

The player is also shown how to heal by using shrines by a monk who has stayed behind to combat the ghosts. With this blessed item, the player is able to use it to attack the ghosts that have taken over the city. Here, the player is introduced to the basics of combat after obtaining Frank's old climbing axe that has its handle wrapped in sacred tapestry. Eric must find his way through the abandoned city to Edward Bennet's house, the funder of the climbing expedition. Lhando is the highest city in the world, and is regarded as a gateway to the Himilayas. The player takes control of Frank's brother, Eric. The chapter ends as we see angry ghosts closing in on Frank as he ascends the mountain. The player is also shown a brief backstory, offering vague details of Frank's falling out with his climbing partner, and his motivation to climb. The player is introduced to the basics of movement and climbing. The game begins as the player takes control of Frank completing his ascent to discover a treasure that has been hidden on Chomolonzo, the sacred mountain. Plot Illusions of the Ego, Elevation Unknown Other motion controls are used for such actions as avoiding falling rocks by running and swinging an ice pick. In the Wii version, these prayers are performed by using the Wii Remote's motion function. Instead of using conventional weapons like firearms or melee weapons, Eric's primary tool of defense against the spirits he encounters are Buddhist prayers and ritual objects. As he gets closer and closer to the summit, Eric will start to speculate that some of the horrors he is seeing are caused by the thin mountain air and that he is going insane. The villagers strongly object because they say the goddess of Chomolonzo has been angered, so Eric must ascend to the peak alone. At the game's start, Eric Simmons begins in a small monastery in the valley beside Chomolonzo, where he is trying to gather villagers to go up the mountain with him. These spirits are heavily inspired by the Buddhist religion. The player takes on the role of Frank's brother Eric, who takes on his own expedition to find Frank and figure out what happened.Ĭursed Mountain's primary adversaries are spirits who are trapped in between the realms of life and death. At basecamp, a storm suddenly blew up, and the Sherpas refuse to set foot on the mountain they call 'the sacred one' to find Frank. After after finding the artifact, however, Frank and Paul have some kind of argument Paul returns to basecamp alone, leaving Frank on the mountain. Their benefactor, Edward Bennett, wants them to retrieve an ancient artifact from the mountain. He is sent on an expedition to climb the Himalayan peak Chomolonzo with his climbing partner Paul Ward. Synopsisįrank Simmons is one of the worlds best high-altitude climbers.

The game is set during the 1980s, in an era that predates GPS and other satellite technology that is now widespread. The game takes heavy influence from the Buddhist religion. It was released on the Wii and PC in 2009. Cursed Mountain is a survival horror title set in the Himalayan Mountains, developed by Sproing Interactive and Deep Silver.
