Goosebumps horrorland computer game
There is a good bit of variety in the mini-games as well. Even if you run out completely, each area has something you can search to find more tokens, so you never really run out. You start off with 20, but many games, like the Bumper Carnage or Wheel of Misfortune, can earn you more tokens. As you earn frights, you unlock other games and locations in the park. Each game offers Bronze, Silver and Gold "frights" (aka trophies) for earning a certain amount of points in that game. You start off in Carnival of Screams and move into areas like Vampire Village, Fever Swamp, Mad Labs and Terror Tombs (with Vampire Village acting as a hub between them). The park itself is broken up into five locations, each one with its own theme. HorrorLand also uses voice acting for the cutscenes instead of having you read the story, which is always nice on the DS.Īs mentioned above, Goosebumps: HorrorLand is a bunch of mini-games with a distinctly darker feel to them. For the most part, the sound adds just the right amount of atmosphere to the game to make it worthwhile. During the HorrorLand Derby, your ears are filled with the sounds of a horse race, while other games like the Calamity Canyon roller coaster have that distinct wooden coaster sound of a cart on tracks. The sound effects are also mini-game appropriate. For example, Carnival of Screams uses that (appropriately) eerie carny music. The speakers are constantly filled with music appropriate for the themed area you are in. Even the in-game cutscenes that occur during various parts in the game (typically when you first go into a new part of the park) end up looking okay - nothing spectacular, just okay. Your character looks okay during his closeups, but with the camera pulled back as far as it is while running around the park, many of the sharp angles from the low polygon count go away.
While the graphics themselves aren't as crisp as some other 3D games on the system, they do a good enough job showing you what's going on. Goosebumps: HorrorLand puts you in the horror-themed amusement park run by monsters, and for the most part, the game does a decent job portraying that fact. Its been quite a while since I've read a Goosebumps book, but the chance to explore a game based on the title was an interesting experience.