<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
designer	O
Nigel	O
Papworth	O
,	O
who	O
saw	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
as	O
a	O
natural	O
setting	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-rendering	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
panoramic	B-Application
environments	O
challenged	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
averaged	O
seven	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Self-funded	O
by	O
Daydream	O
after	O
a	O
successful	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
ultimately	O
cost	O
between	O
$1	O
-	O
and	O
$	O
2-million	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2000	O
it	O
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
10	O
languages	O
and	O
27	O
countries	O
by	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
DreamCatcher	O
Interactive	O
and	O
FX	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reception	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
site	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
puzzles	O
and	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
were	O
lauded	O
by	O
many	O
critics	O
—	O
the	O
latter	O
was	O
praised	O
by	O
the	O
British	O
Academy	O
of	O
Film	O
and	O
Television	O
Arts	O
—	O
but	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
pacing	O
,	O
large	O
interface	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
mazes	O
drew	O
mixed	O
reactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
sequel	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cypher	I-Application
,	O
directed	O
by	O
Papworth	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
258	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
in	O
a	O
pre-rendered	O
visual	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
manner	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
player	O
movement	O
is	O
restricted	O
to	O
jumps	O
between	O
panoramic	B-Application
static	O
screens	O
;	O
the	O
camera	O
view	O
can	O
rotate	O
freely	O
on	O
each	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
features	O
nonlinear	O
progression	O
:	O
multiple	O
solutions	O
allow	O
for	O
roughly	O
1,200	O
unique	O
pathways	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
win	O
within	O
the	O
12-hour	O
limit	O
,	O
or	O
is	O
found	O
by	O
the	O
guards	O
,	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
agent	O
named	O
Raven	O
,	O
employed	O
by	O
an	O
American	O
agency	O
called	O
ORPHIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
gear	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
crossbow	B-Application
,	O
grappling	O
hooks	O
,	O
lock	O
picks	O
,	O
a	O
motorized	O
zip-line	O
,	O
explosives	O
and	O
tools	O
to	O
hijack	O
security	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PDA	B-Application
interface	O
provides	O
details	O
about	O
these	O
gadgets	O
,	O
the	O
Tower	O
and	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
features	O
multiple	O
endings	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
actions	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
in	O
November	O
1996	O
,	O
when	O
designer	O
Nigel	O
Papworth	O
of	O
Sweden	O
's	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
began	O
to	O
explore	O
possibilities	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
next	O
title	O
after	O
Safecracker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daydream	O
went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
Stockholm	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
's	O
Stockholm	O
Börsinformation	O
(	O
SBI	O
)	O
list	O
in	O
January	O
1997	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
plan	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
prepared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Papworth	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
part	O
of	O
Daydream	O
's	O
roadmap	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
after	O
going	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
influx	O
of	O
capital	O
,	O
all	O
subsequent	O
development	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
self-funded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daydream	O
began	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
with	O
around	O
one	O
year	O
of	O
research	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
a	O
trip	O
of	O
eight	O
team	O
members	O
to	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
to	O
photograph	O
the	O
entire	O
structure	O
over	O
two	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
full	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
,	O
Papworth	O
plotted	O
its	O
narrative	O
in	O
storyboard	O
form	O
,	O
and	O
Daydream	O
planned	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
design	O
on	O
"	O
a	O
huge	O
magnetic	O
white	O
board	O
with	O
a	O
logic	O
flow	O
chart	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
lead	O
programmer	O
Peter	O
Lundholm	O
,	O
HyperCard	B-Application
was	O
used	O
during	O
pre-production	O
to	O
generate	O
rough	O
prototypes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1997	O
,	O
Daydream	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
Project	O
II	O
"	O
was	O
still	O
in	O
the	O
prototyping	O
stage	O
and	O
,	O
pending	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
finished	O
prototype	B-Application
in	O
August	O
,	O
would	O
move	O
into	O
full	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1998	O
,	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
announced	O
"	O
Project	O
II	O
"	O
as	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
and	O
scheduled	O
its	O
public	O
unveiling	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Milia	O
festival	O
in	O
Cannes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Employment	O
agency	O
Octagon	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
Daydream	O
had	O
signed	O
after	O
buying	O
back	O
Safecrackers	B-Application
rights	O
from	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
in	O
November	O
1997	O
,	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
begin	O
locating	O
distribution	O
