly every ten to fifteen minutes and, depending on how tense the current situation is, can be very unsettling.
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* ScreamingWoman: One of these can be heard as part of the ambient noise.noise in some games. It happens roughly every ten to fifteen minutes and, depending on how tense the current situation is, can be very unsettling.
* HappilyMarried: Alexander and Bella were this when they were alive.
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* IWillFindYou: James makes this promise to Rachel when he arrives and discovers she's in trouble.
* IdenticalStranger: Part of the reason Valentine awakens when Rachel's team arrives is because Rachel looks exactly like his wife, Bella.
* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Trackers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
* IdenticalStranger: Part of the reason Valentine awakens when Rachel's team arrives is because Rachel looks exactly like his wife, Bella.
* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Trackers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
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* IWillFindYou: James makes this promise to Rachel when he arrives and discovers she's in trouble.
trouble. Luckily for her, he's a {{Determinator}}.
*IdenticalStranger: InsideAWall: Where James finds another of the crew.
* TheLostLenore: Part of the reasonValentine Alexander Valentine's spirit awakens when Rachel's team arrives is because Rachel looks exactly like his murdered wife, Bella.
* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the GhostTrackers Seekers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
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* TheLostLenore: Part of the reason
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* ContinuityNod: The ghost of Alexander Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, both of whom appeared in ''The Evil Inside'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Helping the player this time is P.A.T.R.I.C.K., a hand-held device designed to recognize ghost activity.
* HumanPopsicle: The cameraman of Rachel's crew turns into one of these when he gets locked in the billiard room and freezes to death.
* IWillFindYou: James makes this promise to Rachel when he arrives and discovers she's in trouble.
* IdenticalStranger: Part of the reason Valentine awakens when Rachel's team arrives is because Rachel looks exactly like his wife, Bella.
* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Trackers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: James arrives at the old Valentine mansion in search of his cousin Rachel and her ghost-hunting friends. He finds them all, but he doesn't find them all alive.
* HumanPopsicle: The cameraman of Rachel's crew turns into one of these when he gets locked in the billiard room and freezes to death.
* IWillFindYou: James makes this promise to Rachel when he arrives and discovers she's in trouble.
* IdenticalStranger: Part of the reason Valentine awakens when Rachel's team arrives is because Rachel looks exactly like his wife, Bella.
* ParanormalInvestigation: It's implied that this is InTheBlood. Not only is James a paranormal researcher in his own right, but his cousin Rachel Collins is a member of the Ghost Trackers team, which investigates haunted locations on television.
* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: James arrives at the old Valentine mansion in search of his cousin Rachel and her ghost-hunting friends. He finds them all, but he doesn't find them all alive.
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* PerilousMarriageProposal: By the end of the game, [[spoiler:time has gone so completely haywire in the hotel that both James and Jessica are physically about 90 years old and on the verge of death. He proposes anyway and she accepts, which thankfully is what's needed to undo the curse on the hotel and bring them back to their proper forms.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The hotel is called the Phoenix, and it's the site of a number of fires which are suspected to be arson. In ancient mythology, a phoenix would be reborn from its own ashes after bursting into flame.
* SceneryGorn: Due to that whole bloodier and gorier thing.
* FamilyDisunion: A variant. The Blackthorne brothers are lured to the hotel with a fake invitation to a family reunion. They're actually looking forward to the gathering - James comments that he can't wait to see one particular aunt, because "she always has the best stories!" - but instead it's just them and their uncle Samuel, dealing with a mass haunting.
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* ContinuityNod: The ghost Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, both of whom appeared in ''The X'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
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* ContinuityNod: The ghost Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, both of whom appeared in ''The X'', Evil Inside'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Once James's surname of Blackthorne is revealed, the games become inconsistent as to whether or not it has an E on the end. It even gets misspelled as "Blackthrone" a couple of times, though this is probably a typo.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This game reveals that James has a minor one of these, having once (accidentally) brought about the conviction of an innocent man. The man committed suicide rather than go to prison for a crime didn't commit.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: This game reveals that James has a minor one of these, having once (accidentally) brought about the conviction of an innocent man. The man, and the man committed suicide rather than go to prison for prison. Although he was exonerated of perjury charges, this is enough to make him a crime didn't commit.target of the game's killer.
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* VigilanteMan: The BigBad is seeking vengeance for the death of his girlfriend during the original reign of terror by the Axiom Butcher. The player (a police officer) and James aren't among his targets, but they happen to be there and he can't afford to leave witnesses...
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* VigilanteMan: The BigBad is seeking vengeance for the death of his girlfriend during the original reign of terror by the Axiom Butcher. The player (a police officer) detective) and James aren't weren't among his intended targets, but they happen to be there and he can't afford to leave witnesses...
