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!
This piece of art has definitely a way too bad reputation compared to the other games in the Monkey Island series. Ok, it's not Monkey Island 3, just live with that. But it still has an extremely comfortable atmosphere that feels very much the same as the other games. The music in MI4 is almost the best of all the games, at least the most catchy music. I totally love MI4 and I'm so happy it's on GOG since it's a pain to get it working on modern systems, if you don't use a virtual machine or something with WinXP installed. There are some lack of details compared to the other ones, but the 3D graphics by then was quite limited. Ignore all the negative feedback and buy this masterpiece!
I accidentaly saw the "new" Black Mirror trailer from 2017 and I fell in love with the music in that trailer. Therefore I got curious about Black Mirror and saw that there was a deal on those games at the moment so I bought all of them because they looked allright. I got very surprised and got hooked to the story immediately. I never get hooked to stories that fast and I use to miss the whole plot because I always never understand anything in the beginning because it's just random gibberish, but this time, it was interesting after 2 minutes and I totally loved the atmosphere. I just completed this game and I will now try the sequel. The only thing I can complain about is some parts of the gameplay, so remember to SAVE THE GAME every 10:th minute just to be safe. And do not use only one single save slot. Use at least one save slot per chapter.
I've played a couple of horror games and I have not really been "that" scared. Darkness Within series has a very good atmosphere for example, but does not really give you the horror feeling. It's more like a very good Thriller. But I just bought Layers of Fear and got very impressed. First I thought it was a Darkness Within clone ish, but I realized quite early that this was something more. I turned all my lights off, waited until it was dark outside, increased the volume on my speakers (very good speakers since it's important), started the game on my 55" TV and gave it a chance. Darn! I had to take some smaller pauses between the stages since it was totally horrifying. I got caught after 20 minutes when I started understanding stuff and then I could not stop playing. What an incredible masterpiece! Totally worth at least 4.5/5 instead of 4/5. I'm sold! You should really try it out. But it is extremely important to create a good atmosphere in your room and crappy speakers is a big no no. If you have a small screen, then you need to be close to it. I was very impressed with all the confusion the game creates. This is not just a house where you can go back and forth to research stuff and play detective (like Darkness Within which is awesome). This will totally mess up your brain and what you look at may not be there if you turn away from it.
I don't understand all the critics about this game. Maybe it's not that long, but it kind of has exactly the same feeling as the other 2 games. Even though you can move in 360 degrees. That's just a nice feature to have something different. I got a positive surprise when I played it because I was reading all the comments in here before playing the game But I totally disagree with the negative comments.
I bought this game on the cheapest GOG deals with no big expectations and tried it out because it looked very beautiful. I got stuck immediately and the music + graphics + gameplay + physics is just stunning and fun. First I thought Lost Vikings, but then I changed my mind to Castlevania and then Avatar and also a little bit of Bionic Commando. It's a combination of all of them and it's totally awesome. One of the better games I've tried the last years. Deadly recommended!
