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Adventure Game Scene of the Day — Friday 28 September 2012

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Seven games that make you want to commit suicide, Day 5: Blackstone Chronicles

I haven’t played Blackstone Chronicles, but this exploration of a creepy asylum in which lots of horrible things were done seems to crop up whenever I search for “depressing adventure game”, so I figured it should be part of this week.

     
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Yep, that was the second one I was sure you would choose. Smile Fantasy will be delighted, it’s one of her favorite games. And it is a good game, Legend Entertainment hasn’t produced any bad games. But I found the Blackstone Chronicles too cruel and disturbing to be really enjoyable. Not as depressing as IHNMAIMS though.

     

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I never Played Blackstone Chronicles,

but i feel that Sanitarium will be opening for the public tomorrow Wink

     
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Blackstone is a great game. The first time I played it was the community playthrough here and I found it a really absorbing game and a great way to tell a story about a very interesting, although not very nice, character.

Good playthrough too!

     

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I’m with those that rate the game but do agree about the rather dark content particularly when you “meet” the little boy (Abe) near the end. Paul wasn’t a barrel of laughs either. Definitely a game to make you think - and not only about the puzzles either.

     

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Intense Degree - 28 September 2012 12:09 PM

Blackstone is a great game. The first time I played it was the community playthrough here and I found it a really absorbing game and a great way to tell a story about a very interesting, although not very nice, character.

Good playthrough too!

Me too! Three years ago, it was. Fantasy led the playthrough.

I love this game. I found the content to be very disturbing but I wasn’t necessarily disturbed by it. I’ve always figured or known as much happens in asylums.

     
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I’m sorry to have missed that playthrough, Blackstone Chronicles is one of the few Legend Entertainment games I haven’t played. I’ll get around to it some day.

     
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Aaah, a favorite. <3 I agree, it wasn’t a game to “enjoy” per se, but the story really dug into my heart.

     

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Advie - 28 September 2012 11:37 AM

I never Played Blackstone Chronicles,

but i feel that Sanitarium will be opening for the public tomorrow Wink

You sure? Not The Dark Eye?  Wink

     
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Sefir - 28 September 2012 05:24 PM
Advie - 28 September 2012 11:37 AM

I never Played Blackstone Chronicles,

but i feel that Sanitarium will be opening for the public tomorrow Wink

You sure? Not The Dark Eye?  Wink

i am not sure of anything Wink, but as you brought The Dark Eye it has a priority at this theme, but we will just have to wait and see whats Kuru’s Cooking

     
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Tomorrow’s game is the game that gave me the idea for this week’s theme. That’s all I’ll say. Tongue

     
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Surely…

     

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