Black Mirror Reviews
While there’s certainly substance in Black Mirror, I think that that substance just isn’t translating well on PC – I’m made to remember Hiveswap, released earlier this year, which had somewhat similar elements but much more to actually DO, and with an interface that actually worked in your favor.
Black Mirror offers a unique experience in a Gothic atmosphere with good graphics and good sound effects. It succeeds in taking you and putting you in a story and let you play as if you were a protagonist of a book. With the sound effects which will make the atmosphere more impactful, this game becomes a jewel. However, when it comes to the somewhat clunky camera movement, and a couple of basic gameplay problems, the game fails to keep the excitement alive. If you are an adventure game fan, you should absolutely try this game.
To be honest, if this Black Mirror had belonged to a decade ago, we would have terrorized the game, so much so that its producers forget about creating a game ever again! However, having a noble adventure game like Black Mirror in this deserted field of adventure genre is a reason to be satisfied and delighted. So, we try to support these types of games so that once again, we can witness the rise of golden age of this genre.
Review in Persian | Read full review
There are a lot of moments where Black Mirror is pushing just on the verge of being a really solid adventure game, but those moments are too few and far between, hampered by technical issues and sloppy controls. The story is a good one, and those who are willing to wrestle with these shortcomings in favor of an interesting narrative will likely enjoy their time with Black Mirror, but in the end it is a barely better than average title.
Black Mirror does a great job setting up an unsettling atmosphere and telling a story filled with mystery and intrigue, but it falls short in creating challenging puzzles and memorable gameplay moments. It’s a case of good storytelling bogged down by uninspired gameplay. However, if you like macabre tales and ugly family secrets being dragged out, it’s got a great story to tell.
The sad part of Black Mirror is that there's a really solid game here and it could have just used more polish to reach that.
Black Mirror is a good graphic adventure and an interesting update of the original trilogy. It is true that coming from King Art Games and after his latest work, The Book of Unwritten Tales, we could expect much more. Although it improves in some aspects the originals, it has failures as topical characters or the absence of a soundtrack.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
It is hard to recommend Black Mirror with the amount of technical flaws present. In the game’s current state, it simply is not worth the time, even with the decent story and puzzle element.
Black Mirror is a great reboot, it took what made the original series great and expanded on it without having to reuse the same story. It's atmospheric and dark with a few twists and turns which you uncover as you go along, sometimes by giving you more questions than answers. Don't expect gore and bloodshed but expect a psychological horror with thriller and supernatural themes both thrown into the mix.
It's an uphill battle to recommend the game to anyone but the most committed fan of adventure games, and Gothic horror, and even then, there's a scant 5 hours of gameplay there.
Black Mirror is serviceable with fun gameplay elements and an engaging mystery at the center of it all, but the exploration and animation keeps this game from being great.
Black Mirror had some potential in its core premise and its influences, but the result is sadly a poorly designed, average-at-best adventure. Devoid of choices and consequences, null in replay value and forgettable as an overall experience, it might be worth picking up on a sale if you are an achievement hunter or desperate for a Gothic-themed story.