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Dark Fall: The Journal
Released On: Jul 25, 2003
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6.9
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Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
68
35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
57% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The best independent adventure game since "Cracking the Conspiracy."
This game's perpetually unnerving ambience, interesting puzzles, and unique ghost story may very well help you forgive its graphical flaws. [Nov 2003, p.129]
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Based on 21 User Ratings
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Based on 21 User Ratings
6.9
38% Positive
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Despite all my griping, Dark Fall really is an impressive first effort for the one-person design team and is actually better than some recent big-company releases. I'm not sorry I played it but neither am I gaga over it. How's that for decisiveness?
Delivers good, slow-boil tension wrapped around an interesting mystery in an atmospheric setting. [Dec 2003, p.95]
Breaks no new ground and puts too much emphasis on puzzles, but its meticulously detailed world and paranormal detective story generally keep things entertaining.
The crucial fear-factor is missing, the sense of fight, flee or die that makes survival horror so effective.
A slow, repetitive game released way past its prime. It's a shame really, because it had the potential to be so much more.
Summary Returning from work you listen to a frightened and cryptic voice message from your brother, a talented architect redeveloping the old Dowerton station in Dorset, England. Boarding a train to meet him, you travel to Dowerton alone, wondering what adventure you may be embarking on... When you arrive, the train is empty and the station is...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jul 25, 2003
Developer:
- XXV Productions
Publisher: The Adventure Company
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