ACE Team, the guys behind the upcoming Zeno Clash, have announced that due to the ridiculous stress and time it took to make ZC, they're going to be shifting gears and focusing on point and click adventure games, as they have shorter development cycles and they'll be able to pump more of them out. I suppose I can't really blame them, since I imagine the two straight years of sleepless nights have taken a heavy toll on all the members of the team.
In case you're nervous about the direction they're taking, they've released their first game, The Malstrums Mansion, for free on their website. If this game is any indication of the kind of work they're going to be putting out in the future, I'd say this change in direction is a good thing. Zeno Clash was pretty good, but I think this game blows it out of the water. They're looking for feedback, so once you play it head on over to their forums and let them know what you think!
Take note gamers: April 1st, 2009 is the day that ACE Team officially became the greatest developer in the world.
Jonathan Ross is an Associate Editor in Los Angeles who is obsessed with capybaras. Like, seriously, obsessed. If he's not playing Team Fortress 2 or getting into arguments about why PC gaming is superior, he's either off having a fancy dinner with lots of expensive wine, or sitting on the Destructoid IRC complaining that's he's not off having a fancy dinner.
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4:00 PM on 04.01.2009
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So anyone know where to find the will?
If you beat the knocker on the door in the fireplace with a shovel, you can use a Copper Key on it. Outside is a graveyard. Hit the grave with the phoenix on it, and you'll get the will/scroll. I just don't know where to use it :(
I've found the scroll (that is, the written will of Wolfram Malsturm) and read it next to his bones, but nothing happened. I've also read it in the Shrine of Baphomet with similar non-result. The tablet near the bones says to read Wolfram's will in 'the place where he prayed to that other god', but nothing happens when I do. Am I missing something? Am I simply taking a leap of faith and assuming that Wolfram worshiped Baphomet? I've read his scroll in every single area of the game to no avail.
I've read the scroll in every single room, including next to Wolfram's bones chained up in the catacombs and in front of the stone head of Baphomet. What am I doing wrong that I cannot summon his spirit?
You've got to the chapel at the extreme north of the mansion? That's where he was worshipping the other god. If you just use the scroll there it should open a slot behind the painting (you're close to his spirit but there's a few more steps after reading the scroll).
The mausoleum where the coffins of he and his wife are? My way beyond is barred by a door that (I presume) wants a silver key, which I cannot find.
The silver key is hanging on the great stairwell to the left of where you encountered the ghost. You have to knock it down with something.
Thank you! I have no idea how my eyes glossed over that key before, but sure enough they had.
I resisted the overwhelming urge to take my stalwart companion, Yon Shovel, to Wolfram's dessicated corpse in favor of actually winning the game. Thanks for all your help, Parox!