<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Index+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
1904	O
Transylvania	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Bram	O
Stoker	O
's	O
novel	B-Application
Dracula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
Count	O
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
Jonathan	O
Harker	O
's	O
wife	O
Mina	O
finds	O
herself	O
mysteriously	O
drawn	O
back	O
to	O
Transylvania	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
was	O
led	O
by	O
Jacques	O
Simian	O
of	O
Index+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
traditional	O
video	O
game	O
:	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
previously	O
created	O
software	O
with	O
an	O
educational	O
and	O
cultural	O
tourism	O
emphasis	O
,	O
a	O
style	O
that	O
informed	O
Draculas	B-Application
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
from	O
myths	O
,	O
legends	O
,	O
Bram	O
Stoker	O
's	O
novel	B-Application
and	O
films	O
about	O
vampires	O
,	O
Draculas	B-Application
creators	O
sought	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Stoker	O
's	O
story	O
that	O
was	O
imbued	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
dread	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
its	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Sanctuary	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
reached	O
combined	O
global	O
sales	O
above	O
1	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
April	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Dracula	B-Application
2s	I-Application
release	O
,	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
series	O
went	O
on	O
hiatus	O
until	O
the	O
2007	O
announcement	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Path	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
by	O
Kheops	O
Studio	O
and	O
MC2	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fourth	B-Application
and	O
fifth	B-Application
entries	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Koalabs	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Anuman	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
from	O
a	O
character	O
's	O
eye-view	O
in	O
a	O
pre-rendered	O
graphical	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
cursor	O
locked	B-General_Concept
in	I-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
screen	I-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
center	I-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
navigate	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
gather	O
items	O
,	O
interact	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
and	O
solve	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
manner	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
restricts	O
player	O
movement	O
to	O
jumps	O
between	O
static	O
screens	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
screen	O
is	O
panoramic	B-Application
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
look	O
around	O
in	O
360	O
degrees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progression	O
in	O
Dracula	B-Application
is	O
linear	O
:	O
the	O
player	O
cannot	O
backtrack	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
primary	O
areas	O
once	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Draculas	B-Application
puzzles	O
often	O
involve	O
locating	O
and	O
using	O
items	O
to	O
progress	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
revolve	O
around	O
an	O
object	O
called	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
that	O
is	O
reused	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
mouses	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
environments	O
,	O
the	O
cursor	O
changes	O
shape	O
in	O
a	O
context-sensitive	B-Application
manner	O
to	O
illustrate	O
the	O
possible	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
re-release	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
"	O
Compass	O
Look	O
"	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
gyroscope	B-Application
inside	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
iPad	B-Device
or	O
iPhone	B-Device
to	O
control	O
the	O
first-person	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
begins	O
by	O
recounting	O
the	O
final	O
scene	O
of	O
Bram	O
Stoker	O
's	O
original	O
novel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
year	O
1897	O
,	O
protagonists	O
Jonathan	O
Harker	O
and	O
Quincey	O
Morris	O
ambush	O
the	O
caravan	O
of	O
Count	O
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
his	O
minions	O
in	O
Borgo	O
Pass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Morris	O
dies	O
in	O
the	O
struggle	O
,	O
the	O
pair	O
succeeds	O
in	O
killing	O
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
releasing	O
Jonathan	O
's	O
wife	O
Mina	O
from	O
her	O
psychic	O
enslavement	O
to	O
the	O
vampire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harkers	O
 '	O
new	O
life	O
in	O
England	O
is	O
disrupted	O
by	O
Mina	O
's	O
sudden	O
disappearance	O
,	O
and	O
Jonathan	O
finds	O
a	O
letter	O
from	O
his	O
wife	O
that	O
suggests	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
involvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
subsequently	O
tracks	O
her	O
to	O
Transylvania	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stopping	O
