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{{Short description|2001 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Clive Barker's Undying
| image = Undyingcover.jpg
| developer = [[EA Los Angeles]]<br/>Westlake Interactive<small> (Mac)</small><ref name="devpub">{{Cite web |title=Undying coming for the Mac |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/undying-coming-for-the-mac/1100-2775404/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref>
| publisher = [[EA Games]]<br/>[[Aspyr Media]]<small> (Mac)</small><ref name="devpub"/>
| director = Brady Bell
| producer = Brady Bell
| designer = Dellekamp Siefert
| programmer = J. Scott Peter
| artist = {{Unbulleted list|Jeff Haynie|Brian Horton}}
| writer = [[Clive Barker]]
| composer = [[Bill Brown (composer)|Bill Brown]]
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 1]]<ref name="unreal">{{cite web |title=Spiele mit Unreal Engine - Von 1998 bis heute |url=https://www.gamestar.de/galerien/spiele_mit_unreal_engine,98204.html |website=[[GameStar]] |publisher=[[Webedia]] |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704144507/https://www.gamestar.de/galerien/spiele_mit_unreal_engine,98204.html |archive-date=4 July 2024 |language=German |url-status=live}}</ref>
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[Mac OS X]]}}
| released = '''Microsoft Windows'''{{Video game release|NA|February 20, 2001<ref>{{cite web | author=Varanini, Giancarlo | date=February 2, 2001 | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hands-on-impressionsclive-barkers-undying/1100-2681897/ | title=Hands-on impressions: Clive Barker's Undying | website=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010208130006/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2681897,00.html | archive-date=February 8, 2001 | url-status=live | access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref>|EU|March 16, 2001}}'''Mac OS X'''{{Video game release|NA|June 11, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Rick |date=2002-06-11 |title=Clive Barker's Undying Ships |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/06/11/clive-barkers-undying-ships |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}

'''''Clive Barker's Undying''''' is a [[Survival horror|horror]] [[first-person shooter]] video game developed by [[EA Los Angeles]] and published by [[Electronic Arts|EA Games]]. The game's story was written by acclaimed horror writer [[Clive Barker]]. He also provided the voice of Ambrose Covenant, a character in the game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.clivebarker.info/undying.html | title=Clive Barker's Undying | website=Revelations | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114044906/https://www.clivebarker.info/undying.html | archive-date=November 14, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>

''Undying'' follows the adventures of 1920s Irish [[paranormal]] adventurer Patrick Galloway as he investigates the mysterious [[occult]] happenings at the estate of his friend Jeremiah Covenant. It received favorable reviews from critics, and gained a [[cult following]].

==Plot==
In 1923, [[World War I]] [[veteran]] Patrick Galloway receives an urgent letter from his friend Jeremiah Covenant. Covenant, well aware of Galloway's reputation for dealing with [[occult]] matters, is in failing health and raves about a curse that has destroyed his entire family. Galloway travels to the Covenant estate on the coast of [[Ireland]] to visit his friend, who relates an outlandish tale of [[supernatural]] terrors.

Jeremiah Covenant is the eldest of five children, his siblings being, from eldest to youngest, twins Bethany and Aaron, Ambrose, and Lizbeth. As children, the Covenants found a strange occult book in their father's library and performed a ritual found within at an ancient set of [[standing stones]] located on an island on their family's extensive estate. This seemingly childish game, however, brought the wrath of evil forces upon the family. After reaching adulthood, the Covenants fell one by one into madness and then death, eventually leaving Jeremiah as the only survivor. The power of the curse, however, has reanimated his fallen siblings as monsters of pure evil; they have been haunting Jeremiah and he fears that he will soon follow where they have gone.

Galloway decides to honour his friend's wishes by trying to stop whatever was set in motion long ago at the ancient stones where the ritual was performed. Through the Covenants' journals and Galloway's own memories, the player learns more about the nature of the curse and the creature behind it: the Undying King, a powerful demonic presence threatening to destroy the reality we inhabit. He also receives a vision of a group of priests burying a Celtic king alive as part of a ritual in ancient times.