partners	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Safecracker	B-Application
,	O
the	O
strategy	O
was	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
local	O
distributor	O
in	O
each	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Nigel	O
Papworth	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
difficult	O
"	O
than	O
originally	O
expected	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
significantly	O
greater	O
challenge	O
than	O
Safecracker	B-Application
had	O
been	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
on	O
reproducing	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
left	O
the	O
team	O
unable	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
forced	O
Daydream	O
to	O
opt	O
for	O
realistic	O
puzzles	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
simpler	O
task	O
of	O
designing	O
Safecrackers	B-Application
more	O
abstract	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
nonlinear	O
design	O
approach	O
was	O
planned	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
as	O
Papworth	O
noted	O
that	O
Daydream	O
was	O
"	O
allergic	O
"	O
to	O
linear	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
further	O
increased	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
creation	O
for	O
the	O
designers	O
and	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daydream	O
elected	O
to	O
use	O
pre-rendered	O
graphics	O
instead	O
of	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	I-General_Concept
visuals	I-General_Concept
on	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
because	O
the	O
team	O
preferred	O
an	O
"	O
above-standard	O
graphics	O
environment	O
to	O
the	O
advantage	O
of	O
free	O
3D	O
motion	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Papworth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
character	O
animation	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
first-time	O
character	O
animators	O
Fredrik	O
Johnson	O
and	O
Leif	O
Holm	O
worked	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
use	O
pre-rendering	O
brought	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
final	O
size	O
before	O
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
to	O
10	O
terabytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papworth	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
production	O
methods	O
used	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
were	O
seen	O
at	O
Daydream	O
as	O
"	O
too	O
costly	O
and	O
time	O
consuming	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
viable	O
long	O
term	O
solution	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
it	O
,	O
including	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
team	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
concurrently-developed	O
Clusterball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
members	O
of	O
Daydream	O
handled	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
models	O
and	O
textures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
began	O
by	O
drawing	O
building	B-Application
plans	I-Application
on	O
transparent	O
vellum	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
obtained	O
from	O
second-hand	O
books	O
,	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
the	O
Royal	O
Archives	O
and	O
Daydream	O
's	O
personal	O
reference	O
photographs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
with	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
and	O
PowerAnimator	B-Device
6.5	I-Device
,	O
the	O
team	O
then	O
created	O
wire	O
frames	O
based	O
on	O
these	O
plans	O
,	O
using	O
four	O
SGI	B-Device
O2	I-Device
and	O
SGI	B-Operating_System
Indy	I-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Textures	O
were	O
created	O
in	O
Painter	B-Operating_System
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
,	O
while	O
the	O
finished	O
graphics	O
were	O
rendered	O
on	O
a	O
farm	B-Operating_System
of	O
SGI	B-Application
Challenges	I-Application
and	O
systems	O
running	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
built	O
with	O
Live	O
Picture	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
RealVR	O
tool	O
,	O
software	O
that	O
displays	O
virtual-reality	B-Application
photographic	I-Application
panoramas	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papworth	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
techniques	O
Daydream	O
developed	O
while	O
working	O
on	O
Safecracker	B-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
created	O
with	O
QuickTime	B-Application
VR	I-Application
,	O
had	O
since	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
newer	O
RealVR	O
software	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
RealVR	O
was	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
spherical	O
360°	B-Application
panoramas	I-Application
,	O
a	O
necessity	O
given	O
the	O
tall	O
structures	O
modeled	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
construct	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
panoramic	B-Application
environments	O
,	O
Erik	O
Phersson	O
implemented	O
image	B-Algorithm
stitching	I-Algorithm
with	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
and	O
Live	O
Picture	O
's	O
PhotoVista	O
editing	O
software	O
,	O
combining	O
multiple	O
rendered	O
stills	O
from	O
the	O
graphics	O
team	O
into	O
larger	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
panoramas	O
were	O
made	O
playable	O
and	O
interactive	O
by	O
Peter	O
Lundholm	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
tools	O
DeBabelizer	O
and	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phersson	O
also	O
handled	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
environments	O
with	O
MacPaint	B-Operating_System
and	O
SoundEdit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
local	O
musicians	O
Toontrack	B-Application
,	O
which	O
comprised	O
Mattias	O
Eklund	O
and	O
Henrik	O
Kjellberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
opportunity	O
to	O
join	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
came	O
because	O
Eklund	O
had	O
played	O
in	O
a	O
band	O
with	O
Phersson	O
and	O
Leif	O
