The player assumes the role of Jonathan and uses a point-and-click interface to solve puzzles and navigate the game's world, often with the help of an object called the Dragon Ring. Set in 1904 Transylvania, the game serves as a follow-up to Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

The Story Behind Dracula - The Resurrection

A plan to release the PlayStation version in North America was underway by the time of the 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo. According to the team, the environments in Dracula were built from "sketches, photographs, architectural plans, works on Transylvania" and other such sources. The company had achieved success by developing software with an educational and cultural tourism emphasis; conversely, Dracula was designed as its first traditional computer game.

Dracula: Resurrection was a co-production between Index+ and the companies France Telecom Multimedia and Canal+ Multimedia. Discussing the writing process, Villard noted that "information takes precedence" in dialogue but that "style is very important because it contributes to the overall atmosphere". Dracula represented a departure in style for Index.

How Dracula - The Resurrection Plays

He soon opens the cell of an old woman named Dorko, a witch imprisoned by Dracula and kept outside the main castle by a curse. Jonathan questions the innkeeper Barina about Dracula's castle, but she warns him against traveling there in the dark, especially as it is Saint George's Eve, a night on which evil spirits move freely. When Jonathan gives her the amulet in exchange for Mina, Dorko betrays him, explaining that she wants to rule with Dracula as she had with Dracul.

Production of Dracula was led by Jacques Simian of Index+. Progression in Dracula is linear: the player cannot backtrack to the game's primary areas once they have been completed. Dracula and its direct sequel, Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary (2000), reached combined global sales above 1 million units by April 2007.

Why Players Still Load It Up

A third installment was eventually announced by MC2 France in April 2007, under the name Dracula 3. After being retitled Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon that February, the game launched in France on April 10, 2008. When asked in late 2000 about the likelihood of a third Dracula game, the team's François Villard noted that writers face "the temptation of the trilogy", but that Dracula 3 nevertheless was not planned.

It's very short, so even novice adventure gamers won't have much trouble finishing it in a few sessions." IGN's Scott Steinberg scored the game 8 out of 10, praising the simple interface, the logic of the puzzles, the difficulty level and the graphics. In late 2009, Iceberg Interactive and MC2's Microïds label reissued Dracula: Resurrection and its two sequels as the Dracula Trilogy.

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