While attempting to prevent the Undying King from entering our world, Patrick must face off against the four [[undead]] Covenant siblings as well as Count Otto Keisinger, an evil rival who simply wants to gain power from the demonic forces.

As Patrick begins to unravel the mysteries of the Covenant family, he finds himself travelling throughout both time and space, traversing both the ancient past and other dimensions entirely. During his journey to the past, he arrives in a monastery where the only weapon that can permanently kill the Covenant siblings is located, namely the [[Scythe]] of the [[Celts]]. However, due to the presence of the Scythe in the monastery, all of the monks have fallen under its influence, turning them from benevolent worshippers of faith into murderous psychopaths.

After retrieving the Scythe, Patrick first disposes of Lizbeth in the Covenant family catacombs. Having tossed her head off a cliff, he arrives back at the mansion in time to speak with Jeremiah, but Ambrose interrupts their meeting. Demanding the Gel'ziabar Stone that Patrick carries in exchange for Jeremiah's life, Ambrose still beheads his sibling after he has gotten it, turning himself into a hulking ogre-like monster. Patrick manages to kill Ambrose in revenge. His next step is then to go after Keisinger, and  after a taxing battle Patrick manages to defeat his rival. Keisinger's death liberates the inhabitants of the magical dimension of Oneiros that Keisinger had enslaved to his will.

Next, he searches for the body of Aaron, whose intangible, but dangerous ghost is haunting the estate and has been annoying and impeding Patrick on several occasions. He discovers it in a private torture chamber where Bethany had secretly imprisoned and horrifically tortured her hated brother to death, and destroys his undead form. Patrick finally confronts the last of the evil Covenant siblings, Bethany, after she traps him in the magical primeval dimension Eternal Autumn, only to find himself suddenly returned to the island where it had all begun all those years ago, and finds himself facing an unexpected enemy - Jeremiah himself.

Rather than being a passive, remorseful observer of the tragic events, Jeremiah had in fact been just as corrupted as his siblings, having died and been resurrected during the war, and had just been using his old friend to get rid of his more powerful siblings so he could take Patrick's Gel'ziabar Stone and use it to siphon the power of the Undying King into himself, allowing Jeremiah to remake the world as he saw fit. Enraged at his friend's [[wikt:treachery|treachery]], Patrick beheads Jeremiah, but this proves to be a mistake, as with the last Covenant slain, the seal is broken, and the Undying King is released. The ground bursts open, releasing the mummified remains of the Celtic warrior who had been used to seal away the Undying King by the original [[druids]], and the warrior quickly crumbles to dust. Then, the King itself, a hideous, insectoid monstrosity, finally breaches the walls to our reality.

After a long, difficult battle, Patrick is able to destroy the King, but as he leaves the island in a daze, a man he recognizes (and who he says cannot possibly be there) steals his Gel'ziabar Stone and claims that he is not done with Patrick yet. A sequel hook is added by a mention that after researching the brotherhood of monks, Patrick learns that they had monasteries at similar sites all over the world, and he realizes that this is just one of many coming trials.

