Fatale: Exploring Salome review

The attraction? John the Baptist, nude ladies and oddness

GamesRadar+ Verdict

Pros

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    Beautifully created still-life scenes

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    Haunting tone

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    Continually interesting and surprising

Cons

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    Clunky first-person view

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    Pretty pretentious

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    Really short

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From the weird-merchants behind The Path comes the game of Salome – the princess who asked Herod for John the Baptist’s head. It begins in clunky first-person, with you in a dungeon with nothing to do but be tormented by randomly appearing snippets from Oscar Wilde’s play Salome.

Then, after a terrifying demise, you’re manoeuvring through the 3D space above your prison – extinguishing a series of flames with holy ghost power and admiring beautifully created still-life scenes of nudey women. Your eyes will roll, high and often, at Fatale’s clever-clever pretensions and brevity – but it’s undeniably an interesting, surprising and oddly haunting experience.

Nov 5, 2009

More info

GenreAdventure
DescriptionYour eyes will roll, high and often, at Fatale’s clever-clever pretensions and brevity – but it’s undeniably an interesting, surprising and oddly haunting experience.
Platform"PC"
US censor rating"Rating Pending"
UK censor rating"Rating Pending"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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