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Dark Fall: Lost Souls 
Developer(s) Darkling Room Publisher(s) Iceberg Interactive Designer(s) Jonathan Boakes Engine Wintermute Engine Platform(s) Windows Release date(s) December 2009 (Worldwide) Genre(s) First-person adventure Mode(s) Single player Rating(s) PEGI: 16 Media/distribution 1 DVD System requirements Pentium IV CPU 1.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended for Vista), 128 MB DirectX9.0c compatible 3D accelerated graphics card, Windows XP/Vista/7
Dark Fall: Lost Souls is a British first-person horror-adventure game. It is a sequel to the first Dark Fall game. It was released as a digital download on 4 December 2009 and as a boxed version on 11 December 2009.
Contents
Plot
The game revisits the Dowerton Train Station and Hotel first introduced in Dark Fall: The Journal. The game is set a few years after the events of the first game and the station and hotel are in an advanced state of disrepair. You play as "The Inspector", a disgraced police officer who was dismissed from the force after tampering with evidence in the case of a missing child, Amy. The case never left his mind however and his search for the missing child eventually leads him to the Dowerton Station.[1]
Gameplay
Lost Souls uses a simple point-and-click interface to move the player around and manipulate the environment. Contrary to a lot of modern adventure games but similar to the first two installments, Lost Souls does not keep note of any information or clues to puzzles that the player comes across during the game, effectively forcing the player to keep track of every puzzle or detail themselves.
Characters
- The Inspector
A former police officer, fired from the force after tampering with evidence in the case of Amy Haven's disappearance.
- Amy Haven
Young girl who disappeared at age 11 after being expelled from school.
- Mr. Bones
Prime suspect in the case of the disappearance of Amy Haven.
- Echo
Mysterious person who only communicates through text messages sent to your mobile phone.
- The Forgotten
Spirits that inhabit the Dowerton Station Hotel, unable to 'pass on'.
Reception
Reception Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 74.5%[2] Review scores Publication Score GameZone 7.5[1] Game Boomers A-[3] AceGameZ 58[4] Hooked Gamers 7.5[5] Gamer.nl 7[6] Adventure Classic Gaming 4 out of 5 stars[7] JustAdventure A-[8] The game has received generally favourable reviews. Most reviews praised the atmosphere[1][3][4][5][6][7][8] but some were less impressed by the controls[3] or the puzzles.[1][5]
References
- Dark Fall: Lost Souls manual
- ^ a b c d "Dark Fall: Lost Souls review". GameZone. http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r37774.htm. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls for PC". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/958972-dark-fall-3-lost-souls/index.html. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Dark Fall 3 by Flotsam". Gameboomers. http://www.gameboomers.com/reviews/Dd/DarkFall3/DarkFall3byflotsam.htm. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Dark Fall: Lost Souls - PC Review". AceGameZ. http://acegamez.com/012010/reviews/pc-reviews/dark-fall-lost-souls-pc-review.html. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Dark Fall: Lost Souls review for PC". Hooked Gamers. http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/dark_fall_lost_souls/review/article-503.html. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Dark Fall: Lost Souls". Gamer.nl. http://www.gamer.nl/doc/55562/Dark-Fall-Lost-Souls. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Dark Fall: Lost Souls - Review". Adventure Classic Gaming. http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/561/. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Dark Fall: Lost Souls Review". JustAdventure. http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Darkfall3/DF3.shtm. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
External links
Categories:- 2009 video games
- Adventure games
- First-person adventures
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom
- Windows games
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