==Gameplay==
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The gameplay of ''Undying'' in general follows the precepts of the [[first-person shooter]] genre. The game simulates the main character Patrick Galloway's point of view for the player, who uses a variety of weapons to defeat enemies within the game while progressing through a series of levels. As with most FPSs, Galloway has a certain amount of health, represented by a cross symbol and corresponding number at the bottom center-left of the screen. Each time the player is hurt by an enemy the health number is continually reduced until it reaches zero, at which point Galloway dies - an event which is usually marked by a third-person [[cut scene]], unique to each enemy type, showing his gruesome final moments. To prevent this, health can be replenished when low using health packs. Galloway's maximum health can also be increased when using the alternate mode of the scythe, but it drains quickly back to the standard amount of health. 
[[File:Undying3.jpg|thumb|In ''Undying'' the player is capable of using both conventional weapons and magical abilities simultaneously.]]
Another aspect of the gameplay of ''Undying'' - and one which gives it a similar ambience to traditional [[role-playing video game]]s - is that along with its set of offensive weapons, the player is able to use a wide range of magical spells. Spells consume a certain amount of Galloway's magical energy, or "[[mana (gaming)|Mana]]", which is represented by a [[Laboratory flask|flask]] icon and corresponding number on the bottom center-right of the screen. This energy slowly regenerates itself over time. Magical tattoo pickups called "Arcane Whorls" permanently increase mana regeneration rate, while amulets called "Mana Wells" increase maximum mana by 10 up to 200. Once the player acquires a spell, it may be boosted in power each time the player finds an "Amplifier Stone", which are purple glowing crystals scattered throughout levels of the game. Galloway can simultaneously wield weapons in his left hand and cast magical spells with his right; the power of both the weapons and the spells increase as the game progresses.

Also, as is common with first-person shooters, combat is interspersed with simple [[puzzle-solving]] elements which usually involve overcoming an obstacle (such as a locked door) which impedes the player's progress through the game. Along with the usual "find the key" solution, the player is also often required to engage in conversation with (non-player) characters, or use a certain spell (usually the "Scrye" spell) in order to find out how to proceed.

==Development==
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Originally, the protagonist of the game was to be "Count Magnus Wolfram", a [[tattoo]]ed man with superhuman strength and supernatural abilities. Barker himself rejected this idea, noting that the more normal, down-to-earth Patrick Galloway would be easier to relate to for the average gamer. Wolfram's character model plays a small part in the finished product, however. He is the Trsanti shaman who attacks a younger Galloway with the Gel'ziabar Stone in the opening cutscene flashback.<ref>{{cite web | author=Bergman, Jason | date=February 21, 2001 | url=http://www.sharkygames.com/games/articles/undying_interview/ | title=Clive Barker's Undying Interview | website=Sharky Games | publisher=Internet.com Corporation | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207035302/http://www.sharkygames.com/games/articles/undying_interview/ | archive-date=February 7, 2003 | url-status=dead |access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>

''Undying'' lacks any form of multiplayer, including [[Cooperative video game|cooperative gameplay]] or online play. The game was originally planned to ship with a multiplayer aspect, but given time constraints it was later to be relegated to a post-release patch.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