Holm	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Safecracker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
that	O
title	O
's	O
production	O
wrapped	O
,	O
Toontrack	B-Application
spent	O
a	O
week	O
on	O
an	O
eight-minute	O
demo	O
to	O
pitch	O
Daydream	O
for	O
its	O
next	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterward	O
,	O
Phersson	O
hired	O
the	O
pair	O
to	O
score	O
an	O
early	O
build	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
and	O
their	O
involvement	O
grew	O
from	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eklund	O
and	O
Kjellberg	O
used	O
the	O
programs	O
WaveLab	B-Application
and	O
Cubase	B-Application
VST	I-Application
to	O
compose	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
music	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
made	O
with	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
sampled	O
,	O
synthesized	O
and	O
live	O
instrumentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
purposely	O
limited	O
in-game	O
to	O
build	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Toontrack	B-Application
,	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
"	O
sixties	O
and	O
seventies	O
"	O
spy	O
films	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
theme	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
1998	O
European	O
Computer	O
Trade	O
Show	O
(	O
ECTS	O
)	O
,	O
Daydream	O
landed	O
distributors	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
eight	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
year	O
progressed	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
encountered	O
a	O
four-month	O
delay	O
to	O
fall	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
was	O
blamed	O
by	O
Daydream	O
on	O
numerous	O
software	B-Error_Name
bugs	I-Error_Name
,	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
size	O
and	O
complexity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papworth	O
estimated	O
the	O
final	O
budget	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
as	O
between	O
$1	O
and	O
$2	O
million	O
in	O
United	O
States	O
currency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
public	O
launch	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
demo	O
in	O
June	O
1999	O
,	O
Daydream	O
brought	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
gold	O
status	O
late	O
that	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
September	O
1999	O
,	O
after	O
roughly	O
three	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
shipped	O
on	O
four	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daydream	O
Software	O
told	O
investors	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
that	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
would	O
appear	O
in	O
another	O
14	O
countries	O
by	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
had	O
received	O
translations	O
into	O
10	O
languages	O
by	O
December	O
10	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
Daydream	O
reported	O
its	O
lifetime	O
"	O
guaranteed	O
sales	O
volume	O
"	O
as	O
above	O
100,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
release	O
,	O
Nigel	O
Papworth	O
noted	O
his	O
"	O
hope	O
that	O
this	O
title	O
gets	O
the	O
crack	O
it	O
deserves	O
at	O
the	O
American	O
Market	O
"	O
,	O
following	O
Safecrackers	B-Application
failure	O
to	O
penetrate	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
DreamCatcher	O
's	O
partnership	O
network	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
set	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
15	O
North	O
American	O
retail	O
chains	O
,	O
including	O
Best	O
Buy	O
,	O
Virgin	O
Megastores	O
and	O
CompUSA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
had	O
seen	O
releases	O
in	O
27	O
countries	O
by	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
and	O
became	O
Daydream	O
Software	O
's	O
top-selling	O
game	O
by	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
Foundation	O
for	O
the	O
Improvement	O
of	O
Living	O
and	O
Working	O
Conditions	O
(	O
Eurofound	O
)	O
traced	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
country-by-country	O
success	O
rate	O
to	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
Daydream	O
's	O
distribution	O
partners	O
in	O
each	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
,	O
Marek	O
Bronstring	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
slow	O
"	O
initial	O
sales	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
gave	O
way	O
to	O
significant	O
success	O
,	O
beginning	O
around	O
one	O
year	O
into	O
its	O
shelf	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2000	O
became	O
the	O
first-ever	O
month	O
that	O
Daydream	O
turned	O
a	O
net	O
profit	O
,	O
in	O
part	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
sales	O
increase	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Eurofound	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
also	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
group	O
wrote	O
was	O
"	O
primarily	O
because	O
a	O
huge	O
supermarket	O
chain	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
had	O
opted	O
to	O
stock	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
publisher	O
's	O
top	O
titles	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
behind	O
Atlantis	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Crystal	I-Application
Key	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globally	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
sold	O
more	O
than	O
300,000	O
copies	O
by	O
March	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2003	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
between	O
300,000	O
and	O
400,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
Spain	O
accounted	O
for	O
75,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
site	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
critical	O
reception	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
was	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
The	O
Design	O
Award	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
1999	O
British	O
Academy	O
Film	O
Awards	O
(	O
BAFTAs	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
