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Just finished playing the last (most current, anyway) game in the Blackwell series from Wadjet Eye Games.
The gist: these are classic point-and-click adventure games, in which you play as a medium named Rosangela Blackwell (in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th games, at least, since you play as her aunt in the 2nd game) with a spirit guide named Joey Mallone (in all 4 games). Their job is to find lost spirits and put them to rest. To do this, you have to solve the mysteries of how and why they died and such. The games are very cool, in my opinion. I think that if you enjoyed games like Gabriel Knight or Ben Jordan you will like this series as well. (EDIT) And, wow, speaking of Ben Jordan... while playing through the first game with the commentary on, I found out that the guy who did the voice for the security guard in the hospital is, indeed, Grundislav, the guy who made the Ben Jordan games. How about that. (EDIT 2) And, of course, he's Sam Durkin, too. (/EDIT 2) (/EDIT)
I've finished all of the games, but there are commentaries for each of the games as well, meaning that I will be playing through them again, pretty soon I think. If there is only one slight quibble I'd have with them, it's that they were all fairly short games (given that I've already finished all four of them within two days of getting them), but "quality over quantity" as they say.
I'm also interested in checking out some of the other games from Wadjet Eye Games now as well, such as The Shivah and Gemini Rue (both of which I've kind of vaguely heard of before, but hadn't really looked into until now).
The gist: these are classic point-and-click adventure games, in which you play as a medium named Rosangela Blackwell (in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th games, at least, since you play as her aunt in the 2nd game) with a spirit guide named Joey Mallone (in all 4 games). Their job is to find lost spirits and put them to rest. To do this, you have to solve the mysteries of how and why they died and such. The games are very cool, in my opinion. I think that if you enjoyed games like Gabriel Knight or Ben Jordan you will like this series as well. (EDIT) And, wow, speaking of Ben Jordan... while playing through the first game with the commentary on, I found out that the guy who did the voice for the security guard in the hospital is, indeed, Grundislav, the guy who made the Ben Jordan games. How about that. (EDIT 2) And, of course, he's Sam Durkin, too. (/EDIT 2) (/EDIT)
I've finished all of the games, but there are commentaries for each of the games as well, meaning that I will be playing through them again, pretty soon I think. If there is only one slight quibble I'd have with them, it's that they were all fairly short games (given that I've already finished all four of them within two days of getting them), but "quality over quantity" as they say.
I'm also interested in checking out some of the other games from Wadjet Eye Games now as well, such as The Shivah and Gemini Rue (both of which I've kind of vaguely heard of before, but hadn't really looked into until now).
