Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is fully compatible with PAL systems Dracula Origin is the new adventure game from Frogwares studio the team that developed the famous Sherlock Holmes series for PC Having successfully tackled the myth of Cthulhu in Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Frogwares is once again venturing into a disturbing & fantastic universe the world of the Prince of Darkness in an adventure which combines romanticism mystery & horror Young charming & devout Dracula was once an ardent defender of Christendom but lost his faith in God when he is abandoned by his one true love after she marries Count Dracula then makes a pact with the Prince of Darkness & becomes a vampire with an insatiable thirst for blood & vengeance cursed to eternal damnation In the game you play the role of Professor Van Helsing the celebrated vampire hunter on the hunt for Dracula while Dracula himself is on a quest for a mysterious manuscript which will give him the power to raise the dead Your goal is to prevent Dracula from finding & using this manuscript & also to kill him in order to liberate the souls of all those who have had the misfortune to cross his path Using conventional &point & click& gameplay Dracula Origin is a superb adventure supported by impeccable graphics & a rich storyline which takes you to London Egypt Austria & of course to Transylvania the famous home of the great vampire With a subtle combination of 2D environments & animated 3D characters the game faithfully reproduces the world imagined by the celebrated author Bram Stoker with all its associated motifs (horror love blood crucifixes stakes garlic etc) in a disturbing finely-realised & absorbing Gothic atmosphere An unrelenting pursuit of one of the most terrifying figures from fantasy literature Confrontation between two antithetical heroes Van Helsing the restrained scientist & spiritual hero & the young & high-spirited Dracula whose inhumanity matches his malevolence superb graphics combining 2D environments & 3D characters A deep storyline focusing on Van Helsing&s quest to kill the king of all vampires & Dracula&s quest to find the manuscript to raise the dead Interaction with over 40 characters Use a combination of over 150 objects associated with the vampire-themed storyline (stake statue garlic mirror etc) A romantic bloody & violent Gothic ambiance which is true to the original world created by Bram Stoker providing total immersion into the adventure A progressive Help System to lead players to the solution with more & more accurate hints