Dark Fall: The Journal

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Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
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  1. Just Adventure
    100
    The best independent adventure game since "Cracking the Conspiracy."
  2. Quandary
    90
    A thoroughly absorbing and satisfying adventure, all the more remarkable given its humble origins. Don't play it to finish, play it to savour.
  3. Armchair Empire
    86
    Proves that gameplay and story can (and always should) supersede flash and that a game does not need a big budget to tell a great story.
  5. Game Over Online
    82
    It has lots of style and substance.
  6. Gamers' Temple
    80
    Not a huge game, taking about twenty hours to finish in all, but is packed with some of the scariest moments I have encountered in my gaming life.
  7. Computer Gaming World
    80
    This game's perpetually unnerving ambience, interesting puzzles, and unique ghost story may very well help you forgive its graphical flaws. [Nov 2003, p.129]
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  8. netjak
    78
    It offers superb storytelling and a very engaging gameplay. Almost all puzzles are tough, but logical. Unfortunatelly, it will never appeal to a large audience; it’s not challenging enough for veteran players, it doesn’t offer enough eye candy for people spoiled by titles like Syberia, and it’s too low-key for the general gaming population.
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  9. Four Fat Chicks
    75
    Despite all my griping, Dark Fall really is an impressive first effort for the one-person design team and is actually better than some recent big-company releases. I'm not sorry I played it but neither am I gaga over it. How's that for decisiveness?

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 5 out of 24
  1. JeffT.
    Sep 7, 2003
    10
    Beautifully woven narrative, evocative sound and atmosphere combine to make this a true adventure gamers feast. Made by ONE person, pure genius.
  2. BradG.
    Apr 20, 2005
    4
    Really... well... lame. Sorry, but this is nothing but a jumble of good ideas wrapped into laughingly lame package. I love a good avdenture Really... well... lame. Sorry, but this is nothing but a jumble of good ideas wrapped into laughingly lame package. I love a good avdenture game but this is not it. The sound is the real let down. The lack of consistant ambient effects and the harsh cutoffs at the end of each "creepy" sound bit are a joke. The imaginative environments are destroyed by grainy 640x480 renders and the whole mess starts to get really repeditive. The voice acting is solid and the puzzles are quite unique but neither make this game enjoyable. If you want an atmospheric adventure game that will leave its mark on you, pick up Myst Uru: The Complete Chronicles. Dark Fall was made by one person and it really shows. It may have made a good freeware title in the late 90's but its honestly a joke as a "boxed and shelved" product, even at $19.99 or so.… Full Review »
  3. gold
    Feb 2, 2022
    7
    Минусы: слабое звуковое оформление, иногда становиться скучно. Плюсы: атмосферная игра.
    Итог: 7.111/10    Минусы: слабое звуковое оформление, иногда становиться скучно. Плюсы: атмосферная игра.
    Итог: 7.111/10
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