Blackwood Crossing

Blackwood Crossing

Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. A haunting tale of intrigue and mystery.
You play as Scarlett, a teenager finding her way in the world. You wake up, disorientated, to find yourself and your younger brother, Finn, inexplicably travelling on a moving train.

But when a mysterious figure appears, it’s clear that this is no ordinary train ride. It’s the beginning of a magical voyage, steeped in life, love and loss.
Navigating this powerful drama – where the world, and your abilities develop in extraordinary ways – you are forced to examine your relationship with Finn. You are orphans, and your relationship has always been strong. However, adolescence has opened the door to new interests, and you’ve been growing apart.
As you gradually uncover the depths of Finn’s anguish, the consequences of your remoteness become shockingly clear.

Blackwood Crossing Review

Blackwood Crossing is a short, first person, story driven adventure game. The story centers around two orphans, Scarlett and her little brother Finn, and the relationship between them. You play as Scarlett, and you have always been close with Finn, but as you mature and developed new interests, the relationship between the two of you has become distant. You wake up suddenly on a train ride with Finn, and the two of you embark on a magical journey as you explore love, life, and loss.

The gameplay requires you follow Finn and a mysterious figure, while solving some puzzles along the way. Sometimes you need to find items or use magic to move on, and other times you need to put together both parts of a conversation in the correct order to open up magical barriers. Using magic, and carrying fire in the palm of your hand is neat and all, but it was more or less: take the fire, walk somewhere else with it, and then put it down. I really wish they had let me do more with magic.

Blackwood Crossing is a very short game, and the game is a lot more slow paced, and less exciting than the Steam trailer made it look. I liked it, and I thought it was intriguing, but it also felt like it was lacking substance and depth as well. I think I could have enjoyed the story a lot more if there were more details, and more backstory about the characters. All in all, I feel indifferent about Blackwood Crossing. I’m sure some people will enjoy it, but I wish they had done more with it.

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Summary
The story certainly had promise and touched on both common and difficult subject matter. I felt I should have been more moved however, and although sympathetic to the events and interested in the outcome, fundamentally it felt flatter than it should have done.
Good
  • Excellent Visuals
  • Superb soundtrack and sound effects
  • Professional voice acting
Bad
  • Too short. Only 2-3 Hours of playtime
8.3
Great
Gameplay - 8.1
Graphics - 8.2
Audio - 8.4
Longevity - 8.3

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