The death of his grandfather, William, brings Samuel Gordon back to Black Mirror, the family's ancestral home. Although William was considered a kook and his death most likely a suicide, Samuel is investigating the matter. Samuel is convinced that the death was no accident and that the mystery's answer lies in the research William conducted, sequestered in the castle's tower. But will uncovering ancient family secrets bring new light to the matter or shroud the Gordon family in doom?

Black Mirror is a third-person, point-and-click adventure game set largely on the sprawling grounds of Black Mirror Manor including an asylum, the church and its grounds, and the town of Willow Creek. The game begins immediately after William's funeral and Samuel is reintroduced to his estranged family and meets the household staff. An uncle who secrets himself away in his study, an ill-tempered gardener, and a family doctor who hints that he knows something are just some of the cast members Samuel will deal with. Black Mirror contains 150 locations and five hours of spoken dialogue.

[edit description]

Alternate Titles

"Черное Зеркало" -- Russian title
"Posel Smrti" -- Czech title
"Messenger of Death" -- Working title
"Black Mirror: Der dunkle Spiegel der Seele" -- German title

[add alternate title]

Merchant	Title
	The Black Mirror
	The Black Mirror
Please select your country: Not an American user?

User Reviews

You can't go home again	Terrence Bosky (5239)
Intense, engrossing, creepy ... GOOD!	Jeanne (54876)
The search for the truth.... could have been better	Nate Kuslis (4)
Waste of Time!	Rick McGarry (3)
Nice Graphics, Good Story Line, Extremely Easy to Finish. Thumbs Up!!!	ggfournar (6)

[review game]

The Press Says

Withingames	May 09, 2004	5 out of 5	100
Adventure Zone	Aug 14, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Gamers.at	Apr 12, 2004	89 out of 100	89
4Players.de	Apr 08, 2004	84 out of 100	84
Adventurearchiv	Dec 28, 2003	82 out of 100	82
Game Over Online	Nov 01, 2003	78 out of 100	78
Game Chronicles	Nov 18, 2003	7.3 out of 10	73
DreamStation.cc	Mar 01, 2004	5.5 out of 10	55
GameDaily	Dec 14, 2006	4 out of 10	40
GameSpy	Jan 20, 2004		20

[see more rankings | add ranking]

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

[new thread]

Trivia

For its release in Poland, the game's subtitles were translated to Polish. However, the translation is very bad; nearly each sentence contains mistakes such as typos, repetitions (sometimes the same sentence is repeated twice in a row), omissions and even spelling errors.

[more trivia | add trivia]

This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by dusoft (48) on Jun 11, 2003.