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Spirits keep their secrets too.

The Blackwell Bundle, a fantastic collection of four old-school point-and-click investigative adventures with a supernatural twist, is available on GOG.com 60% off until Thursday, October 11 at 10:59 GMT.

Meet Rosangela Blackwell, a New York writer/detective, as she takes on four mystery-packed cases in the company of her pale and transparent partner, Joe Mallone. "Pale and transparent? What's up with that?"--you might ask. Well, don't be alarmed, but Mr. Mallone died in 1930s. Luckily for him Mrs. Blackwell proves to be a medium and not only does she see the poor old chap, but also can easily communicate with him. Much to her own dismay--at first--as Joe turns out to be quite irritating for someone without a pulse. They, however, share one common passion: meddling in the many mysteries of the city that never sleeps.

In The Blackwell Bundle we follow the exploits of the unlikely detective duo as they investigate four cases balancing on the edge between crime and paranormal happenings. In the first chapter of our story, The Blackwell Legacy, we witness the beginning of an unwitting partnership, as Rosa Blackwell learns about her psychic heritage, meets the ghost of Joe Mallone, and stops a series of mysterious suicides. Blackwell Unbound acts as a prequel to the series and tells the story of Rosa's grandmother, Lauren Blackwell, who preceded her granddaughter as Joe's medium mystery-solving partner. Back in our times Blackwell Convergence pits Rosa and Joe against a tortured soul of a murdering lunatic, that's been haunting the Big Apple for decades. Finally, Blackwell Deception puts our detectives in harm's way as a sinister villain manipulates them for his own dark purposes. All of the stories feature top-notch writing, remarkable voice-acting, classic pixel-art graphics, and a multitude restless spirits.

Let Joe Mallone lead you and Rosa into the unknown realm of spirits roaming the ever-busy streets of New York in The Blackwell Bundle, 60% off--that's only $5.99 for the next 24 hours!
I love the Blackwell series, so many choices, interesting text events, great art, the protagonist is always a cute girl with glasses, I'll speak for DFA when it comes out but in my opinion Blackwell is the true spiritual successor to the Sierra adventure game.
Great deal, thanks.
Great promo, very worth it.
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Crosmando: great art, the protagonist is always a cute girl with glasses,
Except for in the 4th title, where while the portrait really was very nice, Ben Chandler really dropped the ball on her sprite.
Post edited October 10, 2012 by kalirion
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kalirion: Great promo, very worth it.
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Crosmando: great art, the protagonist is always a cute girl with glasses,
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kalirion: Except for in the 4th title, where while the portrait really was very nice, Ben Chandler really dropped the ball on her sprite.
Really? I'm sure I remember Deception's protag had glasses
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kalirion: Great promo, very worth it. Except for in the 4th title, where while the portrait really was very nice, Ben Chandler really dropped the ball on her sprite.
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Crosmando: Really? I'm sure I remember Deception's protag had glasses
She had glasses, but she was not cute.

Example from Deception and another with portrait (which as I said is nice)

Conversion

Legacy reminiscent of Daria here.

I really did not like the Deception sprite.
Post edited October 10, 2012 by kalirion
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Crosmando: Really? I'm sure I remember Deception's protag had glasses
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kalirion: She had glasses, but she was not cute.
Yes but the former is something objective, the latter is subjective, or a matter of opinion.
Thanks GOG for nice deal! Waiting now for pre-order of awesome-looking Primordia.
Post edited October 10, 2012 by cyboff
Nice deal, but I already got them... and played none of them :-(
game owned
Is the blackwell bundle fully voiced?
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XYCat: Is the blackwell bundle fully voiced?
Yes. (At least the first two games are; I suppose it's theoretically possible they stopped doing that in the later games, but I would be pretty astonished).
Post edited October 10, 2012 by BadDecissions
Got already all of these and warmly recommend them.
Would definitely buy this if I didn't have them all on disc!
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XYCat: Is the blackwell bundle fully voiced?
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BadDecissions: Yes. (At least the first two games are; I suppose it's theoretically possible they stopped doing that in the later games, but I would be pretty astonished).
Yes, they are all fully-voiced and the amazing Abe Goldfarb remains the voice talent behind Joe Mallone throughout the whole series.
Are the soundtracks any good? This will probably be discounted in the steam Christmas sale, so I'd only get the gog version for the soundtrack.