Black Moon Chronicles (video game)

Black Moon Chronicles is a 1999 video game by Cryo Interactive, based on the comic book series of the same name.

Black Moon Chronicles
Developer(s)Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s)Cryo Interactive
EngineBlack Moon Chronicles engine
Platform(s)Windows
Release1999
Genre(s)Strategy
Mode(s)Single-player 

Plot

The player is Wismerhill, a Half-Elf, who is stuck in the middle of a war between four camps.

Gameplay

The gameplay draws both from the Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic series.

Critical reception

According 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
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20030126170017/http://www.cryofinance.com/fr/Comm/lunenoir.htm
  2. "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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "PC Review: Black Moon Chronicles - ComputerAndVideoGames.com". 2007-03-15. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2017-02-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Black Moon Chronicles | Recenzja strona 1 | PC | | Gry-Online". 2004-09-01. Archived from the original on 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2017-02-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "AG // Black Moon Chronicles // Рецензия (обзор, review)". 2009-04-30. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2017-02-02.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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