The Last Crown: Midnight Horror

Excellent segue to the final chapter in The Lost Crown Series. This transition piece was a welcome surprise by Jonathan Boakes, and ran about 5hrs of gameplay. The setting was lovely as always in Boakes games', and the atmosphere was suitably haunting (yes, the pun is intended). Plot was also egaging for a shorter game. There were a few thing that were left unresolved, but I'm assuming (hoping) those will be resolved in the next installment. Overall, well done and worth the price.

I'll say right off the bat that I"d only recommend buying this if ( big if) you have played Lost Crown and IF your waiting for the third installment and IF you don't mind playing a rather shorter in between game. That said, I really enjoyed Lost Crown and wanted to get the next two chapters in Nigel's adventures but I found Midnight Horror a bit lackluster and just felt like this was a fill in that could have easily been attached to the third installment as a prequel to that one instead of a seperate game or something that could have been attached to Lost Crown as a bonus game. I honestly prefer the graphics of the first game even though this one is supposed to look more polished the characters to me just didn't have the same look I was used to from the first one so some of the characters we revisit felt as if totally new actors took on a role in some show your supposed to believe are the same people. Your in much smaller area then the first game so exploring around thinking you can possibly go to some of the same places or even areas in the same places are different so you feel to restricted, it loses the feel the other game had in finding new places to explore and you didn't get the same feeling you may bump into a new situation or clue to what was going on. This takes place on Halloween and centers around a party and a ghost story but the story was lackluster too and I realize it's really just a lead in to the third installment but that said I still don't see why this couldn't have been then attached to third one as an intro to it and then just had both packaged in one game. I"m only putting recommend because there is no maybe if you enjoyed the first, waiting for the third and wanted to continue the adventure however I really didn't feel like this was much of an adventure. I still look forward to the third installment and really hope there is much more similar feel to the first one in the third one then the second one because if it's anything like the second installment I'll be a bit disappointed. If you read my review on Lost Crown then you know I purchased that game when it came out and had the boxed version and had never finished it at the time and when I saw that steam had it I really wanted to revisit it and finally got a chance to finish the game. I didn't know there was a second one and a third coming out so having just finished the first installment I was compelled to get this one, hey it cost me the price of a small starbuck's coffee and was added to the game gifts to myself for my birthday so it filled in a few hours of time. just wish there had been more to it.

Got stuck a few times... where there's a will (and friendly discussion forums ;) ) there's a way. Keep your mask ON! lol Loved it. Can't wait for the other crown games to come out ^_^

I was little put off by some negative comments that say how slow the game is etc., but when I play it, it reminds me of classic old point and click adventures. People saying it is slow or boring probablly don´t know how an actual point and click adventure looks like. Not many good like this is still made nowaydays, so I´m very happy with it. Maybe the puzzles are too hard on me, but it is very nice game.

not much sense. too short. world too small. (spoiler **** ) what is the point of the half done quiz. the rune mark in stove + the rune book = nothing to do.

BARELY a thumbs up. On average I might expect somebody to play this game 2-3 hours then quit out of having long finished the game, or getting bored of it. The big problem is there are few locations to explore compared to other games and it gets old relatively quickly. Even the dialogue trees are often repeated to the point. Only recomended for hardcore point and click fans.

You are far better off to save your money and just read this review. Before we get started with my review, I would like to mention that what made me buy this game were the trailers and screenshots provided. I enjoy interactive puzzle and mystery games, but this is nothing but mere eye candy. [Notice to Reviewers] For those who are trying to review this game and are unable to review it is because the developer made the startup / setup splash screen as a dodgy tactic of logging in game time instead of the actual game play that you the player has put in. Therefore, just run the splash screen for a bit to enable Steam Reviews. ACTUAL GAMEPLAY TIME: 40 mins or more. [Main In-game Review] The game experience is terrible, because there are no tutorials on how to play the game and the in-game interface with controls are horrendous. Therefore, makes the entire gameplay very difficult to navigate with a click and play like interface that will leave you completely guessing. I would suggest to the developer to allow the player to use ASWD and arrow keys to move around and use the mouse to interact with objects and inventory. This would smoothen out the gameplay. I wish there was more story development, because there is hardly a hook to make me want to continue and makes the game boring. Usually the first few minutes of the gameplay is what decides on how the game will playout and with the lack of a hook and poor game design is what really stopped me from playing. The game also lacks supporting various display resolutions and for someone whom owns a 2560 by 1080 display resolution, it literally chops of the entire game. Therefore, I am forced to run in window mode or the defaulted provided resolution that is given at the splash screen setup. The in-game options should have integrated all of this for a far more smoother experience. The audio and graphics are very subtle and nice to look at, ignore how rushed this game really feels. Overall, I do not recommend this game to anyone and this game seems rushed to bank in a few dollars.