The game was announced at [[E3 2000]].<ref>{{cite web | date=May 11, 2000 | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+Announces+Clive+Barker's:+Undying+for+the+PC.-a062019290 | title=Electronic Arts Announces Clive Barker's: Undying for the PC |website=[[Business Wire]] | publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614170519/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+Announces+Clive+Barker's%3a+Undying+for+the+PC.-a062019290 | archive-date=June 14, 2013 | url-status=dead | access-date=September 4, 2021 | via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MAC = true
| PC = true
| na = true
| GR_MAC = 90%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerankings.com/mac/565597-clive-barkers-undying/index.html | title=Clive Barker's Undying for Macintosh | website=GameRankings | publisher=CBS Interactive | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518115118/https://www.gamerankings.com/mac/565597-clive-barkers-undying/index.html | archive-date=May 18, 2019 | url-status=dead | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| GR_PC = 84%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/914322-clive-barkers-undying/index.html | title=Clive Barker's Undying for PC | website=GameRankings | publisher=CBS Interactive | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521121156/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/914322-clive-barkers-undying/index.html | archive-date=May 21, 2019 | url-status=dead | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| MC_PC = 85/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/clive-barkers-undying/ | title=Clive Barker's Undying | website=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=Fandom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002444/https://www.metacritic.com/game/clive-barkers-undying/ | archive-date=December 14, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| Allgame_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Hunt, Drew | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25249&tab=review | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) - Review | website=[[AllGame]] | publisher=[[All Media Network]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115155644/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25249&tab=review | archive-date=November 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| CGSP_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Wand, Kelly | date=March 20, 2001 | url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/032/040/undying-01.html | title=Clive Barker's Undying | website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030228154449/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/032/040/undying-01.html | archive-date=February 28, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Coffey, Robert | url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_202.pdf | title=Dead Alive (''Clive Barker's Undying'' Review) | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | issue=202 | date=May 2001 | pages=76-77 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718021528/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_202.pdf | archive-date=July 18, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| EPD_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Hudak, Chris | date=April 4, 2001 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5381&full=1 | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) | website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810173342/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=5381&full=1 | archive-date=August 10, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| GI_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Brogger, Kristian | url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200105/R03.0804.1844.45064.htm | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | publisher=[[FuncoLand]] | issue=97 | date=May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040924072938/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200105/R03.0804.1844.45064.htm | archive-date=September 24, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| GameRev_PC = C+<ref>{{cite web | author=Silverman, Ben | date=February 2001 | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32681-clive-barkers-undying-review | title=Clive Barker's Undying Review (PC) | website=[[GameRevolution]] | publisher=[[CraveOnline]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908015115/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/clive-barkers-undying | archive-date=September 8, 2015 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 9.1/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Kasavin, Greg | date=February 16, 2001 | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/clive-barkers-undying-review/1900-2687131/ | title=Clive Barker's Undying Review (PC) | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220230534/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2687131,00.html | archive-date=February 20, 2001 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| GSpy_PC = 89%<ref>{{cite web | author=Butler, Aaron | date=March 8, 2001 | url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/march01/undying/ | title=Clive Barker's Undying | website=[[GameSpy]] | publisher=IGN Entertainment | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208005958/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/march01/undying/ | archive-date=February 8, 2005 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| GameZone_PC = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web | author=The Badger | date=March 2, 2001 | url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15369.htm | title=Clive Barker's Undying Review - PC | website=GameZone | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424101601/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15369.htm | archive-date=April 24, 2008 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| IGN_MAC = 9/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Perry, Steve | date=August 13, 2002 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/13/clive-barkers-undying | title=Clive Barker's Undying (Mac) | website=[[IGN]] | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231511/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/13/clive-barkers-undying | archive-date=November 7, 2020 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 9/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Blevins, Tal | date=February 20, 2001 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/21/clive-barkers-undying-2 | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129034631/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/21/clive-barkers-undying-2 | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| NGen_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine | author=Lundrigan, Jeff | url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n91/mode/2up | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) | magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] | publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] | issue=77 | date=May 2001 | page=88 | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 85%<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Harms, William | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/clive_barkers_u.html | title=Clive Barker's Undying | magazine=[[PC Gamer]] | publisher=Imagine Media | volume=8 | issue=5 | date=May 2001 | page=58 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315141416/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/clive_barkers_u.html | archive-date=March 15, 2006 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| XPlay_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=D'Aprile, Jason | date=March 9, 2001 | url=http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,23008,3316254,00.html | title='Clive Barker's Undying' (PC) Review | website=[[X-Play]] | publisher=[[TechTV]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413173608/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0%2C23008%2C3316254%2C00.html | archive-date=April 13, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
}}

The PC version received "favorable" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/> Star Dingo of ''[[GamePro]]'' said, "It would've been simple to turn ''Undying'' into a straightforward first person shooter, an alternate version of ''[[Unreal (1998 video game)|Unreal]]'', only with more gothic castles, werewolves, and European accents. Instead, the careful craftsmen at DreamWorks{{sic}} have forged a complex, gothic horror story, pushing ''Undying'' far beyond the level of mere ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]''-copycat. It's well worth dying for."<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Star Dingo | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cc/GamePro_US_152.pdf | title=Clive Barker's Undying (PC) | magazine=[[GamePro]] | publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] | issue=152 | date=May 2001 | page=52 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207034744/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/11620.shtml | archive-date=February 7, 2005 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the PC version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and control, and two 5/5 scores for sound and fun factor.}} However, Jeff Lundrigan of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' said of the game, "The production design is top-notch, and there are some good first-person thrills, but about halfway through it nearly runs out of steam."<ref name=NGen/>

