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Bracken Tor

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Previous “When is Bracken Tor Coming out” Thread

Boakes had last said around Halloween of this year.  I hope so.

darthmaul - 07 July 2013 09:53 PM

Bracken Tor, will it ever come out?

Of course it will.
It’s still far from the record.

Can anyone tell me if it’s worth playing Barrow Hill after having just played Lost Crown? Will I get a sufficiently different experience or is it much the same type of story? It’s even older, 2006. Graphics look ok though. I don’t mind nodal point games, but BH apparently doesn’t have 360 rotation.

Thanks Zifnab. I’ll get Barrow Hill then. Just started Face Noir, so after that, I’ll start it. Is Barrow Hill more difficult, puzzlewise? I found Lost Crown just the right difficulty for me, the proof being that I never had to use the walkthrough. Having said that, I’m still up for more challenging brainteasers.

Roman5 - 25 July 2013 09:57 AM

Thanks Zifnab. I’ll get Barrow Hill then. Just started Face Noir, so after that, I’ll start it. Is Barrow Hill more difficult, puzzlewise? I found Lost Crown just the right difficulty for me, the proof being that I never had to use the walkthrough. Having said that, I’m still up for more challenging brainteasers.

If you can locate a copy (I got mine from Amazon UK) then the Adventures In Terror British Horror Collection will give you Barrow Hill, Dark Fall The Journal and Dark Fall Lights Out. I think I paid around £18 for mine.

Edited to add that you can get it on Amazon, Play.com or ebay for less than £5 now.

Roman5 - 25 July 2013 08:30 AM

Can anyone tell me if it’s worth playing Barrow Hill after having just played Lost Crown? Will I get a sufficiently different experience or is it much the same type of story? It’s even older, 2006. Graphics look ok though. I don’t mind nodal point games, but BH apparently doesn’t have 360 rotation.

While I absolutely adore The Lost Crown, I was disappointed with Barrow Hill. The story was neither scary nor mysterious IMO, however a lot of people seem to like it, so you may give it a try, you will definitely get a different experience than from TLC. As for Dark Fall games (1 and 2, to be precise, the 3rd one was too morbid for my taste, so I never finished it) they are good games, something in between TLC and BH, you should def. play them at some point if you haven’t already.

Cheshire Cat - 25 July 2013 02:07 PM

Roman5 - 25 July 2013 08:30 AM

Can anyone tell me if it’s worth playing Barrow Hill after having just played Lost Crown? Will I get a sufficiently different experience or is it much the same type of story? It’s even older, 2006. Graphics look ok though. I don’t mind nodal point games, but BH apparently doesn’t have 360 rotation.

While I absolutely adore The Lost Crown, I was disappointed with Barrow Hill. The story was neither scary nor mysterious IMO, however a lot of people seem to like it, so you may give it a try, you will definitely get a different experience than from TLC. As for Dark Fall games (1 and 2, to be precise, the 3rd one was too morbid for my taste, so I never finished it) they are good games, something in between TLC and BH, you should def. play them at some point if you haven’t already.

I started Darkfall, the first one, years ago, but never got properly stuck into it. Still have it installed along with a save game or two on my desktop pc. I imagine Darkfall would be similar to lost crown, only in first person node point style?

Roman5 - 25 July 2013 04:52 PM

Cheshire Cat - 25 July 2013 02:07 PM

Roman5 - 25 July 2013 08:30 AM

Can anyone tell me if it’s worth playing Barrow Hill after having just played Lost Crown? Will I get a sufficiently different experience or is it much the same type of story? It’s even older, 2006. Graphics look ok though. I don’t mind nodal point games, but BH apparently doesn’t have 360 rotation.

While I absolutely adore The Lost Crown, I was disappointed with Barrow Hill. The story was neither scary nor mysterious IMO, however a lot of people seem to like it, so you may give it a try, you will definitely get a different experience than from TLC. As for Dark Fall games (1 and 2, to be precise, the 3rd one was too morbid for my taste, so I never finished it) they are good games, something in between TLC and BH, you should def. play them at some point if you haven’t already.

I started Darkfall, the first one, years ago, but never got properly stuck into it. Still have it installed along with a save game or two on my desktop pc. I imagine Darkfall would be similar to lost crown, only in first person node point style?

Well, when I mentioned Dark Fall games being in between TLC and BH I was referring more to the story and the general feel of the games and how much I enjoyed them. Both Dark Falls feature ghosts and ghost-hunting gadgets and some characters from TLC are mentioned and appear in them and that’s where the similarities end. I’d say that Dark Fall 1 is somewhat similar to Scratches, while Dark Fall 2 has some of The Lost Crown’s atmosphere. And yes, both of them are first person, solitary exploration, node point style games.
Btw. I remember I didn’t like Dark Fall 1 at first as well, dropped it not very far from the beginning, but after playing TLC I decided to give it another chance, because of the author, and ended up enjoying it.

Cheshire Cat - 26 July 2013 02:39 PM

Btw. I remember I didn’t like Dark Fall 1 at first as well, dropped it not very far from the beginning, but after playing TLC I decided to give it another chance, because of the author, and ended up enjoying it.

Yeah, I think I’ll restart Darkfall, I suspect I’ll feel the same as you now that I’ve played TLC.

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