I received Shivers as a gift back in 1995. It's another game that I still own to this day.
Shivers is a point and click horror/adventure game set in a museum. Two kids decided to sneak into the museum one night and they let the Ixupi, spirits who suck the life out of humans, out of their pots. The Ixupi killed the owner of the museum and are still loose. You play as someone who has been dared by a group of friends to stay in the museum overnight. In order to survive, you have to find the pots and their corresponding lids and capture the Ixupi.
The Ixupi, admittedly, are not scary at all. They're very cartoonish. What does make this game scary is the soundtrack. There are times when it is so loud it's overwhelming and other times where it's quiet and haunting. The Ixupi will never jump out from around a corner, they aren't hiding behind any doors. They are confined to certain...Elements? Ash, water, cloth, wood, wax, etc. Once you have the correct pot and lid, you have to look for these elements in the museum, click on the correct pot in your inventory and then click on the area the Ixupi is hidden in before they have a chance to attack you.
It sounds easy enough, but it's not. Shivers is very puzzle-heavy. Some of the puzzles are easily solved, while others (like Chinese checkers and the alchemy machine puzzle) take a bit more thought. The puzzles are all enjoyable though.
What I really like about this game is that you get to explore the exhibits. Most of them deal with myths and legends. Monsters. It's the type of museum I would love to go to, if it existed.
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