Iceberg Interactive just announced that Darkling Room’s newest and highly anticipated PC adventure game Dark Fall: Lost Souls has gone Gold!



and some details for the release:



New screenshots added in our Gallery.

Getting excited! I am really looking forward to this one. Thanks Carla.

Ana

OMGosh!those screenshots where so creeeepy!
I really have to get this one, its going to be scary(too bad it wasn't out for Halloween).

I'm going to ck Iceberg website out right now.

I just preordered mine, so I won't have to pay the shipping when its released in Dec, but I don't exactly know how much the game will be in USDollars since the price is in British Dollars. Can someone do a conversion for me?

Marie

The Iceberg online shop is here. Looking now for a currency converter.

29.99 Euros to dollars = 45.1904 USD

And it does look like they still have the free shipping available.

Thanks for your help Becky.

I'm going to have to ck with Dave over at Interact, because I think he had a better price.

Marie

The screenshots kind of remind me of Myst IV: Revelation, only it's point and click. (And the first two games actually reminded me of Myst.) This is going to be a great game!

Hi everyone,
I know I rarely post but I couldn't pass up this opportunity, having been involved in the making of Lost Souls (reprising my role as Andrew Verney, as well as helping Jonathan with the research). I spent most of last week testing the game on my XP desktop and my Vista laptop. Apart from a couple of minor issues, which Jonathan had already flagged, it ran like a dream. Or, should I say Nightmare! This was the first time I'd played it all the way through. The locations should have been comforting, in the sense that I'd stayed at the Hotel many years ago, in Dark Fall: The Journey. Not even a bit. Even sitting comfortably on a sofa, with a cat asleep beside me, I was nervous. This is a very dark tale and there are some truly creepy moments in store for you. I won't add any spoilers here but the evidences of urban decay were particularly chilling, coupled as they are with fleeting movements caught at the edge of vision. The atmosphere of menace is all pervading. At one point I had to backtrack to the hotel lobby to get calm again. I can honestly say this is the scariest game Jonathan has made so far! Enjoy!

Thank you so much Dumbledore for the details, I can't wait to play the game, I like to be well scared!

Dumbledore, you made me even more exited. Just can't wait till the release.

Miss Dumbledore,could you please check on my order please?


the receipt number is;


Receipt No: (Edited out by BrownEyedTigre)

thanx


what happened to my order number I had in here?

Michael, please refrain from asking members to check your order. As you were instructed before you need to contact Iceberg where you purchased it from. If you have doubts and issues from ordering strange places, then you should order from Dave from InteractCd where you can get a confirmation instantly.

EDIT: If you have a receipt #, what more can you ask for? Obviously they have your order.

Wonderful! Those screens are so wonderful..or awful, depending on the way you think...:)

Awesomeful? It must be in the dictionary somewhere.

Miss.Dumbledore? Ha ha. Anyway...moving on...

Thanks, Philip, for the mini-review! You've been in all my games, so far. Andrew Verney in DF, reading the Ballad of Flannan Isle in DF2, and, of course, Prof.Oogle in TLC. So, I was quite nervous about your opinion. Nine years is a long time ago, especially to remember a small game like Dark Fall, so your opinion, like many here on Gameboomers, is all important.

I really do feel as if I've closed the doors on The Station Hotel, finally, but for all of you, your (dark) adventure is about to begin.

Philip, it is interesting that you found some rooms (of the hotel) less oppressive, and used them as safe areas. I like that. I couldn't really tell where those places would be, when creating the game, as they are bound to be different for each gamer.

I think music, and sound in general, play a big part, when it comes to giving environments an oppressive atmosphere, and others a feeling of sanctuary. I guess that's why I like to buy game 'soundtracks' (Riven is my favourite), as you can be sucked back into the gameworld, anywhere! And even on the move.

There was a guy, on Facebook just recently, who hosted a Haunted Hotel Halloween Night, at his place of work. He played The Lost Crown OST throughout the evening, and, supposedly, it saw some guests leave the event, for being too eerie. (There was a Ouijaboard involved, the naive things! Not recommended) That, or they thought the music was rubbish! Either way, it's good that music still plays such a big part in games; building atmosphere and allowing interpretation.

The music in Lost Souls is very mixed. There are lots of scratchy gramophone recordings, to add to the nostalgia, but there are also lots of tonal noises to suggest nasty things. Ben Gammons, who produced some music for the game, has this wonderful knack of creating music that sounds like you are hearing it in your head. If that makes sense. Anyone who has ever noticed that silence, deathly silence, can actually be 'heard' will really enjoy/be scared by the soundscapes.

Something similar happens in the new movie, Paranormal Activity. I saw it at the cinema, last night, and had a frightful journey home, on the bus. I was convinced some-'thing' was in the seats, just behind me. The film, and sound designer, used this wonderful trick to suggest something spooky was about to happen, by fading up the sound of high blood pressure, in the head. You know, it's that rumbling, pulsing, sound you get if you strain too much. The effect, on cinema goers, was amazing; the packed theatre fell utterly silent, as they too, strained to hear anything significant. Wonderful!! A highly recommended film, from a true indie. The film cost $15,000, to make...which, if anything, is proof that sometimes less is more!

Speak soon.

Jonathan

I have preordered from Play.com. Can't wait

Thank you, Jonathan for such great games. I have enjoyed them immensly. I also pre-orded this game.Dark fall is one of my all time favorites.Can't wait.

thracia

I have to confess that the Dark Fall games are amongst my all time favorites (along with The Lost Crown). I preordered Lost Souls just prior to Thanksgiving. I'm really looking forward to another terrifying journey.

Mine too! The game is also one of my favorite-in the top five, which are: Riven, Barrow Hill, The Lost Crown, Riddle of the sphinx, and Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper. Suitable, if a bit random, company.


Got to see this one!

The music in DF:LS sounds superb, and I can't wait to hear it!

I have to confess, even though Lost Souls looks super creepy, I think I'm going to buy it.:) What I loved about both DF games is the mystery and story behind the mystery, and it looks like Lost Souls is the same way.