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• Games: Video Games: Adventure: News and Reviews  (22)

Game Club Central - - Review by Donald Hays, with screen shots and minimum requirements. "While it does have a few flaws, for only twenty dollars it's a pretty good game." Score: 6 out of 10. (September 8, 2003)

Adrenaline Vault - - Review by Bob Mandel. [3 1/2 of 5] " Dark Fall eschews the normal audiovisual glitz in favor of something truly rare in computer games: a deep and compelling story that is worthy of a good novel." Includes screenshots and release details. (September 1, 2003)

Adventure Gamers - - Rated 3.5/5. "A very well-designed ghost story from a very promising developer, and well worth the purchase for suspense and first-person fans." Reviewed by Evan Dickens. (August 30, 2003)

Just Adventure - - Rated A. "Dark Fall is the best independent adventure game since Cracking the Conspiracy." Reviewed by Ray Ivey. (August 9, 2003)

Wicked Toast - - Review by Michael Butt, with screen shots. "Simply put, Dark Fall is an excellent game." Score: 4 out of 5. (July 24, 2003)

Gamer's Hell - - Review by Burt Carver, includes screen shots. "The game doles out information quickly enough to keep people interested, and keeps the atmosphere sufficiently tense to satisfy most people who would be interested in playing this style of game." Score: 7.3 out of 10. (July 18, 2003)

A for Adventure - - Review includes screenshots and game system details. "I found that despite it being a horror game with spooky atmosphere, typical suspense background music and sound effects, it did have a most distinguish approach to the theme" (July 13, 2003)

Programmer in Black - - "A brilliant game with a great atmosphere." Reviewed by Lynn Alford. (March 16, 2003)

Game Industry News - - Reviewed by Greg Crowe, score: 4-1/2 out of 5. (2003)

Zarfhome - - Review by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin. "Dark Fall will stand up with the best of commercial adventure gaming -- not only, but not least, because it goes into territory where the commercial industry has lost interest." (September, 2002)

Quandary - - "A thoroughly absorbing and satisfying adventure, all the more remarkable given its humble origins. Don't play it to finish, play it to savour." Reviewed by Steve Ramsey. (July, 2002)

Brass Lantern - - "Dark Fall is close to being a flawless game, and it is a lot of fun to play. It is also the first game I have ever played that truly managed to achieve a spooky atmosphere." Reviewed by Murray Peterson. (2002)