Black Mirror 1

This is definitively one of the most awesome Adventures made during this millenium. It has great characters, great music, great puzzles, an awesome story and the atmosphere is so great. Thank you so much for sharing on GOG.

Overall, I liked this game. It does a great job with moody, atmospheric art and music and the story is interesting enough--centering around a dying noble bloodline and the prodigal son returning home after losing his family in a fire at the family estate years before. Of course, satanic rituals get involved, as they are wont to do with dying noble bloodlines, and soon our hero finds himself in the grips of a growing madness and with revelations of hidden parts of his past (also common among dying noble bloodlines). Throw in a secret laboratory or two, ancient family crypts, a curse passed down to each generation for 800 years, fratricide, a morgue, a spate of unsolved local killings, an isolated village, and the fact the family also owns an insane asylum for kicks, and you get the gist of how the plot goes. The puzzles mostly work well, your standard pick-up-an-item-and-apply-it-creatively later format. There are a few distractor items, as well, which is always nice and adds a simple complexity in puzzle solving. However, it's not without its flaws, either. For one thing, you can die in the game--only it doesn't tell you this until like 70% of the way through when something suddenly kills you...so I hope you saved early and often! Surprise! Also, there are a few out-of-place, "filler" type puzzles that I personally loathe (like a randomized "sliding tiles" puzzle. Only one in the game. I wound up finding a saved game from someone else online that picks up just past it so I could skip it). At times the story lulls or it feels like you are on a bit of a side-quest. And sometimes you can't click on something more than once. You click it and you expect a line of dialogue describing it (as happens 99% of the time), so you reach for a soda and something flashes on screen and you missed it and you can't re-create it. But overall, it's a fun enough game for adventure format fans, with two sequels to enjoy as well. I'd recommend it.

This adventure game tells a good story with great characters and good graphics. If you buy this when it's on offer you've bought a real bargain. The reviews don't do this game justice. I highly recommend all three Black Mirror games, haven't played the newest one yet. It has become one of my favourites and I have played many adventure games!

Atmospheric, great voice acting, immersive and suspenseful old-fashioned style point and click. On my top FAVS of all time

This IS a masterpiece, in every sense of the word. I was so happy that I found all the three Black Mirrors (I haven't tried the newest one yet) on GOG, with every playing session my early 20's come back. If you love point-and-click adventures you'll love this game, if you don't I still suggest you try them. If you like games with an interesting storyline it's impossible not to like these gems. I've seen some negative comments about OST, couldn't disagree more, game's main theme played on piano (in Welsh manor of Gordon's if I'm not mistaken) and the creepy music when you assemble a photo of James gives me creeps every time I hear them. Just try it folks, all three Black Mirrors are worth your time and money. Lastly, the game is difficult, don't expect a straightforward storyline and easy puzzles here, you might get struck for months on a certain point of story without the slightest idea what to do next.