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* IronicName: The setting of the game is called the Freedom Hotel. Once you're there and sign a contract, you can never leave.
* MissingMom: The plot was kicked off twenty years before the events of the game, when the player's mother took his little sister to be treated for her illness. He never saw either of them again.
* StartOfDarkness: The bonus chapter shows how the BigBad was once a good man who became corrupted by his obsession with a Viking artifact.
* MissingMom: The plot was kicked off twenty years before the events of the game, when the player's mother took his little sister to be treated for her illness. He never saw either of them again.
* StartOfDarkness: The bonus chapter shows how the BigBad was once a good man who became corrupted by his obsession with a Viking artifact.
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* UnseenNoMore: This is the first appearance of James's girlfriend Jessica, who was previously mentioned in the bonus chapter of ''Detectives United: Origins''.
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The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin haunted hotels]]. Nothing is ever as it seems, though, and if there's other people involved, chances are someone is not going to survive.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game]] series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Creator/ElephantGames and published by Big Fish Games from 2008 to 2021.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game]] series series, originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Creator/ElephantGames Creator/ElephantGames, and published by Big Fish Games from 2008 to 2021.
The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin haunted hotels]]. Nothing is ever as it seems, though, and if there's other people involved, chances are someone is not going to survive.
The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin haunted hotels]]. Nothing is ever as it seems, though, and if there's other people involved, chances are someone is not going to survive.
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* ''Haunted Hotel: Believe the Lies''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eclipse''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eternity''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Phoenix''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The X''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Evil Inside''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Dreams''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Beyond the Page''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Room 18''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Time''
* ''Haunted Hotel: A Past Redeemed''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eclipse''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eternity''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Phoenix''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The X''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Evil Inside''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Dreams''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Beyond the Page''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Room 18''
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*''Haunted Hotel: Silent ''Silent Waters''
*''Haunted Hotel: The ''The Thirteenth''
*''Haunted Hotel: Personal ''Personal Nightmare''
*''Haunted Hotel: The ''The Evil Inside''
*''Haunted Hotel: Lost ''Lost Dreams''
*''Haunted Hotel: Beyond ''Beyond the Page''
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The first ''Haunted Hotel'' game from Elephant, ''Eclipse'', appears to have a late Victorian or Edwardian setting; ''Personal Nightmare'' is explicitly set in 1958, and ''Beyond the Page'' seems to be in the late 90s or early 2000s. Yet all of these games (and several others) have James Blackthorne as the player's companion, and he hasn't aged a day.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first four games can come across this way to players who encounter them later, as they were made by a different developer from the rest of the series. Starting with ''Eclipse'', the series is the exclusive property of Elephant Games and all the games have James Blackthorne as a recurring character.
** Also, in James's first three appearances, he dresses like a Victorian/Edwardian character and has long hair. Furthermore, these appearances do not give him a surname; in fact, ''Death Sentence'' goes to great lengths to avoid giving him more than a last initial, because the ''murderer'' in the game has the surname of Blackthorne. It's only starting with the installment ''Phoenix'' that he's given a last name and his modern appearance.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Starting with ''Eclipse'', unless the player character is James (who appears in cutscenes), the most we see of our avatar is their hands.
* FunctionalMagic: The supernatural ''definitely'' exists in these games, including psychic abilities, magic rituals, time travel, ghosts, and invisibility. It may not always be clear to the player why or how the magic in question works, but it's a real thing.
* HauntedHotel: The main setting of every game, for obvious reasons. Frequently causes a TitleDrop; many of the subtitles get dropped as well.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Albeit inconsistently. Beginning with the ninth game, the installments often reflect their numerical order in some way, either with Arabic or Roman numerals. For example, ''The Axiom Butcher'' is the eleventh game in the series (''A'''xi'''om'') while ''Room 18'' is the eighteenth.
* OccultDetective: James is shown to be this; his particular expertise is in helping ghosts with their UnfinishedBusiness by solving mysteries related to the locations they haunt.
* ScreamingWoman: One of these can be heard as part of the ambient noise. It happens roughly every ten to fifteen minutes and, depending on how tense the current situation is, can be very unsettling.
* SharedUniverse: These games exist in the same universe as several other Elephant Games properties, including ''VideoGame/GrimTales, Mystery Trackers,'' and ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited''. They also are revealed to exist in the same universe as the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'', owing to the fact that Richard Gray (of ''Grim Tales'') once studied at a black magic school run by Alister Dalimar. (Elephant Games was the developer for two of the MCF games.)
