| Dark Fall: Lost Souls | |
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| Developer(s) | Darkling Room |
| Publisher(s) | Iceberg Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Jonathan Boakes |
| Engine | Wintermute Engine |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date(s) | December 2009 (Worldwide) |
| Genre(s) | First-person adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | PEGI: 16 |
| Media/distribution | 1 DVD |
| System requirements
Pentium IV CPU 1.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended for Vista), 128 MB DirectX9.0c compatible 3D accelerated graphics card, Windows XP/Vista/7 |
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Dark Fall: Lost Souls is a British first-person horror-adventure game. It is a sequel to the first Dark Fall game. It was released as a digital download on 4 December 2009 and as a boxed version on 11 December 2009.
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The game revisits the Dowerton Train Station and Hotel first introduced in Dark Fall: The Journal. The game is set a few years after the events of the first game and the station and hotel are in an advanced state of disrepair. You play as "The Inspector", a disgraced police officer who was dismissed from the force after tampering with evidence in the case of a missing child, Amy. The case never left his mind however and his search for the missing child eventually leads him to the Dowerton Station.[1]
Lost Souls uses a simple point-and-click interface to move the player around and manipulate the environment. Contrary to a lot of modern adventure games but similar to the first two installments, Lost Souls does not keep note of any information or clues to puzzles that the player comes across during the game, effectively forcing the player to keep track of every puzzle or detail themselves.
A former police officer, fired from the force after tampering with evidence in the case of Amy Haven's disappearance.
Young girl who disappeared at age 11 after being expelled from school.
Prime suspect in the case of the disappearance of Amy Haven.
Mysterious person who only communicates through text messages sent to your mobile phone.
Spirits that inhabit the Dowerton Station Hotel, unable to 'pass on'.
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 74.5%[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GameZone | 7.5[1] |
| Game Boomers | A-[3] |
| AceGameZ | 58[4] |
| Hooked Gamers | 7.5[5] |
| Gamer.nl | 7[6] |
| Adventure Classic Gaming | 4 out of 5 stars[7] |
| JustAdventure | A-[8] |
The game has received generally favourable reviews. Most reviews praised the atmosphere[1][3][4][5][6][7][8] but some were less impressed by the controls[3] or the puzzles.[1][5]