[Hamham Chan]

Barrow Hill

Barrow Hill is ia horror/thriller adventure game told from the point of view of the player using a first person perspective.

Set in mysterious Cornwall, rich with legends from sacred wells to dark forests, the players will unravel many imysteries, after being stranded on the lonely road to the 'barrow'. This ancient burial site, from pre-history, sits shrouded amongst the watching trees of the hill.

Following in the footsteps of the well-known archaeologist, Conrad Morse, you will discover that the barrow is more than just a mound of earth and a collection of forgotten standing stones. However, not all archaeology is constructive, for some things should be left buried and undisturbed.Perhaps it is too late for that…

After a quick search on this forum i discovered there wasn´t a thread for Barrow Hill, so i thought i´d start one now.

For information about the game point your browser to this site:
http://www.barrow-hill.co.uk/

Here are some screenshots, it looks kinda cool, doesn´t it?

[Aeropol]

Quite good production for such a small team. Seemed like beta/tech demo quality but still enjoyable. I liked the desolate locations and non essential interactions with the environment, like eating pastry There is an alternative ending too.

From http://shadowtorstudios.co.uk/
"The company plan to utilise the inspirational Cornish landscape to craft a series of exciting, and detailed, computer games beginning with the archaeological thriller, Barrow Hill."

I hope they get more money for the next game to be able to create more detailed locations and models. Well, I just want more of the same but with more polished look and feel and higher than 800x600 resolution.

[colpet]

I've just started this one (have made it to the kitchen). It is so atmospheric, I want to play it in the optimal conditions - dark room, head phones on. Trouble is that I'm in a bright sunny room, with no overcast days in the forecast, so the game is on hold until more suitable weather arrives.

[Legolas813]

I'm loving Barrow Hill. One of the most enjoyable adventure games I've played in a long time and I usually prefer third-person games. I'm so glad I decided to make the purchase.

Just make sure you play the game with the sound turned way up and in total darkness.

http://www.barrow-hill.co.uk/

[Filmman]

Wow the game looks good I can`t wait to play it

[bysmitty]

Originally Posted by colpet

I've just started this one (have made it to the kitchen). It is so atmospheric, I want to play it in the optimal conditions - dark room, head phones on. Trouble is that I'm in a bright sunny room, with no overcast days in the forecast, so the game is on hold until more suitable weather arrives.

There is any easy solution for that. Just paint your windows black. It works like a charm.

I'm impressed with Barrow Hill so far but I'm only a few mins into it. I just wanted to install it and watch the into to make sure it worked before I put it on hold until I finish Paradise.

...bysmitty

[AFGNCAAP]

Originally Posted by Legolas813

I'm loving Barrow Hill. One of the most enjoyable adventure games I've played in a long time and I usually prefer third-person games.

Didn't you say the same about Scratches? Maybe you only dislike a small subcategory of first person games, rather than all of them?

[Legolas813]

1) I never played Scratches, only the demo.
2) I'm not totally against first-person. I just prefer third-person.

[MdaG]

I think this will be something for me indeed :-)

[Gordon Bennett]

I keep mis-reading the name as "Benny Hill."

[MysterD]

Hmmm......here's a good review on this one:
8.1 from IGN, which seems like a very good score to me from them....

[jacog]

Short review, but the reviewer did a good job of outlining the good and the bad ... definitely will order a copy of this soon.

Point to note... the reviewer, Staci Krause, seems to be an adventure gamer and a fair chunk of her reviews for IGN are adventure reviews, which explains why this game got a fair review from her. This is the right way to approach reviews on sites that cover many game genres.

And now is a good time to not bring up that other site.

[Litrick]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/728/728737p1.html

Usually, IGN and gamespot are pretty similar with their reviews, clearly not the case here

I dont want to ignite the whole "gamespot hates adventures" deal again. But its pretty funny that IGN who are exactly the same kind of site would give this game a really good review, and gamespot was unable to see any merit in it whatsoever.

Anyone ever read worthplaying.com reviews?They seem to be quite generous. I've never read any of their reviews before I must admit. I was actualy looking for more safecracker reviews and they gave safecracker 7.5 but also barrow hill a whopping 9.1 ! They even made barrow hill 'editors choice'.

Check them out.

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=36591
http://www.worthplaying.com/article....thread&order=0

[Lee in Limbo]

Originally Posted by jacog

Point to note... the reviewer, Staci Krause, seems to be an adventure gamer and a fair chunk of her reviews for IGN are adventure reviews...

I just got through reading her review of Schizm. She gave it a 3.0 and said it's ridiculously hard and has an unrewarding story and ending.

If I weren't already married...

[Fien]

I suck at math puzzles, didn't like Schizm one little bit and didn't want to finish it. But a score of 3.0 is unjustified. IMO, IMO. And reviewer Staci even found the terrible voiceacting passable...