for	O
directions	O
at	O
the	O
Borgo	O
Pass	O
Inn	O
,	O
he	O
has	O
a	O
brief	O
encounter	O
with	O
two	O
suspicious	O
characters	O
,	O
followers	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
questions	O
the	O
innkeeper	O
Barina	O
about	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
castle	O
,	O
but	O
she	O
warns	O
him	O
against	O
traveling	O
there	O
in	O
the	O
dark	O
,	O
especially	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
Saint	O
George	O
's	O
Eve	O
,	O
a	O
night	O
on	O
which	O
evil	O
spirits	O
move	O
freely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
building	O
is	O
abandoned	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
has	O
not	O
been	O
seen	O
since	O
his	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
henchmen	O
Goran	O
and	O
Iorga	O
roam	O
the	O
countryside	O
around	O
the	O
inn	O
,	O
and	O
Iorga	O
stands	O
guard	O
at	O
the	O
bridge	O
to	O
prevent	O
Jonathan	O
's	O
passage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Jonathan	O
brings	O
the	O
ring	O
back	O
to	O
Micha	O
,	O
he	O
warns	O
him	O
that	O
it	O
relates	O
to	O
the	O
evil	O
Dracul	O
,	O
somehow	O
connected	O
to	O
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
dragons	O
are	O
associated	O
with	O
Hell	O
in	O
Transylvania	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micha	O
also	O
informs	O
Jonathan	O
that	O
the	O
followers	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
Viorel	O
and	O
his	O
henchmen	O
,	O
have	O
recently	O
become	O
active	O
again	O
after	O
a	O
long	O
disappearance	O
,	O
and	O
questions	O
who	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
working	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
explains	O
that	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
is	O
a	O
key	O
to	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
lair	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
tunnel	O
leads	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Barina	O
's	O
husband	O
had	O
hidden	O
the	O
ring	O
in	O
the	O
cemetery	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
door	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
trapped	O
underground	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
explores	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
to	O
forge	O
a	O
path	O
to	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
he	O
travels	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
is	O
watching	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
his	O
plan	O
was	O
always	O
for	O
Jonathan	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
into	O
his	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
soon	O
opens	O
the	O
cell	O
of	O
an	O
old	O
woman	O
named	O
Dorko	O
,	O
a	O
witch	O
imprisoned	O
by	O
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
kept	O
outside	O
the	O
main	O
castle	O
by	O
a	O
curse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
once	O
a	O
follower	O
of	O
Dracul	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
father	O
,	O
until	O
Dracula	B-Application
banished	O
her	O
after	O
his	O
father	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theorizing	O
that	O
his	O
wife	O
is	O
held	O
in	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
crypt	O
under	O
the	O
watch	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
brides	O
,	O
Dorko	O
explains	O
that	O
two	O
objects	O
are	O
necessary	O
to	O
locate	O
Mina	O
:	O
an	O
amulet	O
and	O
the	O
medal	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Brotherhood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dorko	O
opens	O
a	O
passage	O
into	O
the	O
castle	O
for	O
Jonathan	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
begins	O
to	O
explore	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
realm	O
,	O
including	O
his	O
library	O
and	O
personal	O
quarters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
library	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
discovers	O
a	O
letter	O
addressed	O
to	O
him	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Dracula	B-Application
tells	O
him	O
that	O
he	O
has	O
walked	O
into	O
a	O
trap	O
,	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
himself	O
has	O
left	O
for	O
London	O
and	O
that	O
his	O
brides	O
will	O
kill	O
Jonathan	O
when	O
nightfall	O
arrives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
to	O
explore	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
and	O
Dorko	O
's	O
advice	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
finds	O
the	O
medal	O
and	O
opens	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
secret	O
chamber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
a	O
journal	O
entry	O
reveals	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
had	O
met	O
Leonardo	B-Application
da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
in	O
1468	O
and	O
taken	O
the	O
blueprint	B-Application
for	O
his	O
ornithopter	O
,	O
which	O
Dracula	B-Application
has	O
successfully	O
constructed	O
and	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
castle	O
tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
proceeds	O
to	O
the	O
crypt	O
and	O
takes	O
the	O
amulet	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
cornered	O
by	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
