Tuesday, January 31, 2017

"The Blackwell Legacy" Review

Publisher:  Wadjet Eye Games

Genre:  Adventure

Summary:  Rosangela Blackwell discovers she's a medium, and with the helpful of her ghostly companion, Joey, must help ghosts cross over.

Gameplay:  The puzzles are mostly dialogue-based, which is a nice change of pace.  Sometimes Rosa must combine notes to figure out a new fact, which feels organic.  It can cause a problem, however, if you figure something out but forget to actually have the character combine the notes to do so.  (This was more of a problem the second playthrough, since I already knew what was happening.)

Style:  The old-school adventure game graphics aren't fancy, but the environments are nice.  Voice acting is good, as is the music.

Story:  I enjoyed the story of Rosangela dealing with the pain and confusion of Joey appearing and worrying about her sanity.  The characters of the game are intriguing and set up a lot of possibilities for the series (and there is even a nice choice to make at the end.)

The only major problem, then, is length.  The game just feels like it's starting and then it ends.  Blackwell finishes her first "case" and that's it.  It's but an introduction.

Conclusion:  I like this game as an introduction to these characters and their game universe, but I think I would be upset if I'd gotten it by full price or not in a bundle, given its shortness.