Black Dahlia 1998 Games
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Black Dahlia is a suspense thriller based loosely on the unsolved California murder of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed 'Black Dahlia' for her favoritism towards black clothing.Taking place in the 1940s, the game puts the player in control of a rookie government agent, Jim Pearson, whose first. Take2 Interactive hit the mark with Black Dahlia, a game boasting top quality full-motion video, but the real news is movement effects. Never have I seen such a.
Nazi mythos meets True Crime in Take-Two’s point and click adventure. It seems there are two adventure games around – the typical Myst clone where you roam around abandoned landscapes, and the second type where you actually interact with other people.
Black Dahlia, an adventure game that mixes real-life actors with CGI backgrounds, places itself in the latter category, and is actually a great representative of its kind. Where many other games of its ilk either bore us to death with lame puzzles or cringe us to death with lame acting, Black Dahlia manages a consistent barrage of digestible gameplay and good story to boot. Set in the 1940s, you begin the game relegated to an abruptly abandoned office of the COI headquarters, a fitting treat for naively buying off on recruiting promises of adventure and espionage. Investigating complaints of Nazi coercion hardly constitutes the thrill ride you were expecting, but things heat up quickly when the initial investigation uncovers your predecessor’s less than amicable departure.
Facts roll in and you begin the search for the feared Torso Killer, a maniacal, bloodthirsty serial murderer loose in Cleveland. Most of the game mechanics of Black Dahlia follow conventional rules of old style adventure gaming. Players click from node to node, with pertinent items highlighted for closer inspection at each stopping point.
The viewpoint can be dragged 360 degrees horizontally. Items and objects in the game can be dragged or pulled in addition to the standard selection and inspection options.
As new places to visit become available, a snapshot of that location appears in an easily accessible world map. Thanks to this central navigation scheme, switching between locations occurs instantly, which eliminates a lot of backtracking. Black Dahlia’s game engine doesn’t provide full freedom of movement: you can only travel down pre-determined pathways, and one of the game’s few annoyances is that there’s no way to bypass the sloooow movement animations. Once you’ve stopped moving, you’ll be amazed at the sights that await you: you’re able to look in all directions to examine your surroundings, and what’s even more impressive is how crisp and clean the graphics are during these interactive sequences.
Mastering the manipulation of inventory objects can take a little practice — sometimes you need to “use” an object on someone to give it to them, but other times merely starting a conversation with someone provides you with an opportunity to give them an object. On the whole, though, the interface is both friendly and functional. One surprising achievement is the way dialogue is handled. There’s a lot of non-interactive sequences here, but they’re usually preceded and followed by fully interactive segments — and during these scenes you see the characters move fluidly and naturally. In fact, body language often says as much about the personality of the character you’re interrogating as their words do. It’s subtle, but this helps draw you into the action. The acting is surprisingly good as well.