History VideoGame / DraculaUnleashed

* FakeBrit: The carriage driver. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Conspicuously so.]]

* IdiotBall: A lot of instances in the game seems to grant Alexander the Idiot Ball as he doesn't seem to put two and two together between cutscene and journal entry writing, making him seem more like an idiot

* IdiotBall: When Alexander first writes to Father Janos and receives the Bowie knife as a response, he explicitly says "Quincey" to himself, and goes even further on that note when he tears Jonathan Harker a new one in his office. If you then choose to write Father Janos a new telegram, he asks in the message, "What is the significance of the knife?" Uhh...

The game was pretty much [[TrialAndErrorGameplay trial and error]], as you were required to move around the city under a strict time limit and visit different areas to gain information while in others you needed certain items on hand to move on. Failure to have such at a crucial moment would lead into death. Say the least, this is one of those games where you really have to pay attention. Still, it helps that the acting (like pretty much all FMV games) was very hammy.

* CatapultNightmare: Alexander has at least three of these through the story. Basiclly serving as warnings of the vampire threat he's facing.

* HaveANiceDeath: [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/dracula-unleashed/screenshots/gameShotId,216920/ The Game Over screen has a picture of your grave and a bat with blood on its lip hanging from a tree over it.]] This is either Alexander now a bloodthirsty vampire himself or of course just Dracula mocking you.

''Dracula Unleashed'' was a FullMotionVideo game developed by Creator/ICOMSimulations and released in 1993. It acts as a sequel to the story ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' (obviously) taking place several years after the book's events. You play as Alexander Morris, a relative of Quincy Morris, who comes to London to find out about Quincy's death and wed his sweetheart Annisette Brown.

* NonstandardGameOver: At one point, Alexander and Helsing go to visit Reinfield for information, and being the madman he is, he goes to attack the latter. You need an item to beat him back before he kills the professor. If he succeeds, you have to restart from the last checkpoint, as Helsing needs to be alive for later.

** Made funnier because Alexander ''[[IdiotBall falls for it]]'' until Van Helsing snaps him out.

%%* CatapultNightmare
* ChekhovsGun: Well, pretty much all items you pick up during the story. But the most important one is when Alexander comes across a napkin with a odd drawing on it drawn by Devlin before hand. [[spoiler:We later find out this was his plan to subdue Dracula. Alexander uses it himself after Devlin is killed.]]

%%* IHaveYouNowMyPretty

%%* StakingTheLovedOne

%%* TrialAndErrorGameplay

** It's possible they're just meant as brief callbacks to the original book (where Lucy was the "bloofer lady" according to the village kids).
** If that's the case, then who was that woman who had neck lifted Alexander in the middle of the game?

However strange murders soon start happening around town and Alexender realizes its linked to his brother's death. Now he must get to the bottom of whats going on before his friends and loved ones are put in danger.

The game was pretty much trial and error as you were required to move around the city under a strict time limit and visit different areas to gain information while in others you needed certain items on hand to move on. Failure to have such at a crucial moment would lead into death. Say the least this is one of those game where you really have to pay attention. Still it helps that the acting (like pretty much all FMV games) was very hammy.

Was re-released in 2002 as a DVD game with updated visual and special features.

* ChekhovsGun: Well pretty much all items you pick up during the story. But the most important one is when Alexander comes across a napkin with a odd drawing on it drawn by Delvin before hand [[spoiler: We later find out this was his plan to subdue Dracula. Alexander uses it himself after Devlin is killed.]]

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Dracula turns out to have been Arthur the whole time in the game, having killed the real Arthur and his wife months ago (he re-animated Regina's body using a spell) and taken his place to get close to and take revenge on those that stopped him before. Near the end of the game there are actually subtle hints that that the Holmwoods are a little off.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The discussion of how one of the Hades's Club members' wife died. It's mentioned she was taking a trip through Europe near Borgo Pass when her carriage had an accident and she was killed. [[spoiler: Course those who know Dracula lore, know that's where Dracula's castle lies. So it's implied after Dracula resurrected and on his way back to London. He attacked the carriage, murdered the driver, kidnapped, drained and turned the man's wife into a vampire. Bringing her with him to act as the new Bloofer Lady]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: How Dracula meet his end (again) when one of the support beams in the room hes in break off and impales him through the heart]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Devlin, whose was pretty much a prick at the start of the game. Once his love Juliet falls victim to Dracula and is staked. He pretty much goes off the deep end, kidnapping Annisette to bait Dracula to him.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: You can get arrested, attacked by a crazy man, faint from exhaustion or of course bitten by a vampire.
* MultipleEndings: Really just variations of the same ending, but depending on your actions either all of your friends can come out alive, only a couple survive, or just Alexander and Annisette are the only survivors.
* NonstandardGameOver: At one point Alexander and Helsing go to visit Reinfield for information and being the madmen he is goes to attack the latter. You need an item to beat him back before he kills the professor. If he succeeds you have to restart from the last checkpoint as Helsing needs to be alive for later.

* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: One of your friends turned vampire, Juliet, tries to pull this on the heroes in a last ditch effort to save herself.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: During the course of the game you visit a bookstore whose owner is slightly creepy though helpful. However at one point during a visit, Alexander ask about any books on vampires to which said owner responds with a thinly veiled threat.

* UnwinnableByDesign: Goes hand and hand with Guide Dang It, there are a few parts of the game where your meant to be at a specific area at the right time to show you a clue for an important part later. However the game doesn't let you know it till too late and you get a game over but don't know why.

** In a few of the endings should you go to too many areas past the appointed time or without a item [[spoiler: One of such that features Alexander running into Annisette dressed in a heavy gown before she reveals her fangs. Playing through the game proper to the climax reveals she's wearing the same clothes while still human. Meaning if you get the ending where she's walking in them at night, Drac's already gotten to her and made her into a vampire.]]

** If thats the case, then who was that woman who had neck lifted Alexander in the middle of the game?

* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Arthur and his wife Regina in the story. You don't find this out until later in the game.]]

* [[spoiler: RightInFrontOfMe: Dracula turns out to have been Arthur the whole time in the game, having killed the real Arthur and his wife months ago (He re-animated Regina's body using a spell). And taken his place to get close to and take revenge on those that stopped him before. Near the end of the game there are actually subtle hints that that the Holmwoods are a little off.]]

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[[caption-width:320:Behold the Full Motion Video horror!]]

* CatapultNightmare

* FullMotionVideo

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The DVD version is now out of print and extremely hard to find. So good luck locating it.

* NonstandardGameOver: At one point Alexander and Helsing go to visit Reinfield for information and being the madmen he is goes to attack the latter. You need an item to beat him back before he kills the professor. If he succeeds you have to restart from the last checkpoint as Helsing needs to be alive for later.
* NintendoHard
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They apparently can shape-shift (though implied to be an illusion covering them) and use magic spells.

* StakingTheLovedOne

* TalkingToHimself: Bill Williamson plays both Alexander and Quincey Morris, who converse during a dream sequence.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: You can get arrested, attacked by a crazy man, faint from exhaustion or of course bitten by a vampire.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay

* YouAreTooLate: In a few of the endings should you go to too many areas past the appointed time or without a item [[spoiler: One of such that features Alexander running into Annisette dressed in a heavy gown before she reveals her fangs. Playing through the game proper to the climax reveals she's wearing the same clothes while still human. Meaning if you get the ending where she's walking in them at night, Drac's already gotten to her and made her into a vampire.]]

* ShoutOut: The first batch of newspaper clippings Alexander puts in his journal includes a story of a dead accountant named Oswald Mason, whose murder was solved by SherlockHolmes, a very clear nod to the ''Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective'' series of FMV games, specifically the third installment.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The discussion of how one of the Hades's Club members' wife died. It's mentioned she was taking a trip through Europe near Borgo Pass when her carriage had an accident and she was killed. [[spoiler: Course those who know Dracula lore, know that's where Dracula's castle lies. So it's implied after he resurrected on his way back to London. He attacked the carriage, murdered the driver, kidnapped, killed and turned the man's wife into a vampire. Bringing her with him to act as the new Bloofer Lady]].

* YouAreTooLate: In a few of the endings should you go to too many areas past the appointed time or without a item [[spoiler: One of such that features Alexander running into Annisette dressed in a heavy gown before she reveals her fangs. Playing through the game proper to the climax reveals she's wearing the shame clothes while still human. Meaning if you get the ending where she's walking in them at night, Drac's already made her into a vampire.]]

''Dracula Unleashed'' was a FMV video game released for the [[{{Sega Genesis}} Sega CD]] as well as the PC back in 1993. It acts as a sequel to the story ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' (obviously) taking place several years after the book's events. You play as Alexander Morris, a relative of Quincy Morris, who comes to London to find out about Quincy's death and wed his sweetheart Annisette Brown.

* ArcWords: "[There is] life after life."

* CloudCuckoolander: Prof. Briarcliffe at the university is very... odd. When asked about a gold coin, he bites it and quips about how it's not a chocolate one.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Professor Briarcliffe.]]

* TheManyDeathsofYou: You can get arrested, attacked by a crazy man, faint from exhaustion or of course bitten by a vampire.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Didn't Renfield die in the original story?

''Dracula Unleashed'' was a FMV video game released for the [[{{Sega Genesis}} Sega CD]] as well as the PC back in 1993. It acts as a sequel to the story ''{{Dracula}}'' (obviously) taking place several years after the book's events. You play as Alexander Morris, a relative of Quincy Morris, who comes to London to find out about Quincy's death and wed his sweetheart Annisette Brown.

The game was pretty much trial and error as you were required to moves around the city under a strict time limit and visit different areas to gain information while in others you needed certain items on hand to move on. Failure to have such at a crucial moment would lead into death. Say the least this is one of those game where you really have to pay attention. Still it helps that the acting (like pretty much all FMV games) was very Narm-ish.