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its another great jonathan boakes game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Hello Jonathan Boakes is a great writer i wish he would write a book
all the games he is involved with were great, dark fall and dark fall 2 and this one is no exception great story, scary great sound track

The best horror adventure game in years

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is possibly the best horror adventure game I've played in years. If you like adventure games, its a no brainer - go and buy it this instant!! If you like horror games, be aware that this is an adventure - no violence or chopping off of zombie heads here. What you will get here is an incredibly complex story, great characters, and a long gamplay time of 30+ hours. This is one of the most engrossing, exciting, and well made adventures out there. Highly recommended!

Loved it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's been a long time since someone created a game that held my interest. I really enjoyed this playing this game, I even enjoyed the parts that made me jump out of my chair.

ubercreepy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

if you can stand puzzle games and like horror genre games then buy this, it is totally flippin awesome. the most creepy game i've ever played.

Wonderful Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought The Lost CrownThe Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure based on the reveiws on Amazon because it sounded like the Nancy Drew games which I thoroughly enjoy. I loved it and hated it for not being longer. Though it is rated for Teen and up, it is certainly a game people my age can enjoy (I am 57). Highly recommended.

if you like adventure games - Get. This. Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the very best games ever. Others have described in detail about the game design, so I won't repeat them. What I want to add is that my family of 2 teenagers and 2 middle-aged adults were on the edge of our seats throughout the game! My teens didn't start playing the game with us, but as they watched us play, they sat down and then insisted that we not go on without them. And, even though there was work and school to deal with, we put as much of that aside as we could and played the game together every night! Now, in my opinion, that is one riveting game! It is scary, but not gross. The puzzles are hard, but not impossible (I think we went to a walkthrough only 3 or 4 times for help). The story is fascinating and the game play is lusciously long. I can't recommend it enough.

Scary enough for me!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Just to respond to the negative reviews which generally speaking find two main flaws - the game isn't very frightening and its too slow going.

On the scary factor, this is going to be very subjective because different people have different reactions to supposedly supernatural events. Maybe I am very easily frightened but playing this game in a darkened room there were several moments that made my heart race. One was when you are using the camera in Northfield church and the wandering spirit of Thomas Ager pauses to stare straight at you while doing his 'rounds'.(Those eyes!). Another was in the museum where the silence in the butterfly collection room gets shattered for just a couple of seconds by some shadowy figure clumping from one room to another. Just finding out how many of the 'people' you interact with are actually dead caused me to freak out a little too. On the other hand,the spirits that you need to ward off with a special charm on the railway track weren't particularly frightening, as it didn't appear that they could harm you at all.

So we've established that I am a scaredy cat, what about the pace of the game? Once you have mapped out the game in your head (the actual maps provided don't let you teleport to anywhere) it doesn't really take long to get from one location to another and I didn't find any of the conversations to be too long winded or irrelevant, certainly compared to other games in this genre. The voice acting it has to be said, is generally abysmal, you can tell there isn't a single trained actor doing any of the voices and Mr Boakes himself is appalling as the main character. Not since fifth grade high school have I heard such misplaced emphasis on unimportant phrases,lack of inflection and badly timed pauses in the reading of a script.

My main gripe with the game is that there so many unanswered questions at the end. Yes, you find what you were supposed to be looking for and yes, you clear up a few supernatural mysteries related to the lost souls that inhabit Saxton, but nothing explains why Danvers ended up there in the first place or who the mysterious Mr Haddon and his corporation are and why he is so concerned that the lost crown should be found.

I only gave it 3 stars for 'FUN' because it wasn't fun listening to the dialogues and I genuinely found some parts of the game disturbing. 4 stars overall though because it looks great, is easy to play, lasts a long time and has a story with numerous sub-plots that draws you along until the rather disappointing ending.

Like experiencing a good book

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun to play, in the way that reading a fun mystery book is. There is little necessary reading in the game; but the imagery and pacing lends to a sense of being absorbed in the story and pictures.

The pacing can seem slow; but I felt this was both intentional and maintained the "vibe" of the story. You can double-click to speed through things but you risk missing some clues occasionally as you go. The game is good though about clueing you in before you wander far off-course.

As an artist and musician, I especially enjoyed the graphics and sound. It's basically grayscale much like old printing-press/lithographic work, in many places. Color is used subtly but in an interesting way. The haunting effects are pulled off pretty well; I mean, it's a game, not a film, but still fun and sort of creepy when played late at night. :) The sound was fun and not too overbearing (although repeated phrases can get slightly annoying).

Sometimes you want a challenging game; but sometimes it's nice to have something absorbing that doesn't demand a lot of shooting or otherwise knocking yourself out. You want to play a game, but to also kick back and relax. I thought this was great for that kind of mood. The puzzles flow organically and aren't overly craze-making; most stuff you'll need is handily nearby. A couple of the puzzles were a tad obscure, but nothing really bad. In a sense, it's like watching a film or having someone read you a story and showing you the pictures in the book as you go; but of course with interactivity.

The overall storyline was fun; however I felt let down at the end. There were suggestions throughout that some really interesting things might happen that didn't. The story actually makes sense in a "real-world" way but I would have enjoyed a little more punch in the climatic segment.

Still, I think this game offers a great alternative play option for times when you aren't in the mood to shoot-em-up etc.

The absolute best adventure game I've ever played!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you have not played this one, you must! Jonathan Boakes is a master at his craft. This game is very long and well worth the money. It is very detailed, and easy to manuever in the game, easy to access and use inventory items. I was so into the story line and could not wait to get some answers at the ending. I was slightly disappointed with how it ended. But the enjoyment I received from playing it outweighed that. A must have for any adventure game lovers.

gREAT Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am not even finished with this. It is SO interesting, and there are SO many places to explore. There are no puzzles for the sake of puzzles thus far. I really hate when games do that...like the last Sherlock Holmes game did.

The earie music, and ghosts suddenly moving around, and the MUSEUM!!! So many things to see, and movies to watch.

Maybe you super smarties won't find this enough of a challenge. I want adventure, and a mystery....not the constant puzzle after puzzle.

This has just been a trip! And it takes a while to play this...not because you are stuck on puzzle 2005. It is because this game is so rich in detail and story.

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