Remember that 1997 movie Face Off, where John Travolta and Nicholas Cage literally swap faces? It was done the year prior in DeathMask — an FMV adventure game converted to Japanese Saturns from the English PC original (though with a different title). Porting duties were handled jointly by Vantan International and OG developer Electric Dreams Ltd.
Set in a dystopic cyberpunk future, you take on the role of detective Jake Hard in pursuit of a criminal known as Angel Devoid — but a patrol car accident early on forces Jake to undergo facial reconstruction and he is inadvertently fitted with Angel’s face! What follows is a thrilling, fast-paced sci-fi point-and-click adventure featuring loads of live actors superimposed over prerendered scenes.
Plot-heavy, the game allows for some freedom and variety by allowing the player to choose the type of attitude with which to engage others — aggressive, neutral, or pleasant — affecting the outcome. The video is quite clean and loading time is minimal.
At the very end of 2021, Shadowmask and A Murder of Crows released an English translation — more properly, a de-translation, as they used audio assets from the PC game — allowing players to dive into the mean streets of Neo City and uncover the truth behind Angel Devoid.
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