The Lost Crown : A Ghost-hunting Adventure ( Great Review Score! )

Well i just played it i nearly forgot what time it was , think of this game as a 2d point and click adventure version of penumbra ( VERY CREEPY! ). Even in the menu you are listening to some eeery style of music straight out of the latest horror flick. The entire game is black and white with bits of selective colouring but don't let this put you off it works fine!.

The animation is crap , its very slow but luckily you can double click out of an area to go to the next screen or look at an item. The effects in this game are VERY VERY good , with fog rolling across the screen , insects flying about birds crowing. The entire game is basically alive but in black and white. Don't forget the eeery music though it really adds to the creepy factor.

Every new bit of the game im waiting for something to come across me , something from the undead and well at one point i found it. I looked in this room and it was pitch black only to be greeted by dark shadows moving across the back of the room ( gave me goosebumps ). Especially with the change of music.

Thus far 8/10 if you want horror , ghostly music scary moments get this game!

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Sorry peeps didn't mean to mislead you, I meant after reading the review I love the sound of the real ghost recording etc :p

Allthough will try the method when I get home. :)
 
This game looks amazing but I'm going to have to give it a miss as these old 2d games will not run at 1680 x 1080 and anything else looks rubbish on my lcd.
 
This game is really good , one of the best point and click horror adventure games i've played for awhile.. I've just become the ghost hunter and hearing screams and seeing faces is kinda cool :)
 
This game is really good , one of the best point and click horror adventure games i've played for awhile.. I've just become the ghost hunter and hearing screams and seeing faces is kinda cool :)

Neil, you are a Connoisseur!

I have it now - just about to start it - any idea how to change the resolution?

cheers,
 
The voice acting is terrible on the main character.
Too much stopping and starting makes it unrealistic, plus I find the pace of it a little too slow in regards to movement as well as miss clicks resulting in the same boring voice repeating itself.

Hi <Pause> My Name <Pause> Is <Pause> Nigel <Pause> <Sleeps for a few seconds> Danver

Just got into the cottage but I can see that things will improve once I get into the ghost hunting storyline as the sound effects are very nice.
 
The voice acting is terrible on the main character.
Too much stopping and starting makes it unrealistic, plus I find the pace of it a little too slow in regards to movement as well as miss clicks resulting in the same boring voice repeating itself.

Hi <Pause> My Name <Pause> Is <Pause> Nigel <Pause> <Sleeps for a few seconds> Danver

Just got into the cottage but I can see that things will improve once I get into the ghost hunting storyline as the sound effects are very nice.

well i cant comment too much but the revoews said that their are minor annoyances but these are forgiven

do you know how to change the resolution?
 
Just saw my first proper ghosts using the ghost investigation equipment , this game is seriously cool!

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neil mate please post spoilers in another thread or summat - im not up to that yet :)

Please can you tell me how to change the res? im playing at about 1024*768 scaled to fit my 24 incher lol - got 4*AA on so its still nice but would prefer a higer res.

thanks
 
neil mate please post spoilers in another thread or summat - im not up to that yet :)

Sorry Superficial i won't post anymore pics , really wanted to show everyone what the investigating part is like... You forgive little old me? :eek::D

About the resolution it does look to be fixed yes
 
Hey guys, really like the look of this and would like to perhaps purchase as a download. Is the proxy trick the only method right now then I take it?
 
is it wrong that im bricking it - even when ive played for it around 7 mins due to time constraints and have seen nothing scary yet....it's the Sound effects i tells ya! - if you have headphones seriously wear them.

hopefully someone will patch it to fix the resolution issue soon but since it should be relatively easy to stick res options in im guessing there is a good reason why you cant change it...still quite an odd res to design for in 2008.

have 4xAA on on my OcUK value 24" monitor and it looks fine to be honest but this monitor does scale very well indeed.
 
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response from the great man himself re the UK purchase. have left his e-mail out incase he gets spammed.

From: Jonathan - Darkling Room
Sent: 13 March 2008 18:57
To: George Bishop
Subject: Purchasing "The Lost Crown" in the UK

Hello George,

The Lost Crown is about to be licensed to a UK publisher, and will appear on shelves in the near future. Sadly, it takes so much longer to find publishers for Europe than it does for the US. But, rest assured that I do want the game to get full UK publishing, if only so I can actually see the game myself!

Thanks,
Jonathan Boakes
--Author: The Lost Crown
 
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