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The Charnel House Trilogy
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub. With art by Ivan Ulyanov and Ben Chandler, and music by Ja...
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The Charnel House Trilogy Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
For all its depth, The Charnel House Trilogy remains a short but highly repeatable excursion for those who endeavor to puzzle out its many truths. Could a shiny new game detract one from repeat explorations? Certainly, but I am more than happy to let the trilogy sit on my shelf with the comfort of knowing that should the desire to exhume more arise, it will always be there for me to flip through.
The Charnel House Trilogy is a great rainy afternoon pulp horror game, with just enough creepy imagery and top-notch atmosphere to mull over in the days after. It ends up feeling like a short, albeit exciting, prologue to a great adventure game.
The story, music and background art are stand out winners even if the lack of puzzles and voice acting get a little painful
Yes, the game has its moments where it’s creepy. Yes, one of two of the ghastly lightning flashes made me jump in my seat. And yes, the story was promising at first – until it becomes an obvious end for Dr. Lang and a boring yet remarkably confusing one for Alex. As a free game, Sepulchre would have been worth a playthrough. But as a paid product, The Charnel House Trilogy fails to deliver on its promised horror.
Maybe the reason why Harold “fell asleep” on the end of Sepulchre’s chapter is that he wasn’t able to handle all the scary and disturbing stuff that the train threw at him. On the other hand, Alex was strong enough to make sense and break through the train’s “shenanigans” which was acknowledged by Don during the grand revelation. Just comparing the two, looking at their background and working on the little facts that the story gave about them, Harold seemed to be doing well in his life and he wasn’t dealing with any real-life issues while Alex has her recent break-up and the recent death of he...