During the [[5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] nominated ''Undying'' for the "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|PC Action/Adventure]]" award,<ref>{{cite web | date=February 5, 2002 | url=http://www.interactive.org/newsandevents.asp?show=138&thetype=1 | title=Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Announces Finalists for the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards | website=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] | location=[[Los Angeles]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602183409/http://www.interactive.org/newsandevents.asp?show=138&thetype=1 | archive-date=June 2, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> but ultimately lost to ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''.<ref>{{cite web | date=March 2, 2002 | url=http://www.interactive.org/newsandevents.asp | title=Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Announces Recipients of Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards | website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences | location=[[Las Vegas]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306070041/http://www.interactive.org/newsandevents.asp | archive-date=March 6, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> The game was also a nominee for the "Best Action Game" award at ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 2002 Premier Awards, which ultimately went to ''[[Aliens versus Predator 2]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | author=CGW staff | url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_213.pdf | title=Games of the Year (Best Action Game) | magazine=Computer Gaming World | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=213 | date=April 2002 | pages=72-73 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107201254/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_213.pdf | archive-date=November 7, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref> The staff of ''[[Computer Games Magazine]]'' also nominated it for the "Best Action Game" award at the 11th Annual ''Computer Games'' Awards, which went to ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | author=CGM staff | title=11th Annual Computer Games Awards | magazine=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | publisher=[[theGlobe.com]] | issue=136 | date=March 2002 | pages=50–56}}</ref> The staff of ''[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer US]]'' awarded the game their "Best Atmosphere" award at the Eighth Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards, and noted that it was "soaked in suspense."<ref>{{cite magazine | author=PC Gamer staff | title=The Eighth Annual PC Gamer Awards (Best Atmosphere) | magazine=PC Gamer | publisher=[[Future US]] | volume=9 | issue=3 | date=March 2002}}</ref> The game was also nominated for the "Best Graphics in a PC Game", "Best Sound in a PC Game", "Most Artistic PC Game", and "Best Action Game for PC" awards at ''[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]]''{{'}}s 2001 Blister Awards, which went to ''[[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]'' (Graphics, Action Game), ''Aliens versus Predator 2'', and ''[[Myst III: Exile]]'', respectively.<ref>{{cite web | author=EP staff | year=2002 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=8152&page=2 | title=Blister Awards 2001 (PC Games) | website=The Electric Playground | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030311165739/http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=8152&page=2 | archive-date=March 11, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>

The game sold poorly with sales so low that announced plans for a [[multiplayer]] patch were abandoned. Console versions of the game were also cancelled, and EA and Brady Bell shelved the idea of a sequel.<ref>{{cite web | date=May 31, 2001 | url=https://www.quartertothree.com/news/2001_may_news/news_may31_2001.shtml | title=Daily News Spin (Undying anything but) | website=Quarter to Three | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420235715/https://www.quartertothree.com/news/2001_may_news/news_may31_2001.shtml | archive-date=April 20, 2021 | url-status=live | access-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>

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==See also==
*''[[American McGee's Alice]]'', another auteur-branded PC horror game by EA Games released around the same time
*''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]'', a squad-based horror FPS whose story was also written by Barker 

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==External links==
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*[http://www.clivebarker.com/html/visions/bib/relat/misc/undying/undying2.htm ''Clive Barker's Undying''] at clivebarker.com
*{{moby game|id=/3457/clive-barkers-undying/}}
*[https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Clive_Barker%27s_Undying ''Clive Barker's Undying''] at PCGamingWiki
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