brides	O
,	O
who	O
claim	O
that	O
Dorko	O
is	O
using	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Jonathan	O
gives	O
her	O
the	O
amulet	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
Mina	O
,	O
Dorko	O
betrays	O
him	O
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
she	O
wants	O
to	O
rule	O
with	O
Dracula	B-Application
as	O
she	O
had	O
with	O
Dracul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
plans	O
to	O
use	O
Jonathan	O
,	O
Mina	O
and	O
the	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
to	O
prove	O
her	O
loyalty	O
and	O
secure	O
her	O
position	O
with	O
Dracula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
brides	O
arrive	O
and	O
attempt	O
to	O
stop	O
Jonathan	O
's	O
escape	O
in	O
the	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
ends	O
,	O
he	O
remarks	O
that	O
Mina	O
can	O
never	O
be	O
safe	O
while	O
Dracula	B-Application
lives	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
must	O
defeat	O
the	O
Count	O
once	O
and	O
for	O
all	O
upon	O
their	O
return	O
to	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
was	O
a	O
co-production	O
between	O
Index+	O
and	O
the	O
companies	O
France	O
Telecom	O
Multimedia	O
and	O
Canal+	O
Multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
headed	O
by	O
Index	O
's	O
long-time	O
designer	O
,	O
art	O
director	O
and	O
writer	O
Jacques	O
Simian	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
art	O
directed	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
Opération	B-Application
Teddy	I-Application
Bear	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
represented	O
a	O
departure	O
in	O
style	O
for	O
Index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
had	O
achieved	O
success	O
by	O
developing	O
software	O
with	O
an	O
educational	O
and	O
cultural	O
tourism	O
emphasis	O
;	O
conversely	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
as	O
its	O
first	O
traditional	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Génération	O
4s	O
Luc-Santiago	O
Rodriguez	O
called	O
this	O
"	O
the	O
logical	O
continuation	O
"	O
of	O
Index+'s	O
process	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
sought	O
continuity	O
with	O
its	O
previous	O
work	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
centered	O
on	O
immediate	O
hooks	O
,	O
unique	O
concepts	O
and	O
a	O
blend	O
of	O
"	O
play	O
and	O
culture	O
"	O
that	O
favored	O
ease-of-use	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
they	O
built	O
from	O
Bram	O
Stoker	O
's	O
novel	B-Application
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creators	O
billed	O
their	O
project	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
interactive	O
sequel	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
literal	O
adaptation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Génération	O
4	O
reported	O
that	O
Simian	O
was	O
"[p]assionate	O
about	O
Stoker	O
's	O
novel	B-Application
and	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Vlad	O
Tepes	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
designer	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
read	O
the	O
original	O
Dracula	B-Application
several	O
dozen	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creators	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
etymology	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
name	O
in	O
Romanian	O
was	O
unclear	O
—	O
possibly	O
implying	O
a	O
relation	O
to	O
both	O
Satan	B-Protocol
and	O
dragons	O
—	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
drew	O
from	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Saint	O
George	O
and	O
the	O
Dragon	O
as	O
the	O
source	O
for	O
the	O
central	O
Dragon	O
Ring	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
brides	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Greco-Roman	O
Strix	O
monster	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
connected	O
to	O
mythological	O
creatures	O
such	O
as	O
Lamia	O
,	O
Empusa	O
,	O
Onoskelis	O
,	O
the	O
Gello	O
and	O
the	O
One	O
Thousand	O
and	O
One	O
Nights	O
portrayal	O
of	O
ghouls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
the	O
environments	O
in	O
Dracula	B-Application
were	O
built	O
from	O
"	O
sketches	O
,	O
photographs	O
,	O
architectural	O
plans	O
,	O
works	O
on	O
Transylvania	B-Device
"	O
and	O
other	O
such	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simian	O
cited	O
the	O
aesthetic	O
of	O
Bram	O
Stoker	O
's	O
Dracula	B-Application
as	O
a	O
personal	O
favorite	O
,	O
and	O
Génération	O
4s	O
Noël	O
Chanat	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
took	O
cues	O
from	O
this	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1931	O
film	O
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
starring	O
Bela	O
Lugosi	O
,	O
was	O
referenced	O
for	O
a	O
section	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
castle	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Borgo	O
Pass	O
inn	O
borrowed	O
from	O
Roman	O
Polanski	O
's	O
The	O
Fearless	O
Vampire	O
Killers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
build	O
Draculas	B-Application
360°	B-Application
panoramic	I-Application
environments	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
worked	O
with	O
Phoenix	O
VR	O
,	O
a	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