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first four games can come across this way to players who encounter them later, as they were made by a different developer from the rest of the series. Starting with ''Eclipse'', the series is the exclusive property of Elephant Games and all the games have James Blackthorne as a recurring character.
** Also, in James's first three appearances, he dresses like a Victorian/Edwardian character and has long hair. Furthermore, these appearances do not give him a surname; in fact, ''Death Sentence'' goes to great lengths to avoid giving him more than a last initial, because the ''murderer'' in the game has the surname of Blackthorne. It's only starting with the installment ''Phoenix'' that he's given a last name and his modern appearance.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Starting with ''Eclipse'', unless the player character is James (who appears in cutscenes), the most we see of our avatar is their hands.
* FunctionalMagic: The supernatural ''definitely'' exists in these games, including psychic abilities, magic rituals, time travel, ghosts, and invisibility. It may not always be clear to the player why or how the magic in question works, but it's a real thing.
* HauntedHotel: The main setting of every game, for obvious reasons. Frequently causes a TitleDrop; many of the subtitles get dropped as well.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Albeit inconsistently. Beginning with the ninth game, the installments often reflect their numerical order in some way, either with Arabic or Roman numerals. For example, ''The Axiom Butcher'' is the eleventh game in the series (''A'''xi'''om'') while ''Room 18'' is the eighteenth.
* OccultDetective: James is shown to be this; his particular expertise is in helping ghosts with their UnfinishedBusiness by solving mysteries related to the locations they haunt.
* ScreamingWoman: One of these can be heard as part of the ambient noise. It happens roughly every ten to fifteen minutes and, depending on how tense the current situation is, can be very unsettling.
* SharedUniverse: These games exist in the same universe as several other Elephant Games properties, including ''VideoGame/GrimTales, Mystery Trackers,'' and ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited''. They also are revealed to exist in the same universe as the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'', owing to the fact that Richard Gray (of ''Grim Tales'') once studied at a black magic school run by Alister Dalimar. (Elephant Games was the developer for two of the MCF games.)
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* DivineConflict: More or less drives the plot. The forces of good and evil meet every several hundred years for an epic showdown; unfortunately for them, the player and her friend James are caught in the middle of the latest gathering.
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* ContinuityNod: This is the third game with James as the player's companion, and the opening cinematic contains references to the two previous games where they worked together.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: This game reveals that James has a minor one of these, having once (accidentally) brought about the conviction of an innocent man. The man committed suicide rather than go to prison for a crime didn't commit.
* DeadManWriting: The game kicks off with the player receiving a message from her pal James, in which he tells her that if she's reading it, he's almost certainly dead. [[spoiler:She's relieved to discover that he's alive, but he won't stay that way if they don't solve the mystery.]]
* IronicNurseryTune: One of these occasionally plays as background noise; however, it may take a little while before the player understands what they're hearing.
-->Hush, little baby, don't say a word\\
Auntie's gonna buy you a mockingbird\\
And if that mockingbird don't sing\\
Auntie's gonna break that birdie's wing
* DeadManWriting: The game kicks off with the player receiving a message from her pal James, in which he tells her that if she's reading it, he's almost certainly dead. [[spoiler:She's relieved to discover that he's alive, but he won't stay that way if they don't solve the mystery.]]
* IronicNurseryTune: One of these occasionally plays as background noise; however, it may take a little while before the player understands what they're hearing.
-->Hush, little baby, don't say a word\\
Auntie's gonna buy you a mockingbird\\
And if that mockingbird don't sing\\
Auntie's gonna break that birdie's wing
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* CrisisCrossover: The Mystery Trackers lend the player their assistance in solving this mystery.
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* DeathByWomanScorned: Factors into the backstory.
* StockSubtitle: One of many pieces of media with the subtitle ''The X''.
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* BloodierAndGorier: This is unquestionably the single bloodiest installment in the series.
* VigilanteMan: The BigBad is seeking vengeance for the death of his girlfriend during the original reign of terror by the Axiom Butcher. The player (a police officer) and James aren't among his targets, but they happen to be there and he can't afford to leave witnesses...
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* ShoutOut: One line of dialogue from James makes a very obvious shout-out to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' books, with James mentioning "the soul artifacts in those wizard boy books you showed me."
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* MisplacedRetribution: The concierge blames Caroline for the fire that killed everyone in the hotel despite the fact that Caroline was just as a victim as she was and it was the hotel owner who set and killed all of the fire because he wouldn't accept the fact that Caroline wasn't interested in him.
* MisplacedRetribution: The concierge blames Caroline for the fire that killed everyone in the hotel despite the fact that Caroline was just as a victim as she was and it was the hotel owner who set and killed all of the fire because he wouldn't accept the fact that Caroline wasn't interested in him.