the	O
prize	O
to	O
Wipeout	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BAFTAs	O
 '	O
judges	O
called	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
a	O
"	O
very	O
well	O
researched	O
and	O
well	O
considered	O
game	O
with	O
intuitive	O
game	O
play	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
its	O
controls	O
and	O
its	O
depiction	O
of	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
GameSpots	O
2000	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Spycraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Game	I-Application
,	O
GameSpots	O
Ron	O
Dulin	O
praised	O
the	O
puzzles	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
felt	O
were	O
sensible	O
and	O
realistic	O
,	O
alongside	O
its	O
detailed	O
reproduction	O
of	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
contrast	O
,	O
Tim	O
Cant	O
wrote	O
in	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
that	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
is	O
a	O
boring	O
title	O
,	O
which	O
contributes	O
"	O
nothing	O
to	O
an	O
already-tedious	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hill	O
and	O
Cant	O
both	O
strongly	O
critiqued	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gates	I-Application
graphics	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
considered	O
bland	O
and	O
unengaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
real	O
"	O
adventure	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
keep	O
your	O
interest	O
alive	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
five	O
minutes	O
"	O
,	O
Hill	O
gave	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
a	O
"	O
below	O
average	O
"	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
while	O
David	O
Ryan	O
Hunt	O
agreed	O
in	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
that	O
"	O
too	O
many	O
flaws	O
...	O
detract	O
from	O
the	O
fun	O
"	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
he	O
sided	O
with	O
Dulin	O
and	O
Jones	O
on	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
puzzles	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
felt	O
were	O
largely	O
solid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
sewer	O
maze	O
portions	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
make	O
it	O
"	O
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
experienced	O
gamers	O
"	O
,	O
Wells	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
criticize	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
mazes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Hill	O
's	O
and	O
Tim	O
Cant	O
's	O
dismissals	O
of	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
as	O
boring	O
,	O
he	O
labeled	O
the	O
proceedings	O
"	O
breathlessly	O
exciting	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
indecently	O
fun	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
mazes	O
 '	O
execution	O
outright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
latter	O
point	O
,	O
Hunt	O
diverged	O
sharply	O
with	O
both	O
Ivey	O
and	O
Wells	O
:	O
he	O
regarded	O
these	O
sections	O
as	O
the	O
chief	O
problem	O
with	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
detriment	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
immersion	O
and	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
potential	O
game-killer	O
"	O
that	O
limited	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
almost	O
exclusively	O
to	O
hardcore	O
genre	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivey	O
and	O
the	O
writer	O
for	O
MacHome	O
Journal	O
both	O
advanced	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
,	O
GameSpots	O
and	O
PC	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
London	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
which	O
MacHomes	O
reviewer	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
arguably	O
its	O
greatest	O
strength	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
writer	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
"	O
been	O
quite	O
a	O
while	O
since	O
an	O
adventure	O
of	O
this	O
nature	O
has	O
genuinely	O
held	O
my	O
interest	O
"	O
like	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
David	O
Wildgoose	O
of	O
PC	O
PowerPlay	O
dubbed	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
"	O
a	O
must	O
for	O
quality-starved	O
adventure	O
gamers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Wildgoose	O
's	O
criticism	O
of	O
the	O
restrictions	O
on	O
player	O
movement	O
in	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
the	O
critic	O
for	O
MacHome	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
lacks	O
"	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
freedom	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
nevertheless	O
praised	O
its	O
nonlinear	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
ending	O
sequence	O
were	O
the	O
reviewer	O
's	O
primary	O
dislikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
its	O
success	O
with	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
publisher	O
DreamCatcher	O
Interactive	O
commissioned	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cypher	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
ultimately	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
258	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
licensed	O
the	O
Gamebryo	O
engine	O
to	O
create	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
his	O
"	O
reading	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
cryptography	O
technique	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
a	O
book	O
on	O
Babylonian	O
history	O
"	O
,	O
Papworth	O
combined	O
these	O
two	O
ideas	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
concept	O
for	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
announced	O
as	O
Cypher	O
:	O
The	O
Sequel	O
to	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
Traitors	B-Application
Gate	I-Application
2	I-Application
casts	O
the	O
player	O
again	O
as	O
Raven	O
,	O
who	O
now	O
seeks	O
to	O
thwart	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
terrorists	O
and	O
a	O
treacherous	O
American	O
agent	O
.	O
</s>
