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The screenshot is from Dark Dimensions: City of Fog. I remember this game as beeing a very long game. Which is, in part, what made it so enjoyable.

The other enjoyable part was the story. First and foremost it’s a ghost story. You, the protagonist, find yourself at the end of a dead end road. But it isn’t. For reasons unknown, you are allowed to enter the abandoned town of Silvertown.

The dark dimension of the title is the border between life and death. When entering the town, you are forced to enter the Hotel. You are immediately confronted by the ghost of Lillian. She died on the eve of her wedding to William Daniels, the son of the town’s founder. Who is also the owner of the mine and just about everything else that allowed the town to grow.

Question: Did you, Lillian, die of natural causes? Or were you murdered by a jealous lover who you didn’t even know had affections for you?

All of this murder/mayhem took place in 1876. How do you relate to any of this? Well, it appears that your family was involved in an automobile accident, and you were the only survivor. So you have a kind of insider perspective of the life/death boundary.

That’s the “hook” that pulls the game together.

Your objective is to find the killer and give him his just due. And also to free the spirits of Lillian and William so that they can be happy together, even if it is in another life.

I first played this game in 2011. So the game is, at least six years old. The graphics are wonderful. The music and effects are pretty good. The puzzles are pretty good for a six-year-old game, But, since the game is six years old we have seen them before. There are many HO scenes. That said, these are the first I remember as being “inventive.” E.g. Find the needle and thread and embroider a design on a piece of canvas, which creates a rose, which is the object you need to find.

Finally, thank you Becky for covering for me. And thank you to everyone who expressed their condolences.

Tim

Wow! the colors Platte at this scene here!

but is it me.. or (even when i enlarged it) at the image the window yet looks odd or out of place of the dimensions of the room

Sorry about that. The resizing of the image didn’t stick. This should look normal.

rtrooney - 12 January 2017 10:13 AM

Sorry about that. The resizing of the image didn’t stick. This should look normal.

thats better.. thanks Tim