Black Mirror
Main game
2.79 average rating based on 42 ratings
- Developers
- King Art
- Publishers
- THQ Nordic
- Series
- Black Mirror
- Platforms
- Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Genres
- Adventure, Point-and-click
- Themes
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Steam
- View on Steam
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How Long Is Black Mirror?
Just fell short
Well...this is how I feel about this game. This is the first point and click game that I play, so maybe Im just not familiar with the style. Although my complains are mostly about the performance of the game. I played for about 6 hours straight to finish it. The story was very compelling and that is the main reason why I kept on playing the game. It also has decent music and voice acting. Unfortunately, the game fell short on everything else. I was struggling mlst of the time with wonky controls to walk and look around. I was getting stuck everywhere. Also, trying to click on something important was sometimes a pain (I played on PS4). The loading times are too long and the game needs to load everytime you enter a new room. Some cutscenes are also interrupted by loading screens, which makes the game chopped. Transitions are horrible. Despite the good voice acting, the faces show no sign of emotions and the mouths don't move with the dialogue exactly. In summary, they could have been more detailed for a game that costs $39.99... Too expensive for what it is.
Interesting idea, mediocre game
I borrowed a ps4 copy of this from my local library - thankfully I didn't spend a dime on this game. The draw of a point-and-click style adventure game reboot with updated graphics and gameplay was a pretty good hook. So was the gothic horror premise of the game.
And while the story of a cursed line of Scottish nobles continued to be intriguing (enough for me to continue through to the ending), the game fell short on... most other levels. The animations are stiff and most times out of sync, which is a serious disappointment when the voice acting in the game is actually pretty good. The controls handle like an arcade crane grab: lagging at the best of times and completely unresponsive in others.
But worst of all were the loading screens. The graphics in this game are not over the top. I don't care as much about graphics when it comes to rating a game. The textures and environments aren't fancy, but they get the job done. There is NOTHING in this game that should cause it to have a loading screen. Between. Every. Room.
On the bright side, the game got me interested in the idea …
I borrowed a ps4 copy of this from my local library - thankfully I didn't spend a dime on this game. The draw of a point-and-click style adventure game reboot with updated graphics and gameplay was a pretty good hook. So was the gothic horror premise of the game.
And while the story of a cursed line of Scottish nobles continued to be intriguing (enough for me to continue through to the ending), the game fell short on... most other levels. The animations are stiff and most times out of sync, which is a serious disappointment when the voice acting in the game is actually pretty good. The controls handle like an arcade crane grab: lagging at the best of times and completely unresponsive in others.
But worst of all were the loading screens. The graphics in this game are not over the top. I don't care as much about graphics when it comes to rating a game. The textures and environments aren't fancy, but they get the job done. There is NOTHING in this game that should cause it to have a loading screen. Between. Every. Room.
On the bright side, the game got me interested in the idea of Black Mirror enough that I picked up the original on Steam.
No, not this isn't a game based on the Netflix series. This isn't the 2003 point and click adventure game either, although it is based on that. It's like a point and click adventure brought into the modern age. You wonder around a spooky Scottish mansion in the 1920's trying to unravel the sordid past of your ancestors.
The graphics, story, and characters are good enough. The load times are very noticeable even on a PS5. Glad I didn't play it on something slower. Controls are clunky but still workable.
Unfortunately is still has some of the downsides of the old adventure games. You have to keep revisiting rooms you already visited and trying different combinations of actions until you can get something new to happen. It's a bit slow and lacking in the fun department.