engine	O
provided	O
by	O
4X	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Amerzone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Draculas	B-Application
cutscenes	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
licensed	O
4X	O
Technologies	O
 '	O
"	O
4X	O
Movie	O
"	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
placed	O
a	O
special	O
focus	O
on	O
character	O
graphics	O
during	O
the	O
3D	O
modeling	O
stage	O
,	O
and	O
facial	B-Operating_System
motion	I-Operating_System
capture	I-Operating_System
was	O
employed	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
realistic	O
expressions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
after	O
leaving	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
he	O
recalled	O
that	O
the	O
expenses	O
associated	O
with	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
lip	O
sync	O
and	O
graphics	O
production	O
limited	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
his	O
writing	O
for	O
games	O
like	O
Dracula	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
underwent	O
a	O
rapid	O
development	O
cycle	O
of	O
around	O
8	O
months	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Sébastien	O
Rossignol	O
of	O
Index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forecast	O
in	O
mid-1999	O
for	O
a	O
September	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
ultimately	O
launched	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
October	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
followed	O
in	O
early	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Draculas	B-Application
North	O
American	O
distribution	O
rights	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
DreamCatcher	O
Interactive	O
on	O
March	O
20	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamCatcher	O
founder	O
Richard	O
Wah	O
Kan	O
forecast	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
50,000	O
lifetime	O
sales	O
for	O
Dracula	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
"[a]nywhere	O
from	O
50,000	O
to	O
150,000	O
would	O
be	O
great.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
based	O
these	O
figures	O
on	O
the	O
perceived	O
high	O
quality	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
compared	O
to	O
similar	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publisher	O
shipped	O
Dracula	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
early	O
June	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plan	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
was	O
underway	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
2000	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamCatcher	O
became	O
a	O
certified	O
PlayStation	B-Device
publisher	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
,	O
with	O
Dracula	B-Application
set	O
to	O
be	O
its	O
first	O
title	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
North	O
American	O
launch	O
remained	O
pending	O
by	O
June	O
2001	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
occurred	O
by	O
that	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Index+	O
,	O
combined	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
its	O
computer	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
releases	O
had	O
reached	O
200,000	O
units	O
by	O
mid-September	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Data	O
reported	O
27,798	O
retail	O
sales	O
of	O
Draculas	B-Application
computer	O
version	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2000	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
6,012	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
DreamCatcher	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
totaled	O
170,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
alone	O
by	O
early	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
Microïds	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
combined	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
had	O
surpassed	O
1	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
of	O
the	O
overall	O
Dracula	B-Application
series	O
rose	O
above	O
1.5	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
by	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrections	I-Application
computer	O
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
for	O
The	O
Electric	O
Playgrounds	O
2000	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
for	O
PC	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
prize	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
"	O
We	O
've	O
been	O
waiting	O
for	O
a	O
respectable	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
adventure	O
since	O
Grim	B-Application
Fandango	I-Application
came	O
along	O
,	O
and	O
although	O
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
is	O
a	O
quick	O
ride	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
well	O
worth	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
admission.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
too	O
criticised	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
's	O
resurrection	O
is	O
never	O
explained	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
;	O
"	O
simply	O
clicking	O
every	O
object	O
in	O
your	O
inventory	O
on	O
every	O
object	O
in	O
view	O
will	O
get	O
you	O
