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Summary: A COMPLETE LET DOWN
Review: After all the hype about how great the game was, the reality was such a disappointment. The graphics were fine, but the colors were very drab and not crisp enough to convey anything unique. The hardest thing was that I actually found myself bored halfway through the game....you have to waste your time going back and forth to places with no reason to be there just to get information to get further in the game. The characters were boring, there were tons of unuseable items that were a distraction. And after all the time you waste, the ending is the biggest let down. They should have just wrote on the final screen "thanks for your money sucker". Just like with movies that have really bad endings, I have even less appreciation and respect for games like this that stink due to the fact that you have to work harder to get to the end. Unless you have the time to waste on this sleeper, I would save your money.
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Summary: VERY GOOD
Review: Beautiful adventure mystery, I've enjoyed it a lot. Must have for any adventure player.
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Summary: The Black Mirror....Good but lacked a little something
Review: Fans of the Gabriel Knight computer games will enjoy this game. I enjoyed it very much. Couldn't wait to get home to play this game on most days. Atmosphere was great. Loved the rain and thunder. Wished we could have seen more closely at the faces of people when talking to them. This is an awesome game! At a certain point in the game I did have an idea what was going on. Hence the 4 stars. Wished I could have gave it 5 stars. If there were a 4 1/2 stars, that's what I would have given this game. I wished the game could have went on a little bit longer. I also wished things could have been explained better at the end. That is all I will say. I don't want to spoil things for people. But the people who have finished the game will know what I'm talking about. But to sum it up... Great game, great characters, great graphics. A must play!
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Summary: Average Adventure
Review: Game format: plain-vanilla point and click. Graphics screens are of good quality, except for the rendering of people's faces. The "walker" is a bit stiff, and walks around like a handicapped android. The sound is realistic, especially the stormy scenes, with good rain sounds and thunder/lightening.
Game play: tiresomely repetitive. Too much time is spent in moving from location to location, and especially within particular locations. The puzzles range from simple to impossible. In one or two places you can die irreversibly.
Story Line: Interesting and mysterious, not overly logical. The end stage of the game is total bunkum and does not fit the rest of the story at all. It was clearly pasted on solely to bring the effort to a close. The story does not unfold very well as one progresses through it.
Overall Assessment: After playing a surplus of very poor adventure games, this one was a relief, at least insofar as it held my interest for a while. If only games like "Sam and Max..." or "Day of the Tentacle" had good graphics! Like so many others of the genre, the developers of Black Mirror have gotten lost in the production of their graphics screens and have forgotten story line.
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Summary: Average Adventure
Review: Game format: plain-vanilla point and click. Graphics screens are of good quality, except for the rendering of people's faces. The "walker" is a bit stiff, and walks around like a handicapped android. The sound is realistic, especially the stormy scenes, with good rain sounds and thunder/lightening.
Game play: tiresomely repetitive. Too much time is spent in moving from location to location, and especially within particular locations. The puzzles range from simple to impossible. In one or two places you can die irreversibly.
Story Line: Interesting and mysterious, not overly logical. The end stage of the game is total bunkum and does not fit the rest of the story at all. It was clearly pasted on solely to bring the effort to a close. The story does not unfold very well as one progresses through it.
Overall Assessment: After playing a surplus of very poor adventure games, this one was a relief, at least insofar as it held my interest for a while. If only games like "Sam and Max..." or "Day of the Tentacle" had good graphics! Like so many others of the genre, the developers of Black Mirror have gotten lost in the production of their graphics screens and have forgotten story line.
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Summary: For my Wife
Review: I bought this game for my wife and she loved it. Joseph Carrion
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Summary: Couldn't stop playing it
Review: I could not stop playing this game. When I wasn't playing it, I was thinking about it. The graphics were great and with so many places to be able to travel to, I did not get bored at all. You get to meet all kinds of different people with detailed and distinct personalities. I would absolutely recommend this game to anyone who loves a great mystery game!!!
