9: The Last Resort
9: The Last Resort is an Adventure, Puzzle, and Single-player video game developed by GT Interactive. Throughout the game, the player inherits a hotel named The Last Resort, which keeps the story of a deceased uncle. The hotel has nine muses, and as the player enters the hotel, he has to face all the muses one after another.
The player’s goal is to get rid of each muse by completing the offered puzzles. All the puzzles are music-based and required a musical instrument to complete. Nine chapters, each having an evil muse, are waiting for the player. The gameplay focuses on an organ on which the player has to play musical codes assigned.
On each resort floor, the player discovers a code sheet containing instructions for playing a short musical piece. Every sheet extends the code making it more difficult for the player to interpret. In the final puzzle, the player must be familiar with all the played codes. The game has core features such as Nine Puzzles, Nine Chapters, Difficult Challenges, and A Mansion.
#1 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
The Beast Within A Gabriel Knight Mystery is a Point-and-Click, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by Sierra On-Line. It is the sequel to the Gabriel Knights: Sins of the Fathers and takes place one year after the storyline. All through the time, the player plays like a fighter named Gabriel, where the main mission is to fight the dark forces.
Gabriel comes across Ritter Castle in Germany, where his family is currently living. One day, a squad of peasants enters the castle, and the captain tells Gabriel about the terrible death of a little girl. A supernatural wolf has killed the girl and is a big threat to other inhabitants. This investigation brings the player and his companion Grace to a hunter world with dark secrets.
Most of the game is conversation-based, where the player has to interact with the NPCs through texts. The player has to click on the icons placed on the screen to perform relevant operations. Both Gabriel and Grace are available as playable characters either alone or in co-op mode.
#2 Noctropolis
Noctropolis is an Adventure, Arcade, and Single-player video game developed by Flash Point Productions. During the game, the player assumes the role of the protagonist named Peter Grey, who is a bookstore owner and winds up in the world of his favorite comic book. In this point-and-click adventure, the player needs to collect information and help the character make progress.
One night, Peter receives a package that eventually transports him into the Noctropolis, a city of secrets. Five deadliest arch-villains decide to gang up on Peter, mysteriously released from incarceration. The player has to find out who released the criminals and must stop them from wreaking havoc across the city of Noctropolis.
The player interacts with characters and objects that appeared in each world. Manipulation of items and solutions of puzzles is not easy. The player has to overcome the obstacles to advance the story. The game has a verb-based interface that shows up on the screen if the player right-clicks on the screen. Many conversations and cut-scenes are displayed inside a smaller screen of the main console.