In the game you play as a real Irish-man Patrick, a man who has unfortunately been drawn into occult rituals, is able to use often spooky magical abilities without much explanation at all, and holds his pistol in his left hand- Single-handedly pissing off right handed players everywhere. Bioshock wouldn't have been the game it was without Undying, same as anything else that "borrows" similar gameplay mechanics as well, but I'm getting a little off topic here.
So surprisingly original is Undying that its a little hard to believe more people don't talk about it, especially those that took the mechanics from it, ripped them like appendages off a lifeless corpse, then sewed them together into their games and pretended it never happened. Even compared to the seminal Medal of Honor Allied Assault, which though equally brilliant and great when compared to Undying, it wasn't exactly as original. However, Clive Barker's Undying could've had any box art or title it wanted, it was just one of those examples of how well an actual videogame can look, play, sound and "be". After all it was the end of the golden late 90's era of videogames, ridiculously good (and sometimes bad) titles were coming out left and right.
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After all it was the end of the golden Its kind of amazing that 13 years ago approximately, we saw a game like Undying even out on the PC. Its kind of amazing that 13 years ago approximately, we saw a game like Undying even out on the PC.