Directed by Kazuhiro Tsuchiya. With Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, Greg Ellis, Moira Quirk, Robin Atkin Downes. A young woman wakes up in the dungeon of a.

Haunting Ground (aka Demento) is a lesser-known adventure-horror game released by Capcom.Fiona Belli is a young woman who was involved in a unfortunate car accident. She later awakens in a castle and has no idea how she got there. Her main objective is to get the hell out, but the sinister residents of the castle have different plans for our heroine.The gameplay revolves much more on evading enemies and hiding than combat, as Fiona's fighting abilities (she can kick opponents, but it's very weak) are extremely limited (mainly as a throwback to the games, of which this game was to be the fifth installment, but was changed during production). Her health is measured by how calm she is—checking the wrong object or prolonged chases by enemies can cause her to be overcome with fear and panic, which is portrayed in the form of a. She eventually runs into an ally in, who can be commanded to attack enemies, fetch items, or follow Fiona. The game has an of sorts — Fiona can either protect the dog or literally — but abuse will make Hewie become distant from Fiona, causing him to ignore her commands or be slower to respond when Fiona becomes panicked.

Now has a.This game provides examples of:.: For all her tendencies and desire to kill Fiona, it's pretty easy to feel sorry for Daniella when she dies. She only wanted to be complete. Same goes for Debilitas, should the player not drop the chandelier onto him and opt to defeat him the old-fashioned way. Fiona feels guilty for killing him in self-defense, considering that Debilitas only wanted to play with her,. In fact, getting the best ending requires that he survives.: Debilitas, who thinks Fiona is a big doll for him to play with.: Fiona frees Hewie near the beginning of the game after Riccardo tied him up. He returns by fending off Debilitas a few minutes later, and subsequently accompanies Fiona through the rest of the game.

In a less literal sense, after finishing the game once, sparing Debilitas is required in order to achieve a special ending that lets you bypass about half the game.: 'Under the Scalpel', 'Fiona B', 'Fiona the Frog', 'Texas Cowgirl', 'Illegal in Some States'. The sims castaway stories cheats. Even Hewie gets a different fur color scheme as well as one that makes him look like a.: Azoth, which in alchemy is pretty much a cure-all that can restore youth, ensure long life, cure any injuries, and so on. Turns out Fiona's body is full of it, which is why everyone except Debilitas is hunting her.: Daniella ( or so we're led to believe). Some of the levels also have failed homunculi standing around in various places doing strange things. In truth, everyone in the castle but Fiona are all artificial creations, just on different levels.: This applies to the stalkers during the game's chase sequences whenever Fiona's hiding. You'd think they'd be able to tell where she is based on Hewie's proximity to her, Nor does it ever occur to them to, which would leave Fiona without any protection.

Instead, they ignore him altogether, even when he's barking at them and fiercely guarding Fiona's position. They simply walk past as they continue to roam the hallways looking for her. There are instances in which the stalkers actually will go for Hewie, but they're rare. Another example is whenever she's hiding under a bed.

From certain vantage points in the room, she should be directly in the stalkers' line of sight. Yet they never notice her, even when she's only a few feet away.: Daniella and Riccardo, the latter of whom carries a gun and is very trigger-happy.: A terrible, terrible subversion in the worst ending.: Fiona, to the car crash. Fiona also does this during some of her, like the one involving hiding in an iron maiden from Daniella, who figures it out and calmly locks her inside before activating it, with Fiona pleading for her life right up to the end.

'And now, you are mine.: When Fiona first encounters Lorenzo, he's a creepy, shriveled up old man. However, once he gives himself a dose of Azoth, he reverts to a decent but still unremarkable middle-aged man — basically her father with nice hair — before immediately turning into his handsome, muscular, younger self, and is much more deadly now because he can hurl spells at Fiona. Then this is subverted when he falls into a lava pool and becomes a armed with a. This is applicable to the game's villainous cast overall.

The last couple of stalkers are much more mundane than the initial threat.: The Escher-esque stairwell room. Not to mention the House of Truth, especially while you're being chased by young Lorenzo for the first time, during which there is a large corridor that goes in circles with seemingly no end.: The first three boss themes are the same song, just with that particular stalker's leitmotif mixed in.: Poor Fiona is subjected to this a lot throughout the game. Fiona: Why in the world is there a chair here?.turns to camera. This is just a, right?. This example could just be Fiona looking to see what the chair may be facing, as the chair also happens to be facing towards the camera.: Riccardo's plan for Fiona.: Hewie, of course. The core of the gameplay and much of the story centers on protagonist Fiona and the German Shepard she rescues named Hewie.

He's your first and often last line of defense against stalkers, a frequent collaborator when it comes to solving puzzles, and.: A lot of examples between this game and, two 2005 survival horror games developed by Capcom. Fiona and Debilitas look similar to Ashley and the Gigantes, respectively. Belli Castle borrows heavily from Salazar's castle as well, and a white German Shepard shows up in both games. See below.: Fiona. 'A woman with wings protruding out of her back. An angel, perhaps?' .

Humorously lampshaded in another of her comments. 'Not to state the obvious, but this looks like the castle study.' .: Riccardo and Fiona's father, Ugo.: Fiona is a of these. She's , heir to a (built on -filled ), she's of two major villains, and she's a (complete with Hewie).: During normal gameplay, the castle's main gate is locked, forcing Fiona to solve her way through the castle in order to escape. You really are dead. You bastard.' .:.

All the endings are titled in Latin, and also the game over screen — 'Acta est Fabula' — meaning 'The drama is over' or 'The drama has been acted out.' . The title of the game in Japan is 'Demento.' .: Subverted with Debilitas; he is a dangerous, but only because he is too naive and mentally disabled to understand his idea of playing with Fiona is a bad thing.: Most, if not all, of the bosses are like this, seeing as how your only 'weapons' are stun bombs and Hewie's attacks.: The otherwise eerily collected (if murderous) Daniella goes berserk whenever she sees her own reflection. The player can use mirrors to distract and evade her when being chased.: The game uses different colors to create hints when Fiona examines objects.: What Riccardo intends to do to Fiona.: Fiona can praise or scold Hewie, and too much abuse can cause the dog to be totally apathetic toward Fiona. He may even attack her.

On Hard difficulty, Hewie can be killed off completely, giving you a Game Over.: The entire cast to Fiona. Hewie's comments on Hard Mode reveal that's probably what he's barking half the time.: Belli Castle has some sweet interior design going on.: One of the endings. You.: A lot of this game will fly over your head if you aren't at least partially familiar with the mythos surrounding alchemy — in particular, what Azoth is beyond some poorly-defined (in-game) the villains all seem to want.: Hewie serves as your main weapon rather than an escort that needs your constant protection, but you still need to.

He can get hurt, and those whimpers will break your heart.: On the other hand, beating Hewie, letting your stalkers beat Hewie, feeding him onions to lower his stamina, and allowing his health to become critical are also entirely possible. It's even required to get the bad ending.: One of your hiding places during the second portion of the game is a fully functioning iron maiden. Subverted in that if Daniella finds you, she'll.