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Summary: avid adventure gamer
Review: I have been playing adventure games for awhile now. starting with myst on up to todays latest, i have played quite a few. After playing Syberia my whole outlook on adventure games took a turn. I couldn't get enough of 3rd person adventures. playing through other such great games like The Longest Journey, Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island Series was a treat. Then when I came across this game, The Black Mirror I knew I was in for a treat. I enjoy the adventure genre because I can get away from the real world for awhile. This game does just that. The graphics, though dark and moody, are rather beautiful and actually, in my opinion, rival those of landscapes seen in Syberia. The music and sound effects are of extremely high quality. It wouldn't surprise me if Dolby Surround had a hand in it. The screen size is a respectable 800X600. This is something I am really skeptical about. And the story thus far is very captivating and very dark. I actually want to keep playing to see what happens next. The puzzles do require some thinking but I haven't had to seek the help of a guide yet. That says a lot for me! Overall I give this game 5 stars because it thus far offers everything I like in adventures. Awesome eye candy, great sound, great story!
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Summary: Black Mirror - mixed feelings
Review: I have just finished Black Mirror, and have mixed feelings about the game. Please be sure to read the review by Valrose. It is a wonderful review, and "mirrors" many of my thoughts as well. I see I am not the only one who saw Samuel as a "British Johnny Depp." This is not a game for the impatient. There is a lot of walking around, and revisiting places, and sometimes just waiting for time to pass before you can move on. You need to remember to "left-click" and "right-click" in some instances to advance or get a hint what to do next. The scenery graphics are fantastic, many times dark and gloomy, but very detailed. I was captivated by it's entire gothic nature, but I especially like that style. The characters were not as finely done, but they were fine. The sound was wonderful. Lots and lots of rain, thunder and lightning - very realistic. The game was not especially scary, but there are some gory scenes. The puzzles were just about right, and interesting as well. If you like castles, and caverns, and hidden passageways, and tunnels - you will LOVE walking around in this game, as I did. Unfortunately, there were several big holes in the plot, and many questions unanswered. This could all be overlooked, but the ending was a real disappointment. I am not a sap for happy endings, but after investing many hours (yes, you will get your money's worth in game-play hours) I felt as if the last scene had been just slapped on the end the game. I would have rather read an epilogue tying up some of the loose ends after the final puzzle was solved, instead of watching the last movie sequence. I see that some reviews rate this as "worst ending ever" - well, I don't know about that, but it would have gotten 5+ stars if the ending had been better. I guess what it comes down to is that this game is pure pleasure to play if you are a gothic fan. The scenes and sounds are fantastic, the story line okay, the characters interesting, but the end is disappointing. Although I didn't like the end, it did get many hours of game play in beautiful settings. I got very drawn into the story.
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Summary: Black Mirror - mixed feelings
Review: I have just finished Black Mirror, and have mixed feelings about the game. Please be sure to read the review by Valrose. It is a wonderful review, and "mirrors" many of my thoughts as well. I see I am not the only one who saw Samuel as a "British Johnny Depp." This is not a game for the impatient. There is a lot of walking around, and revisiting places, and sometimes just waiting for time to pass before you can move on. You need to remember to "left-click" and "right-click" in some instances to advance or get a hint what to do next. The scenery graphics are fantastic, many times dark and gloomy, but very detailed. I was captivated by it's entire gothic nature, but I especially like that style. The characters were not as finely done, but they were fine. The sound was wonderful. Lots and lots of rain, thunder and lightning - very realistic. The game was not especially scary, but there are some gory scenes. The puzzles were just about right, and interesting as well. If you like castles, and caverns, and hidden passageways, and tunnels - you will LOVE walking around in this game, as I did. Unfortunately, there were several big holes in the plot, and many questions unanswered. This could all be overlooked, but the ending was a real disappointment. I am not a sap for happy endings, but after investing many hours (yes, you will get your money's worth in game-play hours) I felt as if the last scene had been just slapped on the end the game. I would have rather read an epilogue tying up some of the loose ends after the final puzzle was solved, instead of watching the last movie sequence. I see that some reviews rate this as "worst ending ever" - well, I don't know about that, but it would have gotten 5+ stars if the ending had been better. I guess what it comes down to is that this game is pure pleasure to play if you are a gothic fan. The scenes and sounds are fantastic, the story line okay, the characters interesting, but the end is disappointing. Although I didn't like the end, it did get many hours of game play in beautiful settings. I got very drawn into the story.
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