History VideoGame / Nocturne

** According to the backstory, Spookhouse was founded by TheodoreRoosevelt after he encountered and killed a werewolf while on a hunting expedition. The text doesn't specify whether or not he used his bare hands to do it, but c'mon; you know he ''totally'' did.

''Nocturne'' is a PC survival-horror game released in 1999, made by Terminal Reality (those folks behind ''VideoGame/{{BloodRayne}}'').

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', though this game is why the game is known as "Lucifer's Call" [[MarketBasedTitle in Europe]].

* {{Dhampyr}}: Svetlana is one of these, causing a bit of tension between her and Stranger. [[spoiler: It does work in her favor, though, when she's been hypnotized by Count Voicu: Her half-vampire nature makes her strong enough to shake it off in the end.]]

** [[spoiler: WordOfGod is that they're half-sisters.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: Instead of attacking, Count Voicu's newest bride cowers behind a tapestry and tearfully begs for her life when The Stranger pulls her from her hiding place, which clues him in that she hadn't yet been brought fully under the Count's control. The Stranger lets her live.

Not to be confused with ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'', though this game is why the game is known as "Lucifer's Call" [[MarketBasedTitle in Europe]].

The game birthed a spin-off series of games based on ''TheBlairWitchProject'', of all things, as well as the significantly more popular console action series, ''{{Bloodrayne}}''. Unfortunately, the story of Spookhouse itself and the Stranger were never revisited by Terminal Reality (largely due to their assimilation by Majesco), despite the game ending on the mother of all cliffhanger endings.

* CutShort: The game ends on one ''hell'' of a painful (and fairly horrific) cliffhanger. The guys at Terminal Reality still want to do a proper sequel to address this, but it will surely have to wait until after they sever ties with Majesco [[hottip:*:In fact, WordOfGod says this game is Terminal Reality's ''real'' baby, and they created ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'' just to give Majesco a brand they could keep in case their partnership ends.]]

* KillItWithFire: The mobster-zombies in act III are extremely flammable. Also, the only way to keep skeletons down.

* OneWingedAngel: Count Voicu, the BigBad of the first episode, turns into a giant bat-like monster to fight you.

** According to the backstory, Spookhouse was founded by TheodoreRoosevelt after he encountered and killed a werewolf while on a hunting expidition. The text doesn't specify whether or not he used his bare hands to do it, but c'mon; you know he ''totally'' did.

Unlike almost all other games in the genre, ''Nocturne'' uses 360 degree aiming with the mouse (similar to a FirstPersonShooter), instead of the standard "rotate along a fixed plane" used by the likes of the early ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' or ''AloneInTheDark'' games. This allows a very high degree of free aiming, but can be disorienting due to the game's 3rd person perspective.

Unlike almost all other games in the genre, ''Nocturne'' uses 360 degree aiming with the mouse (similar to a FirstPersonShooter), instead of the standard "rotate along a fixed plane" used by the likes of the early ''ResidentEvil'' or ''AloneInTheDark'' games. This allows a very high degree of free aiming, but can be disorienting due to the game's 3rd person perspective.

The game birthed a spin-off series of games based on ''TheBlairWitchProject'', of all things, as well as the significantly more popular console action series, ''{{Bloodrayne}}''. Unfortunately, the story of Spookhouse itself and the Stranger were never revisited by Terminal Reality, despite the game ending on the mother of all cliffhanger endings.

Unlike almost all other games in the genre, ''Nocturne'' uses 360 degree aiming with the mouse (similar to a FirstPersonShooter), instead of the standard "rotate along a fixed plan" used by the likes of the early ''ResidentEvil'' or ''AloneInTheDark'' games. This allows a very high degree of free aiming, but can be disorienting due to the game's 3rd person perspective.

''Nocturne'' is a survival-horror game released in 1999, made by Terminal Reality (those folks behind ''VideoGame/{{BloodRayne}}'').

* HornyDevils: Largely averted with the Succubi, as, barely-there outfits aside, they're indistinguishable from the other hostile monsters. The one exception is an inversion, as she's kept chained to a bed for easily inferred reasons and is very unhappy about it.

''Nocturne'' is a survival-horror game released in 1999, made by Terminal Reality (those folks behind ''{{BloodRayne}}'').

* CutShort: The game ends on one ''hell'' of a painful (and fairly horrific) cliffhanger. The guys at Terminal Reality still want to do a proper sequel to address this, but it will surely have to wait until after they sever ties with Majesco [[hottip:*:In fact, WordOfGod says this game is Terminal Reality's ''real'' baby, and they created Bloodrayne just to give Majesco a brand they could keep in case their partnership ends.]]

* {{Expy}}: Funfact: Rayne of BloodRayne fame was originally supposed to be Svetlana, but this was scrapped. Still, Svet is basically a nicer, longer-haired Rayne.

* CutShort: The game ends on one ''hell'' of a painful (and fairly [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel horrific]]) cliffhanger. The guys at Terminal Reality still want to do a proper sequel to address this, but it will surely have to wait until after they sever ties with Majesco [[hottip:*:In fact, WordOfGod says this game is Terminal Reality's ''real'' baby, and they created Bloodrayne just to give Majesco a brand they could keep in case their partnership ends.]]