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#1 6 FEB 2009 at 3:22am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Digging through my 'unfinished' pile here and found that one of the games I always wanted to get back to - The Black Mirror - had a crack in the CD. Found it on Amazon in a jewel case and ordered it. Received it last weekend and have just finished playing it. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed. I'm not a fan of hotspots that come and go, nor am I a fan of the sometimes you have to right-click thing either. For the first time in a long time, I found myself looking at a walkthrough because of those above mentioned things. I actually found the game to be more frustrating than fun - let's not even go into the ending. On that note, even the beginning was annoying as hell with the whole Star Force thing. I had gotten 4 codes to try with it and it turned out to be the last one that actually worked! Yes, after the third one not working I was sitting here cussing and cursing the whole Star Force thing... I'm so glad they bit the dust!!
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#2 6 FEB 2009 at 3:50pm
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	Black Mirror was one of those games I thought had some potential at the start, but never lived up to it. Annoying gameplay quirks like the ones you mentioned, along with a story filled with gaping holes really turned me off, and my interest in it and hope I had for a decent game basically fizzled away by the time I was halfway through it.
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#3 6 FEB 2009 at 6:29pm
Deleted User	Interesting, I had the complete opposite experience and loved this game.

#4 7 FEB 2009 at 12:14am
Jenny100 Guild Master Posts : 3510 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Status : Offline	I liked the atmosphere and the background sounds. I also liked that you could learn something about Samuel's past by clicking objects -- and not just get a description of what the object was. But puzzle quality was uneven, Samuel's manner of speech was really strange, the game had that nasty dead end if you used your gun before the proper time, and the story kind of fell apart towards the end. I still enjoyed most of it when I played it (at the time it first came out). But the original 2003 version of the game came with the version of StarForce that made USB drives inaccessible. So even if I still had the game I wouldn't replay it. I didn't have any USB drives back in 2003, but I certainly do now. They may have fixed this problem with reissued versions of the game, but I can't be sure.
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#5 7 FEB 2009 at 1:14am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Doubtful Jenny. I just got the jewel case edition from Amazon and it came with Star Force. Granted the copyright date says 2004, but I'm assuming they are still selling from their old inventory and haven't reissued any new versions. Yes, I got bit on the gun thing. Spoiler AlertI had saved before I used the gun, but then got tired of using it to get out, then dying. So I overwrote the save game with one that puts me in front of the open door before walking out. Needless to say I wasn't a happy camper. :-/
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#6 7 FEB 2009 at 2:01am
Jenny100 Guild Master Posts : 3510 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Status : Offline	That bug bit me too. Fortunately I had a save from the beginning of the level that I hadn't overwritten. Spoiler AlertThey give you a gun. Isn't it natural to try using it on some of the other puzzles? I'd gone back to find more bullets, and looked all over the place, but couldn't find any. I gave up and checked a walkthrough to find the well-hidden bullet stash that I thought surely must exist, and was unpleasantly surprised to find there wasn't one.
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#7 7 FEB 2009 at 2:35am
DangerousDave Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 54 Joined: 31 MAR 2008 Status : Online	I could never even get this game to work.
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#8 7 FEB 2009 at 5:59am
InlandAZ Guild Master Posts : 5586 Joined: 4 MAY 2007 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Masher (6 FEB 2009 6:28pm)* Interesting, I had the complete opposite experience and loved this game. That'd make you, me and everyone else All kidding aside, I thought it was a great game - and the even though you know you're going to need something but won't be able to interact with it until it's time deal made it even better. What?
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#9 7 FEB 2009 at 7:55am
Jelena Private Detective Posts : 587 Joined: 30 SEP 2007 Status : Offline	I liked Black Mirror too! I absolutely love British mansions and gloomy atmospheres so the whole setting was perfect for me. I was aware of the dead end beforehand and could avoid it, otherwise I'm sure I would have been very annoyed. But everything else about the game appealed to me, ending and all! Temporary guest in your life.
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#10 7 FEB 2009 at 12:29pm
TC Private Detective Posts : 688 Joined: 14 NOV 2005 Status : Online	Great setting and concept, bad implementation. Period.
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#11 7 FEB 2009 at 3:08pm
Maum Private Detective Posts : 593 Joined: 2 JUN 2007 Location: UK Status : Offline	I played the game in French so didn't have any language issues. I liked the setting of the game but found it overall quite slow-paced. By the end I was struggling to keep up my interest with the story. My issues Spoiler AlertI didn't have the issue with the gun, so that wasn't a problem for me were all the loose ends. I was expecting to find out more about Samuel's wife, I wanted to see exactly how his grandfather (or great uncle I can't remember) died- that was left very unexplained. And of course the ending was dramatic but too easy- what a cop out as far as the story goes! All in all the game had a very promising story but failed to fulfill its potential IMO. Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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#12 8 FEB 2009 at 4:18am
usman Sorcerer Apprentice Posts : 261 Joined: 16 NOV 2003 Status : Offline	I loved the game and can't wait for second installment.
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#13 9 FEB 2009 at 1:47am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	I'm looking forward to #2 as well. Despite my disappointment with this first one, I do think they cleaned up some of the apparent unfair design elements when they made Nibiru. Hopefully they can continue with the trend of improvements with their new game.
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#14 9 FEB 2009 at 5:55pm
Maum Private Detective Posts : 593 Joined: 2 JUN 2007 Location: UK Status : Offline	Actually that's one game I'd be very curious about. When is it due? Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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#15 9 FEB 2009 at 9:59pm
Taurnil Mithrandir Journeyman Posts : 1093 Joined: 13 AUG 2006 Status : Online	One of the best games I've ever played although I was irritated with the right click thing too. The story was fascinating and of course the ending was too subversive that I kept thinking of it for months. Great game. ....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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#16 10 FEB 2009 at 9:49am
simdel Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 19 Joined: 3 DEC 2008 Status : Online	I really enjoyed this adventure. It was long and filled with puzzles. Only thing I didn't like was sudden death, such as at the stage of the aforementioned gun in chapter . I am really looking forward to Black Mirror 2.
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#17 11 FEB 2009 at 4:19am
InlandAZ Guild Master Posts : 5586 Joined: 4 MAY 2007 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Ivinia (9 FEB 2009 1:46am)* Despite my disappointment with this first one, I do think they cleaned up some of the apparent unfair design elements when they made Nibiru. Hopefully they can continue with the trend of improvements with their new game. You don't know how fair I thought the rat puzzle was What?
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#18 11 FEB 2009 at 4:35am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Good point! However, I did find Nibiru much less frustrating than Black Mirror. Hopefully Black Mirror 2 will be their best one yet!
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#19 12 FEB 2009 at 3:36pm
Taurnil Mithrandir Journeyman Posts : 1093 Joined: 13 AUG 2006 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By InlandAZ (11 FEB 2009 4:19am)* *Originally Posted By Ivinia (9 FEB 2009 1:46am)* Despite my disappointment with this first one, I do think they cleaned up some of the apparent unfair design elements when they made Nibiru. Hopefully they can continue with the trend of improvements with their new game. You don't know how fair I thought the rat puzzle was My God the rat puzzle. I once had a controversial conversation on the question if it was right to use a rat Spoiler Alerton an explosion. ....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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