Black Mirror - PS4
Black Mirror - PS4
Summary
The Black Mirror is a third-person point-and-click horror adventure game
developed in 2003 by Future Games, a Czech company. Its original name is Posel
Smrti (Czech: Death's Messenger). The game features 150 locations and 5 hours
of spoken dialogue. Two sequels, Black Mirror II and Black Mirror III, were
released. A reboot titled "Black Mirror" was released on November 28,
2017.
The game was
in development since early 2000. The development team consisted of 5 people.
The original release date was scheduled for the second half of 2002. In the end
the game was released in March 2003.
The story
largely takes place at Black Mirror, the ancestral manor of the Gordon family
located in England in the 1980s. The protagonist, Samuel Gordon, is forced to
return to Black Mirror after 12 years absence upon hearing of the death of his
grandfather, William Gordon. Despite occurring under mysterious circumstances,
William's death is considered a suicide by everyone except for Samuel.
Arriving in
Black Mirror, Samuel begins his investigation of his grandfather's death.
Samuel's investigation soon reveals that his grandfather had interests in the
arcane, and up until his death had spent near every waking hour working to
uncover the mystery of the Gordon family's curse. From his grandfather's
writings and other sources, Samuel discovers that centuries ago in the 1200s
the Gordon line began with two brothers, Marcus and Mordred Gordon. The eldest,
Mordred, was a monster of a man, opening a dark portal known as the Black Mirror
deep under where the manor now stands. The younger, Marcus, fought his brother,
killing him and containing - but not closing - the Black Mirror. In his dying
breath the elder cursed the younger, stating that he and his descendants would
be forever cursed until five souls were sacrificed and his evil was unleashed
once more. William's notes also speak of five sacred keys required to shut the
portal for good, entrusted to different members of the Gordon family. Samuel
then begins his quest to seek out the five sacred keys and close the Black
Mirror permanently.
As the story
progresses, further strange and unexpected deaths occur to individuals around
Black Mirror, each one accompanied by a strange blood red sigil. Samuel travels
the land around Black Mirror, visiting a local town, chapel, and sanatorium,
and also at one point travels to his family's second manor in Wales to obtain a
key there. At long last Samuel obtains the five keys, but moments later also
discovers the horrifying truth: he is the killer responsible for all the
deaths, ending the lives of the victims in his sleep; this is the nature of the
Gordon family curse. Samuel enters the catacombs beneath the mansion, enters
the Black Mirror, and using the five keys seals the portal. After this, unable
to live with the atrocities he has committed, Samuel jumps from the top of the
mansion, falling onto the same spiked fence which killed his grandfather.
The game is
divided into six chapters:
Chapter I:
Return of the Future
Chapter II:
Back to the Light
Chapter III:
Hidden Legacy
Chapter IV:
Forgotten Bound
Chapter V:
Confession of the Truth
Chapter VI:
Look Through the Mirror
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