After three or four years of playing every Telltale Games episode of every Telltales Games season, I took a long and necessary sabbatical from point-and-click adventures. While it was hard to miss out on their Batman games, and not so much with Minecraft, I?ve fallen back in love with the genre and games similar to it like the recently released Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier. So how does the quasi-reboot of 2003?s The Black Mirror fare in an age where linear, story-focused adventures have gained popularity"
Reality vs. Delusion
Black Mirror opens with our protagonist, David Gordon, claiming the inheritance of his legendary and wealthy father: Black Mirror House. The year is 1926 and the pastoral groves scream of the Scottish countryside, but you?ll be doing a lot of detective work away from it. The suicide of David?s father after his inquest into their dark family history gives off a lot of Lara Croft vibes ? as does the similarities between Croft Manor and Black Mirror House ? and that?s where the best storytelling lies. Players tilt the camera around and motion towards interactive objects in the environment, although there?s a lot of wiggling around that needs to be done as the game?s camera controls are far from precise. As the players begins to get a feel for the place and engage with other characters via dialogue options, there?s a sinister aura to the place and its inhabitants that leads to a lot of fantastic back and forth wordplay as David tries to learn mo...