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Perfect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I REALLY enjoyed this game. It is a first person exploration adventure where you come to know the 'ghosts' through the items that they have left behind - the same feel as AMBER. There is little direct interaction with characters. BUT, you do feel that you know them by the end of the game. The puzzles are well interwoven into the story and are challenging. There are LOTS of clues scattered around and I found note taking to be necessary. This game is so immersive that I even looked at my notes when I wasn't playing. The background sounds are EERIE and add to the suspense. I highly recommend this title to anyone who enjoys mysteries and suspense.

Excellent Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 24
Date: August 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Dark Fall is the best adventure game I've played in years. The story is outstanding and the puzzles are wonderfully challenging. You really get a sense of accomplishment when you finish this game.

The graphics are not stunning, and the navigation is good old point-n-click. But neither of these detracts from the enjoyment of the game. In fact, the designers have created one of the creepiest game environments that I've ever played. The sound effects and animations should definitely run some chills up your spine, as they did for me.

The best part of the game is the detailed, coherent story that unfolds as you play. The designers really did their homework to make each clue, document, and puzzle come together to tell the story.

Other reviewers have compared this game to "Amber: Journeys Beyond". Dark Fall is similar to "Amber", but much better. The puzzles remind me a lot of "Black Dahlia" and the story is similar to "Blackstone Chronicles" and "Morpheus". If you like adventure games with challenging puzzles and a great story to pull the puzzles together, you will really enjoy "Dark Fall"!

Scary and Engrossing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was great!! The storyline was engrossing - more facts as you explored about the missing people, including your brother. Ghosts, noises, visions. If you like character interaction, this is not the game for you. This is - explore, read, take MANY notes. Normally I get annoyed taking a lot of notes but in this game it was like being a detective as you had to piece information together to solve the variety of puzzles. I thoroughly enjoyed it and understand that a DF2 is in the works. Recommend this game!!

How about a good scare??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 50 / 51
Date: August 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought Dark Fall from the man who created it, Jonathan Boakes, before Dreamcatcher Games realized it was a treasure and agreed to produce it for adventure game fans in the United States. I not only wasn't disappointed; I found one of my top ten games of all time (and I started playing games in college when Zork was a new text adventure).
The game is set in England. You receive a call from your brother and he needs help. He tends to dabble in the supernatural for a living, but you don't believe in that nonsense...right? When you arrive, the train station and beautiful but somewhat rundown art deco hotel are deserted. Except for the ghosts and the voices that may speak to you from nowhere. You may be exploring a room and find that a shadow has passed in front of you, but turn around to find nothing. There are clues in the old hotel and train station, and you've found your brother's equipment, right where he left it before...well, before something spoke to him and knew his name. Now it knows your name, too, and you have to solve the mystery before it finds you. Good luck, and remember to play with the lights off if you're brave enough. But you might want to be sure you aren't in the house alone!

A Spooky Little Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed this game. It's not overly hard so even beginner gamers can get through it. And sometimes one doesn't want to play something that you have to think about too much. What I especially liked about this game was that it really WAS spooky. I just happened to start playing the game around 3 in the morning, had the lights off and actually had to keep looking behind me. I just wish the game had been a little longer.

Best Game I've Played All Year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 174 / 180
Date: August 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For gamers who love pure first person adventure, _Dark Fall_ dishes up some of the best that the genre has to offer. With a spooky atmosphere, engaging story, absorbing puzzles and great sound and graphics, _Dark Fall_ will probably keep you playing far into the night -- but you might not want to be alone.

Your brother, an architect, is designing a resort and club to take the place of an old hotel and train station. In an opening movie, you receive a phone message asking you to come to the site as strange things are happening. When you arrive, your brother has disappeared and the place is deserted. You soon find out that the old Dowerton Inn has a history of disappearances. As you explore the hotel and station you uncover the frightening story behind these happenings. Soon enough it becomes apparent that it's up to you to put a stop to whatever it is that's going on.

