GC 2008: Cursed Mountain First Look

By Brian Ekberg, GameSpotPosted Aug 22, 2008 3:12 am PT

We explore the mysteries of a cursed Himalayan city in this survival horror game from Deep Silver.

In Deep Silver's upcoming survival horror game for Wii, you'll play as a mountaineer on a quest to find his missing brother, who's become lost in a mysterious ancient city high in the Himalayan mountains. We had a chance to see the latest trailer for the game and speak with the developers about the game to get a feel for what this very different-sounding Wii game will have on tap.

Set in the late 1980s, you'll play as a climber who must brave the literal uphill challenge of not just reaching the mysterious city where the action takes place, but also solving the mystery that has caused the trouble in the first place. Setting the game roughly 20 years ago was a deliberate choice by the developers--as they put it, mountain climbing was much more dangerous back then when compared to today, with more modern equipment.

Because all the company was showing was concept art, a few screens, and a brief trailer, we don't know much about the mechanics of the game, but we do know that the developer are working on trying to keep the challenges coming. In addition to those challenges, you'll be battling ghosts that inhabit the cursed city where most of the game's action takes place. In fact, the ghosts are former inhabitants of the city that have been trapped in the Buddhist purgatory, unable to move to the next stage of Nirvana because of the curse placed on the city.

To free the ghosts, you'll apparently perform rituals that are ripped from the ghosts you encounter. These rituals will consist of a series of very simple motions with the Wii Remote, and there looks to be several of these kinds of rituals that you'll collect during the course of this game. Cursed Mountain will also feature voice guidance through the Wii Remote as well; a buddy will be talking to you, giving you pointers over a walkie-talkie system, which will come through the Wii Remote's speaker.

In addition to the supernatural encounters, you'll have to deal with the rigors of altitude sickness, which, according to the developers, will have the main character wondering if what he's seeing during his adventures is real or imagined. Certainly the lofty setting and spooky atmosphere make Cursed Mountain a game worth keeping an eye on, and we'll be following its progress leading up to its release in 2009.

31 Comments

  • dragonfist54

    Posted Sep 18, 2009 4:24 pm PT

    looks good ,hopefully its beter than umbrella chronicalls

  • dareough

    Posted Jun 7, 2009 3:38 pm PT

    This game looks very interesting.

  • euphzilla03

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 7:36 pm PT

    Well this could be worth following..I hope it does well.

  • mastiffchild

    Posted Oct 8, 2008 9:42 am PT

    Wii really does need this or maybe the new Fatal Frame game to succeed for survival horror(in the same way it needs The Conduit to hit the FPS mark)as Capcom seem content to port stuff to wii and little else(fair enough Resi4 on Wii was possibly the best version of a fine game but it's no sub for a new one of similar quality)and konami can't be bothered either.

    With EA's Dead Space looking ever more the real deal on PS3 and 360 this could do with being good. Hope so anyway.

  • Smithers2286

    Posted Sep 10, 2008 6:28 am PT

    It's nice to see some promising exclusives being announced, and this game falls in to that list. I look forward to seeing this game develop.

  • speculative

    Posted Sep 8, 2008 7:22 pm PT

    You know, I really get annoyed when they post 2 images of a game that is hardly in development yet, let alone released. The images are always some sort of concept art, and another shot from an indeterminable source. It doesn't hype the game, or provide info. Concept art is just as bad, but at least it's neat to check out in and of itself.

    Anyway, to stay on track Wii exclusives are good, but only if the title ends up being good.

  • BenevolentEnemy

    Posted Sep 8, 2008 1:02 am PT

    We neeed games like this to succeed... So they stop focussing so hard on stupid **** party games, etc. 3rd party devs need to succeed with some real games...

  • amkalfus

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 4:58 pm PT

    this sounds good. i really hope this game turns out well for sure!

  • pocket-dragon

    Posted Aug 29, 2008 2:17 pm PT

    Sounds Pretty cool.

  • Zee666

    Posted Aug 29, 2008 11:19 am PT

    Ooooh, sounds jeboardy.If the cities architecture and the art style is done well then this should amazing. The assasins creed engine would work well i think, although a trifle graphics based for the wii.... but who knows.

  • mike2640

    Posted Aug 28, 2008 1:06 pm PT

    Sounds awesome! Very innovative!

  • rouke1093

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 10:15 pm PT

    Deep silver ain't no Capcom or Konami, but where Capcom leaves A big hole..
    There's A véry big gap to fill (financially as well as in experience.)
    If Deepsilver doesn't f**k this up, we'll finally get what we all hoped for. A creepy horror game.. *drools in anticipation.*

  • mega_sonic_fan

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 11:16 am PT

    sounds like a really interesting game, hopefully it will be as good as it sounds.

  • DarwinBC

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 7:21 am PT

    That sounds really cool

  • Tribalnecktie

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 1:45 am PT

    sick

  • error-thegame

    Posted Aug 26, 2008 6:35 am PT

    COOL

  • elozl

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 10:25 pm PT

    yeah, lets get it!

  • sword-man

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 4:39 pm PT

    man this gona rox.

    im gona get it

  • capitalthoughts

    Posted Aug 23, 2008 5:05 pm PT

    AAwiidog, you don't battle ghosts, you call Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, Dr. Egon Spangler or Winston Zeddemore and they can battle the ghosts for you. Besides if you act now, you get the half-priced service plan, hot beverage thermal mug and free balloon's for the kids. (Limit one per family) Everyone knows that. (Sorry, Ghostbusters fan, couldn't resist, can't wait for the game.)

  • jedinortd_basic

    Posted Aug 23, 2008 7:13 am PT

    it kinda sounds like eternal darkness in a way, which was a good game. hopefully this one will be as well.

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