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* AlliterativeFamily: The player character is John, James Blackthorne's brother.
* MisplacedRetribution: The concierge blames Caroline for the fire that killed everyone in the
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* WithThisRing: James intends to propose to his girlfriend Jessica while they're on vacation at the resort, and the ring is in his inventory for nearly the entire game.
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* BilingualBonus: Overlapping with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The game takes place at a location called the Hotel del Pasado. In Spanish, this literally means "the last hotel" - and as the bonus chapter shows, this is indeed the last haunted hotel that James investigates.
* ContinuityNod: The ghost Valentine and James's cousin Rachel, both of whom appeared in ''The X'', return for this storyline. There's also an ominous eclipse on the day of the events, as a nod to James's debut appearance in ''Eclipse''.
* HappilyMarried: The bonus chapter shows that the newlyweds have settled down in California and are quite content.
* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: An extremely (and oddly) detailed palm reading is the catalyst for the events of the game.
* TimeSkip: It's explicitly stated to be taking place six months after the previous game.
* WeddingFinale: This is the final game in the series, and it centers around James and Jessica's wedding.
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* MisplacedRetribution: The concierge blames Caroline for the fire that killed everyone in the hotel despite the fact that Caroline was just as a victim as she was and it was the hotel owner who set and killed all of the fire because he wouldn't accept the fact that Caroline wasn't interested in him.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game]] series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Creator/ElephantGames and published by Big Fish Games from 2008 - 2021.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game]] series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Creator/ElephantGames.
Creator/ElephantGames and published by Big Fish Games from 2008 - 2021.
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* VigilanteMan: Gender flipped. [[spoiler:Lilith made it her personal mission to punish wrongdoers who escaped justice in her husband's place.]]
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game]] series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Elephant Games.
Creator/ElephantGames.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: And how!
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* DwindlingParty: Throughout the game, the number of stranded guests gets reduced one by one.
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* AssholeVictim: The 'guests' who had committed a crime and avoided punishment end up dead [[spoiler:by Lilith's hand]].
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* TheGameOfTheBook: This game is based on the Creator/HPLovecraft short horror novel of the same name.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Good luck trying to check out...'']]
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* HauntedHotel: The main setting of every game, for obvious reasons.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a {{HiddenObjectGame/hidden object game}} series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Elephant Games.
The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious...well, {{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin/haunted hotels}}.
The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious...well, {{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin/haunted hotels}}.
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a {{HiddenObjectGame/hidden [[HiddenObjectGame hidden object game}} game]] series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Elephant Games.
The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious...well,{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin/haunted hotels}}.
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin haunted hotels]]. Nothing is ever as it seems, though, and if there's other people involved, chances are someone is not going to survive.
[[folder: The list of games in order]]
* ''Haunted Hotel''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Believe the Lies''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eclipse''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eternity''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Phoenix''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The X''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Evil Inside''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Dreams''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Beyond the Page''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Room 18''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Time''
* ''Haunted Hotel: A Past Redeemed''
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The long-running horror game series follows different protagonists as they investigate every notorious...well,
[[folder: The list of games in order]]
* ''Haunted Hotel''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Believe the Lies''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eclipse''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Eternity''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Phoenix''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The X''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare''
* ''Haunted Hotel: The Evil Inside''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Dreams''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Beyond the Page''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Room 18''
* ''Haunted Hotel: Lost Time''
* ''Haunted Hotel: A Past Redeemed''
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[[folder:''Haunted Hotel'']]
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[[folder:''Believe the Lies'']]
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[[folder:''Lonely Dream'']]
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[[folder:''Charles Dexter Ward'']]
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[[folder:''Eclipse'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Ancient Bane'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Death Sentence'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Eternity'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Phoenix'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The X'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Axiom Butcher'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Silent Waters'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Thirteenth'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Personal Nightmare'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Evil Inside'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Lost Dreams'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Beyond the Page'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Room 18'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Lost Time'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''A Past Redeemed'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shared Tropes]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Haunted Hotel'']]
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[[folder:''Believe the Lies'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Lonely Dream'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Charles Dexter Ward'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Eclipse'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Ancient Bane'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Death Sentence'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Eternity'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Phoenix'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The X'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Axiom Butcher'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Silent Waters'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Thirteenth'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Personal Nightmare'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''The Evil Inside'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Lost Dreams'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Beyond the Page'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Room 18'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Lost Time'']]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''A Past Redeemed'']]
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''Haunted Hotel'' is a {{HiddenObjectGame/hidden object game}} series originally developed by Specialbit Studios and later Elephant Games.
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