John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles (1998)
Genres:Adventure, Point-and-click
Themes:Horror
Game modes:Single player
Story:John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles is an Adventure game, developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Mindscape Inc., which was released in 1998.
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Love this game! The voice actor for Malcolm is spine chilling, the best voice actor I think I've ever heard. The characters are tragic, likable, and interesting, and the history is really fascinating. Would love to get this playable on newer machines!
One of the most memorable games from my childhood, and I still have my copy of the book(s) it is based on. I also speedran this before I knew speedrunning was a thing, though certainly not to any standard! I believe my best time was about 1hr30.
The atmosphere, the topics it deals with, the puzzles... all of it is amazing, and I would love to see this on GOG to revisit those memories.
Ich habe das Spiel auf deutsch gespielt und empfand es als sehr intensiv. Ich habe es geliebt. Als Einstimmung auf das Spiel war der Blick in die Anleitung empfehlenswert. Und zwar wegen den kurzen Geschichtslektionen, die dort standen.
Zwei DInge fand ich extrem gut an diesem Spiel:
1. Es ist im Prinzip ein interaktives Buch, mit düsterer Atmosphäre und lösbaren Rätseln (bis auf die Eiserne Jungfrau; das ist nur für englische Muttersprachler lösbar), in dem man nicht sterben kann. Somit kann man sich ganz der Story und Atmosphäre hingeben.
2. Die deutschen Sprecher der Figuren, die man im Spiel trifft, waren der absolute Hammer!
Ich habe das Spiel vor über 20 Jahren gespielt, aber an zwei Situationen kann ich mich noch besonders gut erinnern:
Es gibt einen Punkt im Spiel, an dem man von der Behandlung eines Jungen liest, der davon "geheilt" werden sollte, sich wie ein Mädchen anzuziehen. Diese Bericht war schon hart, aber dann kommt man kurz danach in Kontakt mit dem Geist des Jungen. Das war noch härter.
Ich habe das Spiel mal meiner Kollegin ausgeliehen, weil ich ihr davon vorgeschwärmt habe. Als sie es spielte, hatte ihre etwas jüngere Schwester häufig über die Schulter zugesehen. Am Schluss wollte die Schwester es auch mal selbst spielen (mit meiner Kollegin als Verstärkung). Eines Abends waren sie allein zuhause und meine Kollegin musste mit dem Hund Gassi gehen. Ihre Schwester spielte gerade das Spiel und rief etwas panisch:"Du kannst mich doch jetzt nicht allein lassen!"
Die Buchreihe, auf der das Spiel basiert, habe ich noch. Ist gut, aber nicht der Hit. Hilft zum Verständnis der Figuren im Spiel, aber nicht bei den Rätseln.
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