For me, this game stands out as one of the greatest games I've played. In terms of horror, it doesn't come close to the gore of comparative horror games, such as Resident Evil 4. But Cursed Mountain does horror with class, and has its fair share of jumpy moments. For me, the artistry of the game has to be its main asset. The ascension of the mountain is truly beautiful and required me to pause on several occasions to appreaciate the breathtaking surroundings. There is plenty of fighting, with a choice of awesome weapons and and as the game progresses, the majority of ghosts require exorcising. The bosses are excellent and intimidating. The plot could be described as slightly twisted, and comes to an unexpected ending... but this is a game that focuses more on the gameplay and the graphics. Cursed Mountain has been criticised for being too difficult: I would agree that a few parts are very difficult, but this only adds to the satisfaction of completing the game. All in all, a… more »

For me, this game stands out as one of the greatest games I've played. In terms of horror, it doesn't come close to the gore of comparative horror games, such as Resident Evil 4. But Cursed Mountain does horror with class, and has its fair share of jumpy moments. For me, the artistry of the game has to be its main asset. The ascension of the mountain is truly beautiful and required me to pause on several occasions to appreaciate the breathtaking surroundings. There is plenty of fighting, with a choice of awesome weapons and and as the game progresses, the majority of ghosts require exorcising. The bosses are excellent and intimidating. The plot could be described as slightly twisted, and comes to an unexpected ending... but this is a game that focuses more on the gameplay and the graphics. Cursed Mountain has been criticised for being too difficult: I would agree that a few parts are very difficult, but this only adds to the satisfaction of completing the game. All in all, a brilliant, suspenseful, gem of a game, and one that I would gladly play through again.

Cursed Mountain is an abortive attempt at survival horror which surely never even worked on paper. The majority of time playing is spent trogging through empty streets, mountainsides and villages, occasionally indulging in repetitive railshooter-esque combat with identical ghosts. There is absolutely nothing to do in the game, you literally push 'up' until you eventually get told to retrace your steps before you can move forward.

There's nothing to collect apart from a few scraps of paper (same old storytelling method delivered a lot less cleverly than we've seen with BioShock and the like) and healing incense sticks. You can occasionally find a permanent max-health boost but that's it. 'Puzzles' don't seem to happen, instead you're told to go back and wave the Wiimote at a previously blocked door, have a few more battles then press on. The character moves painfully slow making progress even more grating to achieve.

I find it hard to be eloquent or descriptive about the… more »

Cursed Mountain is an abortive attempt at survival horror which surely never even worked on paper. The majority of time playing is spent trogging through empty streets, mountainsides and villages, occasionally indulging in repetitive railshooter-esque combat with identical ghosts. There is absolutely nothing to do in the game, you literally push 'up' until you eventually get told to retrace your steps before you can move forward.

There's nothing to collect apart from a few scraps of paper (same old storytelling method delivered a lot less cleverly than we've seen with BioShock and the like) and healing incense sticks. You can occasionally find a permanent max-health boost but that's it. 'Puzzles' don't seem to happen, instead you're told to go back and wave the Wiimote at a previously blocked door, have a few more battles then press on. The character moves painfully slow making progress even more grating to achieve.

I find it hard to be eloquent or descriptive about the game since the hours I spent playing it just vanished leaving me with nothing to show for it. It needed puzzles, some interaction, some interesting combat (or a combat-avoidance mechanic like Clocktower 3). Even then I doubt it would pass muster, it's so hair-pullingly dull. As someone who's enjoyed survival horror since Alone in the Dark (never mind Resident Evil) I'm gutted that one of the hopefuls of this console generation has turned out like this.

Cursed Mountain is an extremely poor effort that will very quickly be forgotten, not least when one of tmodest few survival horror games hitting the Wii (hopefully) is a playable experience. If you're absolutely dying to play it then sure give it a rent, but I sure as heck don't recommend it to anyone for purchasing.