Most teams that work on these games only made one Call of Cthulhu game. The original team also responsible for the first three Alone in the Dark games & Jack in the Dark short game. Prisoner of Ice mostly acts as it's an stand alone game. Yes it does have a connection to Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet.
I haven't got to play much of that one. I am well aware it is the most popular Call of Cthulhu game. At the moment, I'm a bigger fan of this game. Prisoner of Ice sorta in a way comes off like Indiana Jones. The movies with Nazis I meant where you uncover a secret that they been searching for. This is a surprisingly straight forward not as difficult point & click game.
Yes, it can be a little strict at times. Especially in a few occasions with a prisoners of ice close by. You play as Lieutenant Ryan, what started as a mission under the sea. Suddenly becomes mysterious as it goes on. I do like some parts of the game are clear what to do. I still recommend a guide to a degree. Some key items due to how they were placed can be frustrating to find.
Probably due to blending in with their placement too much. I actually got confused several times looking for some of the key items over this problem. The soundtrack does a good job staying within the theme. Prisoner of Ice does go a little into time travel. There are puzzles but most of them are surprisingly easy.
This game isn't as close as difficult as Shadow of the Comet. There are several locations including two versions of one. Alright if you haven't got very far in the game. I recommend either skipping this section or not finishing to read this blog right now. But please come back to finish after you do so you won't get spoiled by this surprise.
They brought back a few key characters from Shadow of the Comet. John Parker, the protagonist & Narackamous, the antagonist respectively together at the same moment late in the previous game. This suddenly becomes a sequel to Shadow of the Comet because of the Nazis. I should mention, there's two endings with little to no difference between them.
But like Harvester, you can save at the decision screen. Thus saving you from having to replay the entire game again to doing the other ending. Obviously both of them are alright. There isn't much enemy variety in this game too. One of my favorite moments happens twice. The future Lieutenant Ryan appears in the past or present to his past self whose also in the same room.
He gets out this gun he finished making in the future to take out an Nazi. Easily one of the coolest moments in the franchise from what I played so far. The maps aren't big but some are slightly bigger than others. By the way, to escape a prison cell ends up being one of the trickiest things to do. You have to knock out an guard, then take his keys to closing the door.
Finally, you move a table followed by a stool which your character automatically moves to the top. You use either a spoon or pen to open a grate to go into the vent. Keep in mind, this does predates Metal Gear Solid that came out a few years later in 1998. I just found out, in Japan both PlayStation 1 & Sega Saturn got a port of this game.
Surprisingly this game isn't that long or at least as long as I thought it was going to be. Honestly, even though I still haven't finished the first two games in The 7th Guest series. I felt both of those are notably longer games with better puzzles for the most part. I will say this game does have interesting artwork.
Some might consider the in game artwork you'll mostly see not being as good as Shadow of the Comet. Honestly, they stand out a bit more in a few ways making them easier for me to see. Also the voice acting is great even with a few languages thrown in. Overall, this is likely going to be an gem of horror point & click games that deserves more attention.
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