through	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
"	O
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
is	O
somewhat	O
interesting	O
only	O
because	O
it	O
's	O
quick	O
,	O
easy	O
,	O
and	O
atmospheric	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
what	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
 '	O
Pascal	O
Tekaia	O
later	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
long-running	O
point-and-click	O
horror	O
series	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
in	O
September	O
2000	O
by	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Sanctuary	I-Application
,	O
released	O
by	O
Canal+	O
Multimedia	O
and	O
Wanadoo	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
2	I-Application
continues	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
depicting	O
Jonathan	O
Harker	O
's	O
efforts	O
to	O
hunt	O
Count	O
Dracula	B-Application
in	O
both	O
London	O
and	O
Transylvania	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
in	O
late	O
2000	O
about	O
the	O
likelihood	O
of	O
a	O
third	O
Dracula	B-Application
game	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
François	O
Villard	O
noted	O
that	O
writers	O
face	O
"	O
the	O
temptation	O
of	O
the	O
trilogy	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
Dracula	B-Application
3	I-Application
nevertheless	O
was	O
not	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Villard	O
ultimately	O
exited	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
after	O
Dracula	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
second	O
title	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
series	O
entered	O
a	O
years-long	O
period	O
of	O
inactivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
installment	O
was	O
eventually	O
announced	O
by	O
MC2	O
France	O
in	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Dracula	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
not	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
comprehensive	O
change	O
of	O
perspective	O
in	O
the	O
approach	O
of	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
myth	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Kheops	O
 '	O
Benoît	O
Hozjan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
contains	O
allusions	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
titles	O
,	O
it	O
instead	O
tells	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Arno	O
Moriani	O
,	O
a	O
priest	O
investigating	O
a	O
cause	O
for	O
sainthood	O
in	O
1920s	O
Transylvania	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
retitled	O
Dracula	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Path	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
that	O
February	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
launched	O
in	O
France	O
on	O
April	O
10	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
Iceberg	O
Interactive	O
and	O
MC2	O
's	O
Microïds	O
label	O
reissued	O
Dracula	B-Application
:	I-Application
Resurrection	I-Application
and	O
its	O
two	O
sequels	O
as	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
Trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revised	O
,	O
episodic	O
version	O
of	O
Resurrection	O
was	O
launched	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
by	O
Anuman	O
and	O
Microïds	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
wider	O
strategy	O
by	O
Anuman	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
bought	O
the	O
Microïds	O
label	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
to	O
reach	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
customers	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
reissues	O
of	O
Microïds	O
 '	O
back	O
catalog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
was	O
again	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
Trilogy	O
bundle	O
on	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	O
platform	O
GOG.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
standalone	O
version	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
followed	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anuman	O
announced	O
a	O
fourth	B-Application
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Dracula	B-Application
franchise	O
at	O
the	O
November	O
2012	O
Game	O
Connection	O
Europe	O
conference	O
,	O
ending	O
a	O
hiatus	O
of	O
original	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entitled	O
Dracula	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Koalabs	O
in	O
France	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
an	O
art	O
restoration	O
expert	O
named	O
Ellen	O
Cross	O
,	O
who	O
travels	O
the	O
world	O
while	O
investigating	O
an	O
anonymous	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
4s	I-Application
plot	O
is	O
unrelated	O
that	O
of	O
any	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
ends	O
in	O
a	O
cliffhanger	B-Application
that	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
 '	O
Jack	O
Allin	O
wrote	O
was	O
widely	O
criticized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
August	O
,	O
Anuman	O
and	O
Koalabs	O
announced	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Dracula	B-Application
5	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dracula	B-Application
5	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
