Moving around from screen to screen is done by simply clicking. A map is found early on in the game and will allow Samuel to quickly travel from location to location.
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Conversation can be skipped through by hitting the space bar or clicking the mouse, and it all likelihood, you will read much faster than many characters talk. Subtitles are not on automatically, they must be turned on, and I greatly suggest doing so. A general menu for saving, loading and changing options is easily accessible as well. The inventory is accessed by moving the mouse to the lower part of the screen and left clicking will pick up items. Sometimes, right clicking would cause even more interaction as well.
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Around the screen were various obvious hot spots, and left clicking on a hot spot will give some information or cause Samuel to interact with it.
THE BLACK MIRROR (VIDEO GAME) PLUS
The interface was very simple, a plus for any point and click. It seems to be glaringly lacking because of the style of the game.
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The one feature this game could have benefited from is a quick save and quick load feature. Players would be well advised to save the game often, especially right before puzzles, as at times if you make one bad move, you'll find Samuel has stalled or worse, has died. Puzzle types include putting together torn up items, solving riddles and, of course, sliders. None of the puzzles are overly complicated and every single one makes sense within the confines of the story. The puzzles themselves aren't really anything original, but they do their job. In and of itself, it is tolerable, but due to the sheer number of instances Samuel talks to different people, the time delay really adds up to the point players may just find themselves nodding off at times. There is also this annoying delay whenever Samuel approaches an individual. While it is always great in an adventure game to learn about the story, at times Black Mirror's telling drags on needlessly. Finally, Samuel himself will relate any details he can add as thoughts. Second, diaries and historical articles abound to get the needed clues to the games puzzles as well as some more back-story. First, there are more than enough conversations to sort through with the varied characters in the game. The delivery of the story itself is done in several ways. Throughout the game, several characters from the past are introduced, but the details on their demise or their relationship to the story are sketchy at best. Later, we discover that this was contrived to give the main character some history, but really has no bearing on the point of the story or its ultimate conclusion. At first, it appears to be about a fire that occurred over a dozen years prior to the start of the game, in which Samuel's wife perished. One of the problems I did have with the story is how disjointed it is at times. The game plays in 3rd person perspective following the protagonist, Samuel Gordon, as he tries to uncover what killed his grandfather and finally set to rest the truth behind his family's history. That being said, Black Mirror does a fine job of putting the story through its paces and adding a few twists to set itself apart. Does it outline that what adventure gamers want is to play the same game over and over? If there is, someone needs to burn it.
THE BLACK MIRROR (VIDEO GAME) MANUAL
The plot is pretty generic, that of "Someone or something is killing people, find out who or what it is and stop it." As a matter of fact, I really wonder if there is a plot manual out there somewhere for adventure game developers to follow. Developed by relative newcomer to the market, Unknown Identity, Black Mirror is a dark and twisted adventure with pretty good graphics, horrible voice acting and been there, done that puzzles. This month's flavor is called Black Mirror. The Adventure Company would, of course, disagree as they are still putting out about one true point and click adventure a month.