12DOVE Verdict
Pros
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Beautifully created still-life scenes
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Haunting tone
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Continually interesting and surprising
Cons
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Clunky first-person view
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Pretty pretentious
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Really short
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From the weird-merchants behind The Path comes the game of Salome – the princess who asked Herod for John the Baptist’s head. It begins in clunky first-person, with you in a dungeon with nothing to do but be tormented by randomly appearing snippets from Oscar Wilde’s play Salome.
Then, after a terrifying demise, you’re manoeuvring through the 3D space above your prison – extinguishing a series of flames with holy ghost power and admiring beautifully created still-life scenes of nudey women. Your eyes will roll, high and often, at Fatale’s clever-clever pretensions and brevity – but it’s undeniably an interesting, surprising and oddly haunting experience.
Nov 5, 2009
More info
| Genre | Adventure |
| Description | Your eyes will roll, high and often, at Fatale’s clever-clever pretensions and brevity – but it’s undeniably an interesting, surprising and oddly haunting experience. |
| Platform | PC |
| US censor rating | Rating Pending |
| UK censor rating | Rating Pending |
| Release date | 4 November 2009 (US), 4 November 2009 (UK) |
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