The Last Crown: Blackenrock

Release Date: TBA

Adventure, point-and-click, horror, indie games, singleplayer

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Another installment of the adventure game series about ghost hunters. It was developed by the independent studio Darkling Room, the creators of the critically acclaimed Dark Fall series. The Last Crown: Blackenrock is a story spin-off which focuses on the unresolved mystery from The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure. This way, the production is a sort of a interquel of the first and the second part of the story.

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The Last Crown: Blackenrock is another installment of the original adventure game series for PC about the so-called ghost hunters, as paranormal investigators are often referred to. It was developed by the independent Darkling Room, the creators of the critically acclaimed trilogy entitled Dark Fall. The production is a kind of spin-off of the series which initially was supposed to be a trilogy, as well. However, during the development of the third installment, the franchise’s creator, Jonathan Boakes, decided to expand on the mystery from the original game which hadn’t been completely solved.

Plot

Plot-wise, Blackenrock is a sort of an interquel to the first two installments of the series which continues the events that began in 2008’s The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure. Nigel Danvers, the protagonist of the title’s predecessors, is haunted by disturbing visions. He clearly senses somebody’s presence and hears voices that say a mysterious name: “Blackenrock”. To investigate the nature of these visions, he joins forces with Lucy Reubans and goes back to the seaside town of Saxton, armed with modernized “ghosthunting” gadgets to discover the carefully hidden secrets of that place. However, the clues lead him to the bleak, rocky coast, far away from the safe center of Saxton.

Mechanics

As far as mechanics are concerned, The Last Crown: Blackenrock for PC is a faithful continuation of its predecessors, offering classical point ‘n’ click gameplay shown in third- or first-person perspective. The unique graphics, which are almost completely black-and-white, also remained unchanged, the only exception being important objects, places, or events which are marked with colors. The only new element in the game are the aforementioned modernized gadgets that let the protagonists investigate various paranormal activities and come into contact with ghosts.

Last updated on October 22, 2016

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