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Summary: Good, Bad, Indifferent
Review: In _Black Mirror_ you play Samuel Gordon, the last scion of the aristocratic Gordon family of Somewhere-in-Britain. He has returned to the family castle after an absence of twelve years to attend the funeral of his grandfather, William, dead under mysterious circumstances. As Samuel investigates William's death he begins to uncover hidden family history. It's up to him to find the truth and break the curse that has burdened his family for generations._Black Mirror_ is a mix of the good, bad, and indifferent of Adventure games. First the good: The graphics and sound are lovely, particularly the atmospheric effects. The storm sequences were so realistic that I at one point refused to let my cat out because of the weather, eventhough it was dry outside. The leaves on the trees are articulate, moths flutter around lanterns at night, water moves realistically. This was a lovely game to look at, which added to the experience. And that's a good thing, because the gameplay itself was part of the indifferent. There was nothing really special, no puzzle that was realy challenging or event that was a stunning twist. The story progressed about as one would expect. There were a lot of questions left unanswered and a lot of places where I hoped for more, or for something unusual, that I never got. The puzzles were mainly a mixture of inventory, conversation and mechanical. None was particularly hard, especially since there was a great deal of repetition. I lost count of the number of keys you had to find, and at least 3 separate puzzles had the exact same solution. Sometimes there was a bit of pixel hunting involved. Also, _Black MIrror_ was fairly linear, meaning that you had to keep revisting places to see what had changed after you'd had certain conversations. Sometimes this was taken to extremes: you'd know what to do but if there was one person you hadn't talked to about it you still couldn't do it. There was also a lot of random waiting: people would tell you "yes, I can help you but come back later." And I swear there was nothing you actually had to do before "later" arrived but wander around and keep asking over and over. Which brings us to the bad. The ending of this game was truly awful, I think about the worst ending in game history. It didn't make any sense and there were so many loose ends that didn't get tied up that I felt like I'd missed about half the game. It was as if the game developers just got tired and quit. Or maybe they took a break meaning to come back to it later and just forgot. It put an incredibly bad taste in my mouth. I also did not find the game as advertised as far as the psychological exloration and thrill factor. It was quite plodding at times and many things were neither as frightening nor as challenging as they could have been. Aside from some gore, this title does not merit a horror rating. _Back Mirror_ was quite long, about 35 hours. There were a few stumpers, mostly due to pixel hunting--nothing that needed a walkthrough or hint, if you were willing to be patient. If the ending had been better, I would have considered this a great game and a good value. However, I was left very disappointed. Get this one used.
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Summary: take your antidepressant
Review: Now, don't get me wrong, I liked this game because it gives you many hours of play, has pretty good graphics and terrific thunderstorms. However, it could use some comic relief.
Everybody in the main character's family has been cursed for centuries and it is up to him to stop the curse. Insanity runs rampant in the family which leads to some gruesome events. The mood gets darker as the game progresses and the ending is, to say the least, depressing. I do recommend it, although you may want to wait for a lower price.
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Summary: Uggggh!!
Review: Oh hey....can any game suck more?? I got drawn into the spooky box cover and the story description on the back. Aha...but looks are deceiving. Once I started to play, well what a disappointment. First off, I hate games in which I am in essence the "director" always clicking the character to go here and there and waiting for him to actually get there. I actually think my clicker-finger has suffered damage...lol! And then there's the endless dialogs ----blah,blah,blah! I found myself telling the charecter (Samual Gordon) to shut-up. What a waste of time.
Oh sure,the sound was good and the graphics were ok, but that didn't make-up for the lousy story line. I do have more complaints about the game, but I think you all get my drift on it. What a waste...the creators could've done alot better.
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Summary: At last .. A good adventure game ..
Review: The adventure gaming genre has been sufferring since the introduction of 3D Graphics .. everybody was into action games where development is easy via Engines and where more 3D can be implemented for show-off.. Since long, we didn't have a good adventure game .. If you are an adventure gamer, go ahead for this game .. The only drawback here is that the graphics are a bit outdated.. The backgrounds are nice but the moving objects are pure 2D .. which isn't meant for 21st century !!
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Summary: Payne
Review: The games not bad but for Dreamcatcher the grapics are pretty lame. Doesn't capture me enough to play it often. Compared to all the other games I've played by Dreamcatcher/The Adventure Co
it just can't stand up to them.
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Summary: Not bad....
Review: The only hangup in the game comes when you have to wait for someone to give you information. You have to go back and forth to all other locations (once I had to do this four times!) before the person gives you what you have been waiting for!
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Summary: Waste of valuable time
Review: This adventure game, aside from it's detailed graphics, had to be at the bottom of my list of classic adventure gaming. The dialogue was to be expected since I was familiar with The Adventure Company and Dreamcatcher, however, the story line and particularly the ending left a really bad taste in my mouth. Spend your money elsewhere. Please.
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Summary: Leaves you scratching your head
Review: This game was enjoyable up until the very end. The fact that it explained almost nothing leading up to the conclusion is irksome. The clues are blatant and I knew who the killer was halfway through the game. I think I would have enjoyed this game a lot more had it pieced the plot and subplots together. As it is, I ended the game with a lot more questions than answers and an unsatifactory feeling that I wasted my time. The ending was entirely too quick, and honestly I was expecting much more.
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Summary: Great fun!
Review: This game was fun and had an interesting story, although it was a bit bizzare at times! :) The only thing I didn't like about the game was when the character had to "come back later" and you found yourself killing time and returning several times before you got your next answer! I also was not too happy about having to click both left and right in some cases to get a response, but all in all I enjoyed the game a lot.
I would recommend it wihtout question.
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Summary: Great fun!
Review: This game was fun and had an interesting story, although it was a bit bizzare at times! :) The only thing I didn't like about the game was when the character had to "come back later" and you found yourself killing time and returning several times before you got your next answer! I also was not too happy about having to click both left and right in some cases to get a response, but all in all I enjoyed the game a lot.
I would recommend it wihtout question.
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