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So, I’m almost at the end of 3, and I thank you guys for the recommendation. They are, although easier, far better games than the original. Highly recommended.

This thread makes me thinking of replaying the series. I have very good memories of the first one but found the sequels to be pretty bad, although not complete rubbish. My main problem with the sequels was the way Cranberry kind of forced characters from the first game into the sequels and tried to make comedy of the situations they had found themselves in. When the story needed a character they for some reason had to use someone from the first game, no matter how improbable it seemed for that person to have become what he/she had become. The basic premise for the sequels, which are really one long game, is sound in itself and there were really no need to reuse characters just for the sake of it imo. It felt contrived and stupid to me. I also remember growing very tired of the main protagonist. Both the character as such and the way he was played. It will be interesting to see if I feel the same way about the games this time around!

I’m not sure what series you’re thinking of, but there’s actually not that much character reuse, whatever there is makes a lot of sense in the context of the story and it’s far from being a comedy.

rottford - 28 August 2015 12:19 AM

Antrax - 27 August 2015 02:19 PM

I’m not sure what series you’re thinking of, but there’s actually not that much character reuse, whatever there is makes a lot of sense in the context of the story and it’s far from being a comedy.

Agreed. I would need to hear further explanation about what characters were used again wrongly. I never once felt that any characters from the first game made an unnecessary appearance in the second or third games. In fact, I would have been surprised if any didn’t appear again to cover up the Gordon curse.

It was a few years since i played them but one I seem to remember is Murray the pawn shop owner in the first game and for some bizarre reason a hotel owner in the sequels. Murray the character in the sequels felt borderline silly to me. Seem to remember several other characters that reappeared in a way that felt forced to me.

Just finished the first chapter of the first game and looking forward to playing the sequels again too. Maybe My memories of them are wrong. Hope I can stand listening to the voice of Samuel the whole first game through though… The voice acting is more horrific than anything else in the game. And the voice itself is completely wrong for the character.

Seems everyone has different experiences with the series. I thought the second game had little to do with the first game (mood and settings) and I found it rather uninteresting. The third game came closer to the original game (id) and was quite satisfying. But it couldn’t compete with the first game, which is a game I have played three times, and is certainly in my top 5%. But then, compared to hundreds of other games, I liked Mystery of the Druids also very much (in terms of gameplay), a game that was criticized by quite some players.

Finished 3 today. The ending was a bit bleh but I guess they ran out of budget, it seems clear they were aiming for something more grandiose and had to settle for a rather short sequence followed by “a winner is you”.

Still two decent games, and after the first it was refreshing to see a game that didn’t try to fuck me over constantly. I think I prefer the second over the third, though.

I just finished playing black mirror 1 today and I have to say that I did enjoy it.  but, some of the puzzles were pretty obscure.  When you had to walk around for a while before the priest would tell you what happened to his ancestor…. well, that was lame. I wonder what was the trigger for him finally telling you????  just the time? or did you have to go to so many places?  That was a POS puzzle.  Now that I finished the 1st game, I think I will do 2 and 3 too.