Black Moon Chronicles (French: Chroniques de la Lune noire) is a 1999 video game by Cryo Interactive, based on the comic book series of the same name.
| Black Moon Chronicles | |
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| Developer(s) | Cryo Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Cryo Interactive |
| Engine | Black Moon Chronicles engine |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
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Plot
editThe player is Wismerhill, a Half-Elf, who is stuck in the middle of a war between four camps.
Gameplay
editThe gameplay draws both from the Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic series.
Critical reception
editAccording to Cryo Interactive, Black Moon Chronicles was a commercial success, with sales above 100,000 units by September 1999.[1]
JeuxVideo thought the game brought originality to the real-time strategy genre, though thought its interface was too simple.[2] Craig Vaughan of PC Zone negatively compared it to Magic and Mayhem and Warhammer: Dark Omen, though praised its gothic soundtrack.[3] Mithnar of Polish review site Gry Online praised the "active pause" feature.[4] Russian Michael Kalinchenko of Absolute Games hoped that adventure game company Cryo would stop making attempts at titles in the strategy genre.[5]
References
edit- ^ "C R y O . F i n a n c E". www.cryofinance.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Test de Chroniques de la Lune Noire sur PC - 07/07/1999". 2012-10-24. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "PC Review: Black Moon Chronicles - ComputerAndVideoGames.com". 2007-03-15. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Black Moon Chronicles | Recenzja strona 1 | PC | | Gry-Online". 2004-09-01. Archived from the original on 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "AG // Black Moon Chronicles // Рецензия (обзор, review)". 2009-04-30. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
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