From the review: "Perhaps the subtitle to the game should have been Advanced Apothecary Simulator or Herbal Remedy Manager 1566, as you spend a lot of your time concocting potions, balms and unguents.
At times, you feel like Derek Jacobi in Cadfael with the amount of herb action you have to deal with. It isn't just herbs though – one task you are assigned is to bake some bread!"
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Metal Arcade: Liam Rogers writes:
I did not expect Darkling Room’s The Lost Crown to be a point-and-click adventure, based on the fact that the tag lines touted it as an atmospheric horror game. While games like Amnesia have redefined the horror genre and point-and-click games have practically disappeared from the industry (with the notable exceptions of The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us), there was a time when horror games were less about jump scares and more about mood, and that’s where The Lost Crown excels. Originally released in 2008, it’s been ported to Steam in anticipation of the upcoming sequels.
DHGF: You may be wondering what the differences are between this version of the game and the original. For the most part, the changes are minor details like the smoke from a train stack sticking closer to the engine. However, several of the changes help modernize the experience. For example, you can now double click on an exit point to have Nigel instantly travel to the next location. You’ll probably save a couple hours of watching Nigel walk to and fro because of this. Also, you can now skip dialogue. This is great if you stumble across lines you’ve already heard before. It’s nothing mind bending to be sure, but these changes will definitely be noticeable to people who’ve played the game before.
Impulse Gamer writes: "I would have loved to have seen this game on the PS3 or 360, not because of the gameplay but rather the content which would have looked great on the big screen, in the dark. With that said, The Lost Crown: A Ghost Hunting Adventure is developed by Darkling Room and is one of those rare adventure games on the PC which involves ghost hunting."
