Black Mirror 2

I played the original Black Mirror 2000 and got totally hooked so I got very eager to play the other BM games. Black Mirror 2 was almost as awesome as the first game, though there were some details that got me very upset. Like some papers you get, you can't see them in big screen. And some details you actually needed to have very sharp eyes looking at the graphic which was not very clear. And also, if I was a game creator I would think "Can I possibly use brute force to get to this room by just bashing the door/climbing the wall instead of looking for small magical relics for hours to open just a small door that you could have entered with just a hammer" etc etc...apart from all this, the game was very good and kept the same atmosphere as the previous game. Story was phenomenal and now I'm going for the third game!

Overall, like the first game, the biggest selling points of BM2 are the atmosphere and story. It does a good job of using good art, good sounds, and a sufficiently creepy plot to create a world that feels brooding and dangerous--and that's just when it's set in New Jersey! (Zing!) Soon, though, you find your way across the pond and begin exploring the Black Mirror Castle grounds and the sleepy little hamlet nearby, now a fading tourist trap (much like New Jersey, Zing2!) after a boom of people came to gawk at the sites of the murders from the first game. The puzzles are good, with most being complex without being too hard--though a few will require you to burn a few brain cells. The game is very long, too, which makes it a really good deal for the price. You meet some old characters and some new, many very distinct and interesting. It is not without problems, though. One is that it is just the first half of a two-game plot, basically. It would have been too much for one game, but don't expect total fulfillment at the end of this entry in the series because it's really just setting up part 3. Also, the character...man...this was an issue with the previous entry a little too, but it really stands out here. First, he can be rude. Like even when he says "I'll have to sweet talk my way past this person," the dialogue for half your topic choices are antagonistic and angry. Often he seems overly angsty in a conversation for no real reason. It can get really whiny and the character doesn't have much of an emotional arc in the game in terms of how he relates to the world around him. Second, he often acts a certain way just because script needs him to do so. Like he meets this girl one time and then will do anything to prove her innocence when she's accused of a crime. Why? Because she's kinda cute and they spoke once? His motivation is often to just keep the game moving and not as realistic as you may expect for the situation.

The first chapters of the game clearly shows that we are in another decade than the first game. There are some flaws in the story, and the main character is somewhat of an asshole from time to time which put me off a little bit when I started playing this game but as I continued playing the story and the atmosphere was almost as good as the first game. The music and the graphics are great for a nearly ten year old game, the acting is better than the first game but not superb so its a good sequel. The game doesn´t give me the scary uneasy feeling of the first one, but the feeling of being in a spooky adventure is strong.

Great point and click. If you like gothic crypy climates it's for you.

Compared to previous game, BM 2 lacks some of its atmosphere. I was also disappointed with the change of the graphics. Except the beginning locations, color palette is very gray, bleak and unsaturated. BG 1 is atmospheric, moody, dark even without sacrificing more colorful, vibrant color palette. But the story is OK and puzzles are quite good.