|
Have you played this game?You can rate this game, record that you've played it, or put it on your wish list after you log in. |
Playlists and Wishlists |
RSS Feeds New member reviews
Updates to downloadable files
All updates to this page
|
|
About the StoryStrange, unexplained deaths have been occuring in the marine life surrounding a remote island military base and you have been sent to investigate. Your investigation will ultimately lead you to the other side of the world where you will uncover the secrets behind a sinister plot to find The Unholy Grail.Game Details
Language: English (en)
Current Version: Release 2 / build 3 / Copyright 2008 License: GPL Development System: JACL Baf's Guide ID: 318 IFID: JACL-002 TUID: 7p2rxk0e667yraf2 |
Awards
15th Place - 3rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1997)
Editorial Reviews
Baf's Guide
-- Duncan Stevens
>VERBOSE -- Paul O'Brian's Interactive Fiction Page
Playing Unholy Grail puts me in mind of the old saw about the glass being half-full or half-empty. For each positive I can think of, a counterbalancing negative also comes to mind. While the prose creates sharp, clear, atmospheric images, it is also burdened with numerous grammar and spelling errors. While the game had an inventive plot, this same plot was punctuated with moments of tediousness, implausibility, and pure frustration. And while Grail is orders of magnitude better than Allen's 1996 entry Curse of Eldor, it still fails to realize both its own potential and that of its author.
See the full review
Tags
Member Reviews
| Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 1 Write a review |
An interesting marine biologist spy thriller, July 5, 2017This game uses the relatively unknown JACL engine, but it plays pretty well.
This game is a sleeper hit; I hadn't heard of it, but it's well-put-together. You are on a floating scientific base on a small island that has experienced a recent die-off of fish, and a loss of all juvenile population. You are brought in from the outside to what is essentially a military situation.
The game has espionage, science, etc. Some of the puzzles are unfair a bit, but the game responds well to things you attempt to do, and contains a number of action scenes.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No | Add a comment
If you enjoyed The Unholy Grail...
Related Games
People who like The Unholy Grail also gave high ratings to these games:| Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities Average member rating: (101 ratings)The Queen has told you to return with her heart in a box. Snow White has made you promise to make other arrangements. Now that you're alone in the forest, it's hard to know which of the two women to trust. The Queen is certainly a witch... |
| Across The Stars: The Ralckor Incident, by Dark Star and Peter Mattsson Average member rating: (26 ratings)In the year 5367 IR, humanity is well established throughout the galaxy. It has been over twenty-thousand years since the Zal'tacs passed through our solar system, trading their technology for our food and resources. Lucius Winterson,... |
| I.A.G. Alpha, by Serhii Mozhaiskyi Average member rating: (10 ratings)You may think this game is about a post-Soviet Research Institute. About an experiment that went out of control. You may think that the initials "I.A.G." are somehow related to the Institute. You may think this game is unfinished. You... |
Recommended Lists
The Unholy Grail appears in the following Recommended Lists:This is version 9 of this page, edited by Nathan on 14 July 2017 at 9:36am. - View Update History - Edit This Page - Add a News Item