Nocturne looked stunning when it came out, and it still looks pretty good today. In many ways the game is similar to the Resident Evil games (or the ancient Alone In The Dark games, for anyone who remembers them), requiring you to control a charater in third person through a range of pre-rendered 'screens', whilst shooting at all kinds of horrible monsters and solving the odd puzzle. Like the Resident Evil and AITD games, Nocturne is heavily horror-based, having you play as an x-files style government agent whose job it is to investigate and wipe out the various nightmarish horrors that threaten humankind. The graphics are great, the backgrounds looking ...  Read the complete review

Once upon a time my PC was a no go area for games that is until Nocturne.. This game was a gift and it seemed churlish not to play it at least once....I've never been a fan of PC games finding them tedious and difficult to do...Somehow this game is different. The graphics are very realistic and mood setting with the moving shadows, fog and the need to use torchlight and night vision...The music sets the mood of watching a horror movie making you feel the tenseness of the moment...Each character has their own voice and accent adding to the realism. Set in the 1930's the main character is a dark brooding macho type called Stranger who works for a secret ...  Read the complete review

It may sound crazy, but as humans, we enjoy being scared. I have no idea why, but just looking at the gigantic horror movie/book craze is proof enough for me. Up till now, there have been very few games to scare me. Doom was most definately scary with the lights off, and Half Life had plenty of shocks and surprises. But, we must differentiate between merely shock value (ie thousands of huge monsters jumping out at you) and true fear (generally created by a tense atmosphere and anticipation). I would go so far as to say there are no truely scary games on the market. Which is where Nocturne comes in. There is no doubt about it, Nocturne is one very scary game. I defy ...  Read the complete review