- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: Jul 11, 2017
- Also On: PC, Switch, Xbox One
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Jul 10, 2017Black The Fall is a special game. The prodigious range of puzzles and platforming mechanics present rival that of a game ten times longer than it, and the visual and auditory treat on offer elevates that gameplay to an incredibly high standard. You’ll witness the human race at its very worst through some horrifying imagery, but this presents itself as more of a gas to fuel a revolution. Black The Fall is a remarkable experience that will stay with us for a long time, and it's one that you must not miss out on.
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Jul 10, 2017Black The Fall not only succeeds in Sand Sailor Studio’s aim of bringing attention to the Communist history of Romania but it also stands strong as an excellent puzzle platformer. The use of unique devices and companions ensure that you never solve the same puzzle twice and the excellent design ensure that every moment of your journey to escape from oppression is enjoyable.
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Jul 10, 2017If you can push through some frustrating moments during the opening hour, Black The Fall offers challenging puzzles with a thought-provoking narrative.
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Jul 13, 2017Quotation forthcoming.
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Playstation Official Magazine UKAug 24, 2017Thanks to the insta-death mechanic, there's a lot more error than trial. [Sept 2017, p.85]
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Jul 12, 2017Black the Fall is a very interesting title inspired by games like Limbo or Inside, but it has with its own features. The trial and error based puzzles can be quite exasperating, but the overall experience is worth it.
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Jul 10, 2017The similarities to Inside are unfortunate, but this is still a gripping and inventive action puzzler with a grim, if unsubtle, message about authoritarianism.
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Jul 10, 2017A stylish, bleak puzzler which overcomes many of its flaws through tightly polished delivery.
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Jul 10, 2017Black the Fall paints a pretty bleak picture of a quite personal dystopia. It doesn’t excel at its puzzle-solving all that often, nor does it always feel well-designed, but it does well enough to keep you moving through the oppression in the hope the protagonist gets to fulfill his dream of freedom from it.
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Jul 10, 2017Black the Fall definitely isn’t for the casual gamer; it’s crazy tough, but for someone looking for a fun challenge it’s worth a try - or two, or three... since you’ll be dying. A lot.
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Jul 20, 2017Sure, it could’ve done so with a bit more subtlety – it's a bit heavy-handed at the very end – but at least Black does have a point to make. It’s just a shame that it wrapped that in a game that’s so shamelessly and distractingly derivative.
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Jul 10, 2017Black The Fall is an atmospheric 2D puzzle platformer, and although it creates an interesting tone, the game itself can't quite hold up against the titans of the genre.
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Jul 18, 2017The proverbial meat of the experience consists of interesting concepts that are executed poorly. Much like what the player will encounter during several puzzles, gameplay itself feels like an ill-informed leap of faith that elicits more far exasperation than elation.
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Jul 12, 2017The word I would best use to describe Black The Fall is perfunctory. It mostly functions, but has no highs outside of the opening. It offers no narrative incentive to deal with its onslaught of boring and outright bad puzzles. I rarely finish games that make me wish I could have the time I spent with them back; Black The Fall is an unfortunate exception.
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games(TM)Aug 10, 2017Tries and fails to replicate Inside's brilliance. [Issue#190, p.78]
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Jul 13, 2017Listen, as dystopian and mostly monochrome platform puzzlers go, Black the Fall isn't bad. But I can't tell you it's great either.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 39
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Mixed: 6 out of 39
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Negative: 10 out of 39
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May 2, 2018
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Oct 28, 2020A game made for right wing uneducated people who gobble up anything fascist and authoritarian fed to them
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Oct 5, 2019Unique, immersive puzzler, thought provoking. Try this game out! Glad I gave it a chance.