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Cursed Mountain
Developer(s)	Sproing Interactive Media Deep Silver Vienna Rabcat Immersive Games Perspective Studios
Publisher(s)	Deep Silver
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	EU August 21, 2009 NA August 25, 2009[1] UK September 4, 2009
Genre(s)	Adventure Survival horror
Rating(s)	ESRB: M PEGI: 16+
Media	Wii Optical Disc
Input methods	Wii Remote, Nunchuk

Cursed Mountain is a survival horror adventure video game for Wii developed by Sproing Interactive, in collaboration with, and published by Deep Silver Vienna. It was released on August 25, 2009 in North America. The game focuses on a mountaineer searching for his lost brother in the Himalayas.^[2]

Gameplay

Combat primarily consists of encounters with the angry souls of monks and climbers who are trapped in Bardo, a spiritual realm in between this life and the next. The player must stun the enemies and make gestures with the Wii Remote to free their souls. The game will also make use of other features of the Wii Remote, such as its built-in speaker.^[3][4]

Plot

Cursed Mountain is set in the late 1980s, due to the lack of technology available in the time period. The entire course of the game takes place on a mountain in the Himalayas named Chomolonzo, which the natives call "the Sacred One". The protagonist, Eric Simmons, is searching for his lost brother, Frank, who was hired by Edward Bennett to retrieve a sacred artifact called a terma. The goddess of the mountain became angry, and she bestowed a powerful curse upon Chomolonzo, trapping Frank and everyone who could not escape in time. The storyline of the game is heavily influenced by Buddhism and Tibetan folklore.^[3][4][5]

Reception

N-Zone magazine gave the game a score of 82%. Praise was given to the game's pacing and atmosphere, with criticism aimed at the game's sometimes sluggish controls.^[8] Blast magazine awarded the game a 7.7 out of 10, stating that the "story, setting and atmosphere are the keys to Cursed Mountain" while "the controls or pacing frustrate you a bit".^[9] About.com was less enthusiastic, giving the game a 3 out of 5 and referring to the controls as "infuriating" and the finale as "laughably pretentious."^[10]

IGN and GameSpot both awarded the title a score of 7.5 praising the atmosphere and game play.

References

External links

• Official Website
• Publisher Deep Silver
• Info on Mount Chomolonzo

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Cursed Mountain
Developer(s)	Sproing Interactive
Publisher(s)	Deep Silver
Release date(s)	August 21, 2009  August 25, 2009
Genre(s)	Adventure, Survival horror
System(s)	Wii, Windows
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature PEGI: Ages 16+

Cursed Mountain is a survival horror adventure video game for Wii, developed by Sproing Interactive, in collaboration with, and published by Deep Silver. It was released on August 21, 2009 in the PAL region and on August 25, 2009 in North America. The game focuses on a mountaineer searching for his lost brother in the Himalayas. Combat primarily consists of encounters with the angry souls of monks and climbers who are trapped in Bardo, a spiritual realm in between this life and the next. The player must stun the enemies and make gestures with the Wii Remote to free their souls. The game also makes use of other features of the Wii Remote, such as its built-in speaker.

Cursed Mountain is set in the late 1980s, due to the lack of technology available in the time period. The entire course of the game takes place on a fictional mountain in the Himalayas named Chomolonzo, which the natives call "the Sacred One". The protagonist, Eric Simmons, is searching for his lost brother, Frank, who was hired by Edward Bennett to retrieve a sacred artifact called a terma. The goddess of the mountain became angry, and she bestowed a powerful curse upon Chomolonzo, trapping Frank and everyone who could not escape in time. The storyline of the game is heavily influenced by Buddhism and Tibetan folklore.

European box art.

Table of Contents

Cursed Mountain/Table of Contents