Originally published by an independent designer, _Dark Fall_ is a treat to play. The graphics are wonderful and detailed. The sound is mainly f/x replete with spooky voices just beyond intelligible, giving you the sense that, though you are alone, you may find otherwise at any minute. The interface is very simple and easy to use, allowing you to get caught up in the story. I found the pace of this game ideal. Although there are numerous locations to explore, you never get the sense that you are wandering around looking at things to no apparent purpose; there is always some information to be collected or a puzzle to solve.

There is a nice variety to the puzzles: some inventory, some mechanical, some sound and a lot of putting information from difference locations together to come up with solutions. The inventory is minimal, which I appreciated; I'm a bit tired of games where you collect forty-eleven different pieces of inventory, many of which you use only once. Most of _Dark Fall's_ inventory has multiple uses. Once you have all the pieces you need, the puzzles are relatively simple and straight forward. There is no need for a walkthrough or strategy guide. If you get stuck, the game includes a built-in hint feature that is nicely presented as part of the plot.

There were a few places where you got close-up views of things for no apparent reason and a few things you could interact with that were merely entertaining, rather than adding to the story or helping you solve any puzzle, but these did not detract from the overall experience. There are no timed puzzles, no mazes and you can't die, although you can be quite frightened at times.

_Dark Fall_ reminded me quite a bit of AMBER, but I found it better thought-out and more engaging. It's also somewhat longer; I took about twenty hours to finish it. I'm looking forward to the sequel.

Most disappointing game I've played in a long time

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 27
Date: September 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game based on the great reviews, but I was very, very disappointed when I finally played it. I'm surprised this didn't come in a set of 3.5" disks instead of on a CD. If you like playing games that look like they were made in 1990, then this game is for you. Everything about this game is cheap and behind-the-times. Navigating one full screen at a time (instead of actually "walking" from place to place" severely detracts from the game's realism and playability. If you want to waste a few dollars on a game you'll only play once or twice, I suggest you buy this game.

Absorbing puzzle adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Kept me very busy for a couple of nights. Lots of good puzzles that are, on the whole, very logical and therefore solvable. Good atmosphere and voice acting, beautiful graphics.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 139 / 142
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you are like me, you are more interested in an adventure game that has a good story, well integrated puzzles and decent voice acting than 360 degree panning and "beautifully rendered graphics". Those things are nice, but if you can't enjoy playing the game, who cares about the nice graphics?

Don't get me wrong, this is still a beautiful game with perfect mood enhancing sounds. What makes this game a treasure is the story line along with "puzzles" that fit into the story near seemlessly. I've played almost every adventure game out there and this game is on my top 10 best games along with some of the Zork games, Myst, Monkey Island, & Grim Fandango. The puzzles aren't so hard that you go away annoyed and irritated. There is no pixel hunting.

I think you will enjoy this game if you are the type of person who doesn't need flashy tricks to make up for a boring game with bad puzzles and lack of story line. This game is what all adventure games should strive to be. I enjoyed it and I hope you will too.

Waste Of Time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game based on some of the positive reviews I found here on Amazon, but I, too, ended up being extremely dissapointed. I've played many games of this genre and I found this one to be, well, distracting to say the least. The story line is ok, the mood of the game is excellent. I could even deal with the "walking" (clicking to move one step at a time), but most of the puzzles have absolutely nothing to do with the story line. I enjoy games with puzzles that actually move the plot line forward. In Dark Fall, you are just solving a lot of puzzles just for the sake of solving them. There doesn't seem to be any continuity or flow throughout this game. If you don't write down EVERYTHING you see, you might just miss an important clue...but then you're also left spending all your time writing down stupid numbers from every business card and menu you come across. Aggrivating and a waste of time! I actually reached the ending scene before I collected all the clues....so I had to go back and figure out a whole bunch of annoying "clues", some that actually lead to something, but most lead to dead ends. Oh, and your little "helper" - Timothy - is really no help at all.
If you want a good game that is actually fun to play, try Syberia, or any of the Myst games. Don't waste your time or money on this one.

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