Black Mirror

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 43
  3. Negative: 14 out of 43
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  1. AlteraMoontail
    Dec 2, 2017
    3
    Disappointing adventure game. The original game is way superior.
    Clunky controls, so many loading screens, way too few puzzles, so few different locations, just inside the castle, garden, graveyard and some Stonehenge place, and way too short. Think I finished it in less than 5 hours.
    Story I liked though and was the only reason I finished it. Edit: Forgot to say there was also numerous    Disappointing adventure game. The original game is way superior.
    Clunky controls, so many loading screens, way too few puzzles, so few different locations, just inside the castle, garden, graveyard and some Stonehenge place, and way too short. Think I finished it in less than 5 hours.
    Story I liked though and was the only reason I finished it.
    Edit: Forgot to say there was also numerous glitches where character got stuck after cutscenes and had to load from save game, plus also experienced 6 crashes of the game during its short play through.
    The original black mirror on pc is one of my all time favorites of point and click adventure games. Go buy the trilogy on steam instead of this game imo    … Expand
  2. GReviews
    May 1, 2018
    4
    The plot progresses with further murder and an attempt to show the deteriorating sanity of David Gordon. But rather than arcane, unknowable madness we see more spooky ghosts than anything else. The voice acting was touted as one of the selling points of the game but after playing through it I’d hardly be bragging about the performances. They weren’t utterly dreadful and I did appreciateThe plot progresses with further murder and an attempt to show the deteriorating sanity of David Gordon. But rather than arcane, unknowable madness we see more spooky ghosts than anything else. The voice acting was touted as one of the selling points of the game but after playing through it I’d hardly be bragging about the performances. They weren’t utterly dreadful and I did appreciate the odd bits of Scottish dialect that were thrown in but by and large I was bored by this game’s characters. Ultimately, Black Mirroris a game with admirable aspirations but poor execution has made this a disappointment.… Expand
  3. MARXENZOLOPES
    May 27, 2020
    2
    uninteresting game in all aspects. A disappointing story, horrible gameplay, one of the worst I've ever seen.
  4. Elias2033
    Mar 28, 2021
    2
    INFURIATING camera perspective that switches constantly, paper thin story that feels drawn out even in such a mercifully shot game. Not the worst thing iv played but still ****
  5. monkeyzero
    Jun 17, 2021
    0
    I created an account just so I could review this terrible game

    This is by far the worst game I have ever played. The glitches are too frequent, the graphics are poor at best, the dialog is repetitive and the story and characters are just so diabolically terrible. The constant loading screens when you move from one room to another are so long! You can literally make yourself a sandwich    I created an account just so I could review this terrible game

    This is by far the worst game I have ever played. The glitches are too frequent, the graphics are poor at best, the dialog is repetitive and the story and characters are just so diabolically terrible.

    The constant loading screens when you move from one room to another are so long! You can literally make yourself a sandwich inbetween game play. You will absolutely spend more time on a load screen than you will do actually playing this game.

    And when you do actually get to play this game you’re plagued by terrible controls, glitches, repetition and not being able to see where on earth you are because it’s so dark

    The “map/house” is like a labyrinth, you will never be able to go to the room you want to get to, and when you do finally get to where you want to go you’re sure as hell to have gotten 10+ loading screens since you’re starting point My hopes for this game were average at best, the result was a mind numbing boredom and frustration.

    The only good thing about this game is you can gift it to a person you truly hate and watch them suffer too!    … Expand

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#52 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 7 out of 21
  1. TheSixthAxis
    Jan 31, 2018
    40
    Black Mirror is a good story that suffers from a dated application of game styles. While this is interesting in a meta way, it is not much fun to play. The narrative itself plays out fairly successfully. but it is hard to recommend it for this alone.
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  2. PSX Extreme
    Jan 22, 2018
    65
    Black Mirror has a lot of potential to be a good game with the story. There’s an interesting mystery to uncover that is compelling even if it isn’t real new. That potential is pulled short however by a lot of technical issues that can take away immersion and in some cases, ruin the game entirely.
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  3. BaziCenter
    Jan 1, 2018
    40
    Even as a hardcore fan of point & click adventures, you’ll still have a hard time adopting to Black Mirror. Broken gameplay and disappointing story is just a small part of its so many issues, and even as a fan of the Black Mirror franchise, playing over the original trilogy seems to be a better option.
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