$9.99Black Mirror I A Curse the Family Can't Escape
Investigate a suspicious death in a gothic castle and follow a family curse back through the centuries.
Is Black Mirror I worth it?
Black Mirror I is worth it if…
- you like mysteries that unfold slowly, through conversations and old documents
- you enjoy classic point & click adventures and puzzles that ask for real thought
- you want a story with dread in it, not monsters jumping out of closets
- you have patience with older games and do not mind a bit of backtracking
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A death that will not stay closed
The game opens on a stormy night at Black Mirror castle, and by the end of it William Gordon has fallen from his tower. The family calls it suicide and wants the matter buried. Samuel, his grandson, does not. Playing as Samuel, you return to the estate he left twelve years ago and start asking the questions nobody wants answered: examining rooms, reading what William left behind, pressing the household staff until the polite answers crack. The more you uncover, the stranger it gets, and the trail leads back to tragedies that have stalked the family since the Middle Ages. It is a slow-burn detective story where every conversation can open a new door.
A castle full of places you should not be
The investigation takes you through more than 100 locations, and they are not variations on one hallway. You explore the gloomy castle itself, a cemetery, a mental hospital, and a medieval underground temple, with rain, fog and storms working on your nerves the whole way. The backgrounds are richly painted and worth stopping to look at, and the castle in particular is a pleasure to pick apart room by room. Twenty-three characters populate it all, from the loyal butler to the doctor with his own reasons for talking, and each one holds a piece of what really happened that night.
What should you know before playing?
How long is the game?
Six chapters, and a long game by adventure standards: players commonly spend well over a dozen hours, some far more. The pace is unhurried, with a lot of walking and talking, so treat it like a dark novel you settle into rather than something to finish in an evening.
Can you die in it?
Yes, from the later chapters on, and at least one bad outcome gives no warning. The old advice applies: save often and keep several save files, because a wrong decision can leave you stuck with no way back. It is an old game and it expects you to protect yourself.
