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Ghost Master

Critic score3 critics
First release
May 23, 2003
Genres
Strategy, Puzzle · Horror, Comedy

Ghost Master is a strategy game with a difference. Your aim is to build up and control a team of ghosts, and your goal is to scare the humans.Set in the town of Gravenville, there are number of different scenarios to play, set over a variety of fully 3D environments including the country house, police station and hospital.Instead of playing with one single character, you build up an entire ghostly team. There are around 50 ghosts in total and each haunter has its own personality, strengths, and weaknesses. As the game develops the characters themselves will develop and grow. What's more, each one has its own unique set of powers - some can make the walls drip with blood while others can cut the lights in the room...Each time you scare a human or 'mortal', you will increase your plasm; the energy you need to scare them in the first place. Scare them too much and people will flee from the building, which will make your job more difficult.Ghost Master uses a unique AI engine, which gives the player a sense of natural human behaviour. The mortals will go about their everyday lives; cooking, going to work, arguing with each other... until they encounter the horrors you control! After facing these horrors they will become irrational, afraid, and sometimes even go insane! As well as horror the game also contains elements of humour.

Also known as Ghost Master: The Gravenville Chronicles

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 23, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 26, 2003
Mac
Nov 05, 2003
All 6 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jan 29, 2004
PlayStation 2
Aug 27, 2004
Xbox
Aug 27, 2004
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB T
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
ghosts, insanity, steam, camera, possession
… All 12, digital distribution, vending machine interaction, onlive, ouija board, poltergeist, ghostly manifestation, bully mode

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Critic Score
67

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