Black Sails: The Ghost Ship (Windows)

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Description

Black Sails is an adventure game that takes place in the year 1884. The game tells a story about young journalist Anna from the New York Times. She's shipping from America to Europe to get more information for her new story, but the ship capsizes in a heavy storm. Anna and another passenger survive and are saved by a mysterious, abandoned ship.

The game uses the same 3D engine that was already used in Ankh and Jack Keane. And features similar puzzle solving game play.

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Alternate Titles

• "Black Sails: Das Geisterschiff" -- German title
• "Black Sails" -- Steam cover title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: OGRE
• Protagonist: Female
• Setting: Belle Époque

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Critic Reviews

4Players.de	Apr 30, 2010	84 out of 100	84
Adventures United	May 09, 2010	83 out of 100	83
Adventure-Treff	Jul 08, 2010	80 out of 100	80
Computer Bild Spiele	Apr 22, 2010	2.22 out of 6	76
Game Captain	Apr 26, 2010	71 out of 100	71
Adventure Gamers	Oct 09, 2015		70
DemoNews.de	Apr 29, 2010	69 out of 100	69
Adventurearchiv	May 17, 2010	69 out of 100	69
GameStar (Germany)	Apr 22, 2010	66 out of 100	66
Diehard GameFan	Oct 02, 2015	Unscored	Unscored

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Awards

• 4Players
  • 2010 – #3 Best Story of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Official game forum (archived) (Official game forum (German) with additional forum categories (German and English) about Deck 13 and their newest project Venetica and category about other Deck13 adventures (Jack Keane, Ankh series,...))
• Official game website (German) (archived) (Official german game website includes among others video trailers, screenshots, download of demo version, patch download, link to game forum.)